Building Civic Bridges Act
Latest action · Feb 25, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Building Civic Bridges Act
This bill establishes an office and pilot grant program within the Corporation for National and Community Service to support civic bridge building, which aims to address local issues and polarization within communities.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 25, 2022 to Dec 8, 2022; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Original | Feb 25, 2022 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Feb 25, 2022 |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Original | Feb 25, 2022 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Feb 25, 2022 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Feb 25, 2022 |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Original | Feb 25, 2022 |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Original | Feb 25, 2022 |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Original | Feb 25, 2022 |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Original | Feb 25, 2022 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | Feb 25, 2022 |
| R-NY | John Katko | Original | Feb 25, 2022 |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Original | Feb 25, 2022 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Original | Feb 25, 2022 |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | Original | Feb 25, 2022 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Feb 25, 2022 |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Original | Feb 25, 2022 |
| R-SC | William R. Timmons IV | Original | Feb 25, 2022 |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Mar 1, 2022 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Nov 3, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Nov 3, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Dec 8, 2022 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Dec 8, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 25, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2022Introduced in House
- Feb 25, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 35, February 25, 2022, page H1148.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4530 | Building Civic Bridges Act | Related bill | Jul 14, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish an Office of Civic Bridgebuilding within the Corporation for National and Community Service, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Building Civic Bridges Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2022Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
