House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Legal Workforce Act
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make mandatory and permanent requirements relating to use of an electronic employment eligibility verification system, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ken Calvert R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 9, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, 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. 251.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CALVERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 5, January 9, 2025, Page H92):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 1 and clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 174 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 251, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/251
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 3, 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 2, 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
44 cosponsors — 43 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 44 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Ed Case (D-HI), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Mike Collins (R-GA), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Troy Downing (R-MT), Randy Fine (R-FL), Russell Fry (R-SC), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Brian Jack (R-GA), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Addison McDowell (R-NC), Mary Miller (R-IL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Riley Moore (R-WV), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Ralph Norman (R-SC) and 14 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ken Calvert.
- H.R. 4638 (119th) Federal Working Animal Protection Act
- H.R. 1663 (119th) VSAFE Act of 2025
- H.R. 831 (119th) Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Amendment Act of 2025
- H.R. 252 (119th) Secure Our Ports Act of 2025
- H.R. 4016 (119th) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
- H.Res. 978 (119th) Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Doug LaMalfa.
Related bills
- H.R. 4393 (119th) DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 3, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.