Bills · 119th Congress · H.R. 5599

To prohibit the removal of Federal employees during any lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.

IntroducedConfirmed from the official record

Sponsored by Johnny Olszewski, Jr. DDemocrat, introduced . Policy area, as Congress files it: Government Operations and Politics.

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Cosponsors

73 cosponsors.

Cosponsors
MemberJoined
Brittany Pettersen DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Joyce Beatty DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
André Carson DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Angie Craig DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Sarah Elfreth DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Laura Friedman DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Vicente Gonzalez DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Steny H. Hoyer DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jonathan L. Jackson DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Susie Lee DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Kweisi Mfume DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Seth Moulton DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Eleanor Holmes Norton DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Emily Randall DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Andrea Salinas DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Melanie A. Stansbury DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
James R. Walkinshaw DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
George Whitesides DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Nanette Diaz Barragán DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Emanuel Cleaver DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Daniel S. Goldman DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Steven Horsford DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Summer L. Lee DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Ted Lieu DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Betty McCollum DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
James P. McGovern DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
LaMonica McIver DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Raul Ruiz DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Dina Titus DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Rashida Tlaib DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Norma J. Torres DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Chellie Pingree DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Timothy M. Kennedy DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Maxine Dexter DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Hillary J. Scholten DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Madeleine Dean DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Veronica Escobar DDemocrat
Donald Norcross DDemocrat
April McClain Delaney DDemocrat
Greg Landsman DDemocrat
Jesús G. "Chuy" García DDemocrat
Delia C. Ramirez DDemocrat
Jamie Raskin DDemocrat
Stephen F. Lynch DDemocrat
Jerrold Nadler DDemocrat
Robert Garcia DDemocrat
John Garamendi DDemocrat
Ami Bera DDemocrat
Jill N. Tokuda DDemocrat
Jimmy Panetta DDemocrat
Yassamin Ansari DDemocrat
Gabe Amo DDemocrat
Bradley Scott Schneider DDemocrat
Frank J. Mrvan DDemocrat
Suhas Subramanyam DDemocrat
Shontel M. Brown DDemocrat
Dwight Evans DDemocrat
Jasmine Crockett DDemocrat
Paul Tonko DDemocrat
Eugene Simon Vindman DDemocrat
Luz M. Rivas DDemocrat
Darren Soto DDemocrat
Lori Trahan DDemocrat
Wesley Bell DDemocrat
Pramila Jayapal DDemocrat
Val T. Hoyle DDemocrat
Alma S. Adams DDemocrat
Lois Frankel DDemocrat
Glenn Ivey DDemocrat
Jahana Hayes DDemocrat
Judy Chu DDemocrat

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Actions

  1. Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  2. Introduced in House
  3. Introduced in House

Committees

  • Oversight and Government Reform Committee (House)Referred To, September 26, 2025

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