House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
BLS Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Labor to perform additional duties, to modernize certain laws regarding the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ayanna Pressley D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 4, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7804.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PRESSLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 41, March 4, 2026, Page H2421):Art. 1 Sec. 8 Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 23 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7804, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7804
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 1, 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 April 1, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 5657 (119th) Fair Pay for Federal Contractors Act of 2025
- H.R. 40 (119th) Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
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.