House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
American Teacher Act
Official title: To provide grants to State educational agencies to support State efforts to increase teacher salaries, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Frederica Wilson D-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2021.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILSON of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 44, March 10, 2025, Page H1068):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2021, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2021
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2021, last updated October 16, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 19, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
102 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 101 Democrats
1 of 102 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD) and 72 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frederica Wilson.
- H.Res. 546 (119th) Encouraging Members of Congress to visit ICE detention facilities in their States.
- H.R. 10476 (119th) Glaucoma Vision Act of 2026
- H.R. 8362 (119th) Transit Workforce Development Act
- H.R. 5901 (119th) BCRA of 2025
- H.R. 9494 (119th) Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2026
- H.R. 5868 (119th) Water Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2025
Related bills
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.