House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
DPA Private-Sector Outreach Act of 2026
Official title: To enhance private-sector outreach in support of the Defense Production Act of 1950, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 24, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8038.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BEATTY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 55, March 24, 2026, Page H2676):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8038, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8038
- 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joyce Beatty.
- H.R. 1450 (119th) OFAC Licensure for Investigators Act
- H.R. 3709 (119th) Advancing the Mentor-Protégé Program for Small Financial Institutions Act
- H.Res. 1107 (119th) Memorializing Rev. Jesse Jackson by flying the flag of the United States at halfstaff.
- H.R. 916 (119th) Rosa Parks Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 844 (119th) Black History is American History Act
- H.R. 1976 (119th) Woman on the Twenty Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.