# 119-hres-160: Recognizing January 2025 as "National Mentoring Month".

119-hres-160, Recognizing January 2025 as "National Mentoring Month"., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA); status introduced (as of 2026-09-27).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hres-160
- Congress: 119
- Title: Recognizing January 2025 as "National Mentoring Month".
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA)
- Cosponsors: 32
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-27

## Summary

**National Mentoring Month** designates January 2025 to spotlight mentoring, recruit new mentors, and encourage institutions to build quality mentoring into programs and policies. The resolution says mentoring boosts academic success, social and emotional well-being, career exploration, and youth leadership, notes mentoring happens in schools, community programs, faith groups, workplaces, and informal relationships, highlights that about one in three young people lack a mentor, and urges public, private, and nonprofit collaboration to expand relationship-centered supports for youth.

## Cosponsors (32)

- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] (D-CO), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2550: Protect America's Workforce Act
- 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-17: Paycheck Fairness Act

## Sources
- [119-hres-160 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/160)

## Related
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-2550: Protect America's Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2550)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-17: Paycheck Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-17)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-160 (as of 2026-09-27).