House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Invest in Rural Teachers Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to support signing and retention bonuses for teachers in rural schools, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Janelle Bynum D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7202.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BYNUM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 15, January 22, 2026, Page H1351):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7202, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7202
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 18, 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 February 18, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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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.