House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act
Official title: To provide for a memorandum of understanding between the Small Business Administration and the National Council on Disability to increase employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Pete Stauber R-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2025
- Committee actionMar 5, 2025
- Passed HouseJun 3, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 4, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1634.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1634, ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act” on April 7, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on March 24, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61316
- CBO publication date
- April 7, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1634, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1634
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-32 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on March 24, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 24, 2025 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/32
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1634, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1634
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STAUBER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 38, February 26, 2025, Page H880):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 ``The Congress shall have power to . . . provide for the . . . general welfare of the United States; . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2025 ↗
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- Statement length
- 139 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1634, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1634
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Lateefah Simon (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 818 (119th) SPUR Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.