# 119-s-500: CAREER Act of 2025

119-s-500, CAREER Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] (R-KY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-25).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-500
- Congress: 119
- Title: CAREER Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-10
- Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] (R-KY)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-25

## Summary

**Reauthorizes and expands treatment, recovery, and workforce grants and recovery housing through 2030.** It would update how grants are calculated, allow limited transportation tied to work or treatment, and align program job outcomes with WIOA employment metrics. - Families and people in recovery: Grants and a Recovery Housing Pilot would be extended through 2030 and would use updated 2018–2022 overdose, unemployment, and labor force participation data to guide where support goes. - Workers and job program participants: The bill would align employment and earnings outcomes with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and let grantees use up to 5 percent of funds for transportation to work, training, or treatment. - Grantees and program funding: It would raise the grant program cap from $5.0 million for FY2019–2023 to $12.0 million for FY2026–2030 and change grant-rate calculations to anchor on the highest overdose and unemployment rates and lowest participation rates from 2018–2022. *Increases authorized federal spending for these grants by raising the funding cap to $12.0 million for FY2026–2030 from $5.0 million previously.*

## Cosponsors (3)

- Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] (R-TN), 2025-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA), 2025-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Moreno, Bernie [R-OH] (R-OH), 2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More recovery and job grants: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would fund $12 million per year for CAREER Act grants for fiscal years 2026 through 2030. Grantees could use up to 5% of funds for transportation to work, training, or treatment. Programs would be required to track employment and earnings using WIOA employment metrics. Grant aw…
- Recovery housing pilot extended: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would extend the Recovery Housing Pilot Program through 2030. The agency would need to take required actions within 60 days after enactment. Site selection and triggers would use 2018–2022 averages for unemployment and participation and add 2018–2022 age-adjusted overdose death…

## Related bills

- 119-s-2572: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026
- 119-s-1547: America the Beautiful Act
- 119-s-5: Laken Riley Act
- 119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.
- 119-sres-897: A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewellyn Kyl, former Senator for the State of Arizona.

## Sources
- [119-s-500 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/500)

## Related
- [119-s-2572: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2572)
- [119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5025)
- [119-s-1547: America the Beautiful Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1547)
- [119-s-5: Laken Riley Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5)
- [119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former Uni…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-913)
- [119-sres-897: A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewel…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-897)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-500 (as of 2026-06-25).