BRIDGE for Workers Act
Public Law 118-120 · H.R. 5861 · 118th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Joe Biden (D) on Nov 25, 2024 · Labor and Employment
Sponsor: Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL-16)
Cosponsors (1): Rep. Danny Davis
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateUnanimous consent
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
This act permanently expands the allowable purposes for certain Department of Labor grants to states for reemployment services and eligibility assessments. Specifically, the act permanently allows these grants to be used to fund reemployment services and eligibility assessments for all claimants for unemployment compensation.
(Under the current statute, the grants may only be used to provide such services to a subset of claimants who have been identified by the state as likely to exhaust unemployment benefits and need job search assistance to become employed. However, in recent years, annual appropriations acts have allowed the grants to be used for all claimants for unemployment compensation. This act makes this authority permanent.)
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
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Related bills
1 bill the Library of Congress relates to this one.
S. 3745Identical bill
BRIDGE for Workers Act
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 18 actions.
- Nov 25, 2024Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 118-120.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Nov 20, 2024FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Nov 14, 2024FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Nov 13, 2024FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- CommitteeCommittee · Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 18, 2024CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Sep 17, 2024FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5861.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Nov 21, 2023CalendarCalendar · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 222.
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-277.
- Nov 2, 2023CommitteeCommittee · Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Oct 2, 2023CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
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Amendments
No amendments to this bill are on record.
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Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.