House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Fair Pay for Federal Contractors Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Ayanna Pressley D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 28, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 28, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5810.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PRESSLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 158, September 28, 2023, Page H4856):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: The bill will ensure federal contract workers receive back pay in the event of a government shutdown.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 210 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5810, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5810
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 December 5, 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
94 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 92 Democrats
2 of 94 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Becca Balint (D-VT), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Cori Bush (D-MO), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) and 64 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ayanna Pressley.
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- H.R. 2904 (118th) Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.