House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Working Families Task Force Act of 2025
Official title: To establish a national task force to expand opportunities and improve the standard of living for working families in America.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Menendez D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 17, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Government Reform, and Agriculture, 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. 2949.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MENENDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 67, April 17, 2025, Page H1613):Article I, Section 8, clause 1 Article I, Section 8, clause 1 (Taxing and Spending Clause)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 90 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2949, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2949
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ffd30bd492bc0c7957ffdc590399e1d07870e0c702507d10430e23a9b45e3e4f
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 May 22, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2949, last updated May 22, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
9 cosponsors — 9 Democrats
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Norma Torres (D-CA), George Whitesides (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Menendez.
- H.R. 1717 (119th) Communications Security Act
- H.R. 5967 (119th) Strategic Task Force on Scam Prevention Act
- H.R. 7294 (119th) AI for Secure Networks Act
- H.R. 2511 (119th) Sarah Katz Caffeine Safety Act
- H.R. 6984 (119th) Data Center Transparency Act
- H.R. 5440 (119th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax credit for small businesses to provide diaper changing stations in restrooms.
Related bills
- H.R. 6039 (119th) Commonsense Legislating ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.