House Committee on Education and Workforce
Writes laws for schools from preschool through college, including student aid, special education and school lunches. It also covers wages and hours, unions, workplace safety, job training and private pensions.
Writes laws for schools and colleges, student aid and school lunches. Also covers wages, unions, workplace safety and pensions.
WHAT IT DECIDES
Schools and collegesStudent aidSchool lunchesWages and unionsWorkplace safetyPrivate pensions
Schools and collegesStudent aidSchool lunchesWages and unionsWorkplace safetyPrivate pensions
ITS RECORD THIS CONGRESS
1,130 bills sent here. 95 came out.1,130 bills in. 95 came out.
REFERRED1,130
CAME OUT8.4%95
PASSED THE HOUSE24%23
BECAME LAW4.3%1
8.4% came out, against a House average of 10%.
REFERRED
1,130
THIS CONGRESS
CAME OUT
95
8.4% OF PREVIOUS
PASSED THE HOUSE
23
24% OF PREVIOUS
BECAME LAW
1
4.3% OF PREVIOUS
Bills can be sent to more than one committee. “Came out” means this committee voted to report it or was discharged from it, or the full House passed it.
AFTER THEY LEFT COMMITTEEON THE FLOOR
Science of Reading Act of 2026VOICEPASSEDVOICEEnding Predator Access to Union Power ActVOICEPASSEDVOICEFit Future ActVOICEPASSEDVOICEProtect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026237–169PASSED237–169Rule for Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026210–208AGREED TO210–208BILLS WAITING HERE · 1,028
What the chair hasn’t taken up yetNot taken up yet
H.R. 10704 · SENT OCT 12 COSPONSORSH.R. 10704SENT OCT 1Direct CARE Opportunity Act of 2026TL;DR Direct care workers help people with daily needs and support them in their homes and communities. The bill would create federal grants for strategies to recruit, retain, and advance these workers. Grants could fund training, career pathways, wages, and other supports, with requirements for consultation and reporting on results.Bobby ScottD-VA-3Bobby ScottD-VA-32 COSPONSORSH.R. 10703 · SENT OCT 10 COSPONSORSH.R. 10703SENT OCT 1Strengthen accountability and protect employee retirement plan assetsTL;DR Employee benefit plans involve assets that need oversight. The bill would amend the 1974 law governing them, with the stated aims of strengthening accountability and protecting plan assets.Bobby ScottD-VA-3Bobby ScottD-VA-30 COSPONSORSH.R. 10702 · SENT OCT 10 COSPONSORSH.R. 10702SENT OCT 1Make retirement investment advice providers fiduciariesTL;DR Rules about who counts as a fiduciary shape how retirement investment advice is treated under ERISA. The bill would amend the law so people providing that advice are fiduciaries with respect to it.Bobby ScottD-VA-3Bobby ScottD-VA-30 COSPONSORSH.R. 10691 · SENT OCT 10 COSPONSORSH.R. 10691SENT OCT 1Ban Flock ActTL;DR Automatic license plate readers record details about vehicles and can help track their movements. The Ban Flock Act would restrict federal use of the readers and their data, condition certain federal grants on state and local limits, and bar most federal funding for reader-related activities. It would allow limited toll-only use under rules for handling the data.Alexandria Ocasio-CortezD-NY-1415 STORIESAlexandria Ocasio-CortezD-NY-140 COSPONSORS15 STORIESH.R. 10689 · SENT OCT 10 COSPONSORSH.R. 10689SENT OCT 1Establish grants to improve remedial education programsTL;DR Remedial education programs are intended to support students who need additional academic preparation. The measure would create a grant program to help institutions of higher education improve those programs.Donald NorcrossD-NJ-1Donald NorcrossD-NJ-10 COSPONSORS
MEMBERS · 37
In seniority order, so you can see who’s next in lineBy seniority, so you see who’s next in line
REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS21 SEATS
1Tim WalbergMI-5CHAIR2Joe WilsonSC-23Virginia FoxxNC-54Glenn ThompsonPA-155Glenn GrothmanWI-66Elise M. StefanikNY-21RETIRING7Rick W. AllenGA-12SUBCMTE CHAIR8James ComerKY-19Burgess OwensUT-4RETIRING10Lisa C. McClainMI-911Mary E. MillerIL-1512Julia LetlowLA-5RUNNING FOR SENATE13Kevin KileyCA-3SUBCMTE CHAIR14Michael A. RulliOH-615James C. MoylanGU16Robert F. Onder, Jr.MO-317Ryan MackenziePA-7SUBCMTE CHAIR18Michael BaumgartnerWA-519Mark HarrisNC-820Mark B. MessmerIN-821Randy FineFL-6DEMOCRATS16 SEATS
1Bobby ScottVA-3RANKING2Joe CourtneyCT-23Frederica S. WilsonFL-24RETIRING4Suzanne BonamiciOR-1SUBCMTE RANKING5Mark TakanoCA-396Alma S. AdamsNC-12SUBCMTE RANKING7Mark DeSaulnierCA-10SUBCMTE RANKING8Donald NorcrossNJ-19Lucy McBathGA-610Jahana HayesCT-511Ilhan OmarMN-5SUBCMTE RANKING12Haley M. StevensMI-11LOST PRIMARY13Greg CasarTX-3514Summer L. LeePA-1215John W. MannionNY-2216Adelita S. GrijalvaAZ-7WHERE THEY’RE FROM25 STATES
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Darker means more members. 4 states have 3 each.
WHAT IT HANDLES
Education first, then jobs and labor
Education38534%
Jobs and labor22520%
Health12611%
Agriculture and food605.3%
Families433.8%
Other29126%
SUBCOMMITTEES · 4
Where the detailed work happens
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions20Unions and labor relations, employer health plans and pensions● Rick W. Allen● Mark DeSaulnierCHAIR● Rick W. AllenRANKING● Mark DeSaulnier20SEATSWorkforce Protections10Wage laws, workplace safety, family leave and job discrimination● Ryan Mackenzie● Ilhan OmarCHAIR● Ryan MackenzieRANKING● Ilhan Omar10SEATSHigher Education and Workforce Development22Colleges, student aid, job training and apprenticeships● Burgess Owens● Alma S. AdamsCHAIR● Burgess OwensRANKING● Alma S. Adams22SEATSEarly Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education16K-12 schools, Head Start, child care and school meals● Kevin Kiley● Suzanne BonamiciCHAIR● Kevin KileyRANKING● Suzanne Bonamici16SEATS
HEARINGS AND MARKUPS
When it meets
77
hearings this Congress
17
markups
Includes the 4 subcommittees. A markup is where members amend a bill and vote to send it to the floor.
Nothing scheduled yet. Committees post meetings about a week ahead.
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