House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Texture Positive Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 27, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8875.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 108, June 27, 2024, Page H4411):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; The single subject of this legislation is: LaborSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 178 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8875, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8875
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
18 cosponsors — 18 Democrats
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Donald Davis (D-NC), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nydia Velázquez.
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- H.R. 6455 (118th) Climate Displaced Persons Act
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.