House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Pay Our Correctional Officers Fairly Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 10, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 10, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3199.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WEBER of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 79, May 10, 2023, Page H2246):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To increase staffing retention at the Bureau of PrisonsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 10, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 119 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3199, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3199
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
488272d5effd3291957dab40bb33145e64c0c600e930d171cf369bc1eecd7ccd
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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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
41 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 41 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Andy Barr (R-KY), Mike Bost (R-IL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Angie Craig (D-MN), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Al Green (D-TX), H. Griffith (R-VA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Carol Miller (R-WV), Marcus Molinaro (R-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) and 11 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.