House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Federal Jobs for STARs Act of 2026
Official title: To remove educational barriers to Federal employment for workers who are skilled through alternative routes, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 6, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 6, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9596.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 111, July 6, 2026, Page H4375):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 6, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9596, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9596
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 3, 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
12 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 12 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Troy Downing (R-MT), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), John McGuire (R-VA), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), James Walkinshaw (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi.
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- H.Res. 824 (119th) Recognizing the religious and historical significance of the festival of Diwali.
- H.R. 2559 (119th) Taiwan Allies Fund Act
- H.R. 3452 (119th) Six Assurances to Taiwan Act
- H.R. 4688 (119th) COOL OFF Act
Related bills
- S. 4889 (118th) Federal Jobs for STARs Act of 2024Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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