House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2019
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Feb 13, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1174.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARBAJAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 28, February 13, 2019, Page H1584):Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1174, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1174
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
69 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 58 Democrats, 1 independent
11 of 69 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Josh Harder (D-CA), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Peter King (R-NY), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Ben Luján (D-NM) and 39 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Salud Carbajal.
- H.R. 1236 (116th) Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019
- H.R. 2199 (116th) Central Coast Heritage Protection Act
- H.R. 3541 (116th) Coastal State Climate Preparedness Act of 2019
- H.R. 279 (116th) California Clean Coast Act of 2019
- H.R. 5170 (116th) Safe Skies Act of 2019
- H.Res. 913 (116th) Expressing support for frontline workers of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.