House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
COTA Act
Official title: To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to raise public awareness for skilled trade programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Glenn Thompson R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 29, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4825.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 130, July 29, 2025, Page H3665):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4825, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4825
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 22, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
87155eafe73700c4814025a6b98fe9ab44c74ce121bfd72e83c9ba5a3d45f420
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 22, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Glenn Thompson.
- H.R. 4550 (119th) United States Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 7567 (119th) Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
- H.Res. 974 (119th) Providing for a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 975 (119th) To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled.
- H.Res. 976 (119th) Providing for the hour of meeting of the House.
- H.R. 649 (119th) Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025
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.