Eliminate unreasonable occupational licensing requirements and make it easier for people to enter the workforce.

Eliminate Unreasonable Licensing Requirements: In America, we shouldn't need to obtain a costly permission slip from the government to go to work and provide for our families. Congress should do all in its power to make it easier for people to enter the workforce, not more difficult.

Johnson's 2016 House campaign site called for eliminating unreasonable licensing requirements and said Congress should make workforce entry easier.

Mike Johnson on Budget & Economy
archival · campaign_site · model gpt-5.5

Congress.gov lists Johnson as Speaker of the House and representative for Louisiana District 4 in the 115th-119th Congresses, 2017-present.

Establishes the relevant federal office and later-service window for evaluating actions after his first House campaign.

unresolved unknown

Representative Mike Johnson | Congress.gov
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

The Treasury, CEA, and Labor report says licensing is mostly state-issued and recommends reducing unnecessary restrictions and increasing interstate recognition.

Shows that the promise targets a broad, mostly state-controlled policy area; full fulfillment would require more than narrow federal fixes.

unresolved unknown

Occupational Licensing: A Framework for Policymakers
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%

EO 13966 set federal policy to reduce burdens from occupational regulation and directed agencies to review policies and recommend actions.

This was a federal administrative step toward occupational licensing reform, but it did not itself eliminate licensing requirements nationwide.

partial later_term

Executive Order 13966: Increasing Economic and Geographic Mobility
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

Congress.gov records H.R.7939 as Public Law 117-333 and summarizes that it provides professional-license portability for relocated servicemembers and spouses.

Congress enacted a targeted workforce-entry reform for military families, a limited subset of the occupational licensing promise.

partial later_term

H.R.7939 - Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

Section 19 added SCRA license portability so qualifying servicemembers and spouses can have covered licenses treated as valid after relocation.

The enacted text confirms a concrete but narrow licensing barrier reduction, not broad elimination of unreasonable licensing requirements.

partial later_term

Public Law 117-333, Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

Congress.gov records H.R.5009 as Public Law 118-159, with final House and Senate action completed in December 2024.

A later law during Johnson's speakership carried additional professional-license portability provisions, supporting partial fulfillment only.

partial later_term

H.R.5009 - Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

Section 587 revised SCRA portability, including temporary licenses; section 7104 added professional-license portability for Foreign Service members and spouses.

The law broadened portability for specific federal/military-connected populations, but still did not eliminate unreasonable occupational licensing generally.

partial later_term

Public Law 118-159, Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

EO 14036 identified overly restrictive licensing as a worker-mobility barrier and encouraged FTC consideration of unfair occupational licensing restrictions; the page notes later revocation.

This was another administrative effort, but it was not a durable statutory fulfillment and was revoked by 2025.

partial later_term

Executive Order 14036: Promoting Competition in the American Economy
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

BLS 2025 annual averages report 35.257 million employed people with a license, 21.6 percent of employed workers.

Occupational licensing remained widespread as of the latest BLS table before the assessment date, indicating the broad promise was not fully delivered.

partial later_term

Certification and Licensing Status of the Civilian Noninstitutional Population by Employment Status, 2025 Annual Averages
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%