House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Workforce Opportunities for Communities in Recovery Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 30, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9209.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JAYAPAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 124, July 30, 2024, Page H4964):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to address the economic and workforce impacts of substance use disorderSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 30, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 393 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9209, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9209
- 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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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3421 (118th) Medicare for All Act
- H.R. 4170 (118th) LIFT the BAR Act
- H.Res. 1588 (118th) Supporting the goals and principles of Transgender Day of Remembrance by recognizing the epidemic of violence toward transgender people…
Related bills
- S. 5524 (119th) Workforce Opportunities for Communities in Recovery ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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