House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Pathway to Trades Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide opportunities for students at institutions of higher education to study trades, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Deluzio D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 27, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9955.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DELUZIO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 122, July 27, 2026, Page H5203):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9955, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9955
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 6, 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 August 6, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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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.