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H.R. 1759: BRIDGE for Workers Act

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H.R. 1759: BRIDGE for Workers Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-03-14 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 391.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-03-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 162 (2019): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR1759 (2019-04-09), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 391. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

BRIDGE for Workers Act

Plain summary

Building on Reemployment Improvements to Deliver Good Employment for Workers Act or the BRIDGE for Workers Act This bill extends eligibility for reemployment services to all individuals claiming unemployment compensation. Currently, only unemployment claimants that are identified as likely to exhaust their regular unemployment compensation are eligible for such reemployment services.

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Official text

BRIDGE for Workers Act

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7] · 9 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1759, BRIDGE for Workers Act (2019-04-05)

Cosponsors on this site

Darin LaHood (R-IL), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA)

Recorded votes

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr1759 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116