COVID–19 Federal Employee Reinstatement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1080.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GAETZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 33, February 17, 2023, Page H855):
  Article 1, Section 8, clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Provide for the reinstatement or compensation of Federal employees forced to resign their careers between September 9, 2021, and January 24, 2022, because of the Federal COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 17, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1080, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1080

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f0a063be71ae9b03c60f64697f0a5e3b3a7df52989c6ed4c6d3b987af5736289

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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