House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
WAGES Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit against employer payroll taxes for wages and other expenses paid or incurred for apprenticeship programs.
Sponsor: Rep. Nathaniel Moran R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 30, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 30, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8624.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MORAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 76, April 30, 2026, Page H3333):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8624, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8624
- 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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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nathaniel Moran.
- H.R. 5349 (119th) TAS Act
- H.R. 6506 (119th) Taxpayer Due Process Enhancement Act
- H.R. 1724 (119th) No Dollars to Uyghur Forced Labor Act
- H.R. 9644 (119th) Medicare Advantage MLR Transparency Act
- H.R. 10582 (119th) Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act
- H.R. 3781 (119th) Visa Overstays Penalties Act
Related bills
- S. 4463 (119th) WAGES Act of 2026Identical 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.