# 119-hr-5958: National Worker Cooperative Development and Support Act

119-hr-5958, National Worker Cooperative Development and Support Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5958
- Congress: 119
- Title: National Worker Cooperative Development and Support Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Federal support for worker-owned cooperatives.** This bill would create a cross-agency structure to promote, educate about, and expand financing for worker-owned businesses, plus targeted outreach to non‑English communities. - Workers: It would help employees form or buy businesses by promoting worker-owned cooperatives and funding education and technical assistance. Multilingual materials aim to reach linguistically non‑dominant communities. - Small businesses and cooperatives: The Small Business Administration would run a new intermediary lending pilot and broaden which organizations can act as intermediaries, raise a program funding threshold to $60.0 million, and extend eligible years to 2026–2036. - Community lenders and CDFIs: Community Development Financial Institutions would get a new directive to educate and help establish and manage worker-owned cooperatives. - Federal agencies and coordination: A United States Council on Worker Cooperatives inside the Department of Labor would coordinate covered agencies, identify regulatory barriers, publish reports and a public website within two years, and sunset after ten years.

## Provisions PRIA read

- More financing help for worker co-ops: benefit, medium. If enacted, worker cooperatives could join the SBA’s intermediary lending pilot as eligible lenders. The program cap would rise from $20,000,000 to $60,000,000. The pilot would run from 2026 through 2036. Community Development Financial Institutions would be guided to offer education and services t…
- Agencies must support worker cooperatives: benefit, medium. Covered federal agencies would be required to run programs that support worker co-ops. They would review rules to remove barriers and help connect co-ops to capital. Agencies would provide research, training, outreach, and technical help, including for businesses that want to convert to co-ops. The…
- National council for worker co-ops: benefit, medium. The Labor Department would set up a United States Council on Worker Cooperatives within 180 days. It would include leaders from SBA, IRS, Treasury, Commerce, Agriculture, and the White House. The Council would build a federal strategy, fix regulatory barriers, and coordinate research and education.…
- SBA multilingual help for worker co-ops: benefit, low. The SBA would create print and online materials about worker cooperatives. Materials would be translated into multiple languages. The SBA would run outreach in communities where English is not the main language. This could make it easier to start or convert to a worker co-op.
- Defines covered agencies and co-ops: benefit, low. The bill would define which agencies are covered: SBA, IRS, Treasury, Commerce, Agriculture, and Labor. It would define a worker-owned cooperative as a business mostly owned or controlled by employees under state law, or an eligible worker cooperative under federal tax law. These definitions would…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3077: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-2038: American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6976: Duty Status Reform Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-5958 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5958)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-3077: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3077)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-2038: American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2038)
- [119-hr-6976: Duty Status Reform Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6976)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5958 (as of 2026-04-21).