House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Social Security Act to provide that an individual engaged in a labor dispute may receive unemployment benefits.
Sponsor: Rep. Donald Norcross D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 8, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 8, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5206.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NORCROSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 146, September 8, 2025, Page H3893):Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5206, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5206
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
52 cosponsors — 52 Democrats
0 of 52 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), John Mannion (D-NY), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) and 22 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Norcross.
- H.R. 5408 (119th) Faster Labor Contracts Act
- H.Res. 1140 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5408) to accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act.
- H.R. 2736 (119th) Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2025
- H.R. 2692 (119th) No Tax Breaks for Union Busting (NTBUB) Act
- H.R. 1627 (119th) TREATS Act
- H.R. 5653 (119th) Trust Through Transparency Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 2731 (119th) Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.