Jobs and Justice Act of 2018
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Jobs and Justice Act of 2018
This bill addresses a wide variety of domestic policy matters and focuses on economically distressed communities, opportunities for minorities and the disadvantaged, and civil rights enforcement.
Included in the programs and requirements affected are those concerning:
diversity in contracting;
infrastructure development;
areas of persistent poverty;
job training for youth and older Americans;
education of girls and minorities in STEM fields;
the federal minimum wage;
military family benefits;
health care coverage and access;
small business investment;
commercial investment in underserved areas, including through tax benefits;
housing, including affordability and homelessness programs, landlord-tenant matters, public housing, foreclosure mitigation, and discrimination;
access to higher education, including through community college attendance;
science, technology, and information security education;
hate crimes;
law enforcement officer conduct;
law enforcement resources and administration;
juvenile justice;
sentencing procedures;
voting rights and administration;
prison administration; and
firearms sales and possession.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on May 11, 2018. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on May 14, 2018: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 115th Congress (2017-18), 442 of the 11,421 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 3.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
Cedric Richmond (D-LA) introduced it on May 11, 2018, and 44 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They are 44 Democrats.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on May 11, 2018, 3044 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 3041 days ago, on May 14, 2018.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 115th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2019 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers