House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PATH Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Labor to support the development of pre-apprenticeship programs in the building and construction trades that serve underrepresented populations, including individuals from low income and rural census tracts.
Sponsor: Rep. Donald Norcross D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 14, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 14, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9684.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NORCROSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 114, July 14, 2026, Page H4468):Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 22 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9684, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9684
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Norcross.
- H.R. 5408 (119th) Faster Labor Contracts Act
- H.Res. 1140 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5408) to accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act.
- H.R. 2736 (119th) Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2025
- H.R. 2692 (119th) No Tax Breaks for Union Busting (NTBUB) Act
- H.R. 5206 (119th) Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2025
- H.R. 1627 (119th) TREATS Act
Related bills
- S. 4961 (119th) PATH ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.