House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Jobs in the Woods Act
Official title: To require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grant program to address forestry workforce development needs, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 21, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4575.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PEREZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 124, July 21, 2025, Page H3528):Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4575, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4575
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 28, 2026
- 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 July 28, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4575, last updated July 28, 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
16 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 7 Democrats
9 of 16 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jared Golden (D-ME), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), John McGuire (R-VA), Barry Moore (R-AL), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), David Rouzer (R-NC), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Glenn Thompson (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Marie Perez.
- H.Res. 878 (119th) Disapproving the behavior of Representative Jesús G. Chuy García of Illinois.
- H.R. 1267 (119th) Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act
- H.R. 2220 (119th) PARA–EMT Act of 2025
- H.R. 1733 (119th) Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act
- H.R. 1889 (119th) Cutting Red Tape on Child Care Providers Act of 2025
- H.R. 447 (119th) Reliability for Ratepayers 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.