House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Direct CARE Opportunity Act of 2026
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Labor to award grants for the recruitment, retention, and advancement of direct care workers.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Scott D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 1, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 1, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10704.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 156, October 1, 2026, Page H6020):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 1, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10704, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10704
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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 October 10, 2026). 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Susie Lee (D-NV), John Mannion (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Scott.
- H.R. 6893 (119th) Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act
- H.Res. 435 (119th) Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Gerald E. Connolly.
- H.Res. 237 (119th) Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Education to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of…
- H.R. 20 (119th) Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- H.R. 2743 (119th) Raise the Wage Act of 2025
- H.R. 1954 (119th) Do No Harm Act
Related bills
- H.R. 4720 (118th) Direct Creation, Advancement, and Retention of Employment Opportunity Act of 2023Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.