# 119-hr-8203: Workforce Recovery and Resilience Act

119-hr-8203, Workforce Recovery and Resilience Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7] (R-PA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-22).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8203
- As of: 2026-08-22
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8203
- Congress: 119
- Title: Workforce Recovery and Resilience Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-04-06
- Sponsor: Rep. Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-22

## Summary

**Expand National Dislocated Worker Grants to support substance use disorder prevention and treatment.** This bill would require the Labor Department to collect and share annual evidence‑based practices and to open NDWG funding to workforce activities tied to addiction treatment, mental health care, and pain management.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2026-04-06T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Training grants for substance use jobs: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would allow new grants under the national dislocated worker program. Those grants would fund training and jobs tied to substance use prevention and treatment, including addiction care, mental health treatment, and pain management. You would be eligible if you are a dislocated w…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9086: Foreign Service Modernization Act
- 119-hr-4806: College Transparency Act
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-8203 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8203)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4317)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-9086: Foreign Service Modernization Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9086)
- [119-hr-4806: College Transparency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4806)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8203 (as of 2026-08-22).