House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
BEST Act
Official title: To award grants to States to establish or improve, and carry out, Seal of Biliteracy programs to recognize high-level student proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in both English and a second language, and early language programs.
Sponsor: Rep. Julia Brownley D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 27, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1660.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWNLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 39, February 27, 2025, Page H918):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1660, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1660
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 December 10, 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
19 cosponsors — 19 Democrats
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), John Larson (D-CT), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Juan Vargas (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.