House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
First Responder Fair RETIRE Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 19, 2017
- Committee actionMar 15, 2018
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 15, 2018 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3303.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3303, First Responder Fair RETIRE Act” on June 14, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 15, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 14, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54053
- CBO publication date
- June 14, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3303, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3303
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 122, July 19, 2017, Page H6042):Article I Section 8 Clause 18 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 19, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 63 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3303, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3303
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of January 15, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3303, last updated January 15, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
18 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 9 Democrats, 1 independent
8 of 18 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Peter King (R-NY), James Langevin (D-RI), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Steve Russell (R-OK), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Scott Taylor (R-VA), Niki Tsongas (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gerald Connolly.
- H.R. 3243 (115th) FITARA Enhancement Act of 2017
- H.R. 1928 (115th) Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act
- H.R. 1225 (115th) To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Edwin Cole "Ed" Bearss, in recognition of his contributions to preservation of American Civil War…
- H.R. 757 (115th) FAIR Act
- H.R. 6909 (115th) Lady Liberty Act of 2018
- H.R. 4775 (115th) FAIR Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.