House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
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- IntroducedJan 30, 2024
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- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jan 30, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7127.
- 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. 170, No. 17, January 30, 2024, Page H316):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Federal Employee CompensationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 127 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7127, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7127
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
94ffcd233b4c56a8c37acd8f0077ba77b4f8c5d9586b61d7f2adba6ff2ad7335
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
116 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 115 Democrats
1 of 116 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Cori Bush (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA) and 86 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gerald Connolly.
- H.Res. 1056 (118th) Recognizing the importance of trilateral cooperation among the United States, Japan, and South Korea.
- H.R. 1176 (118th) Taiwan International Solidarity Act
- H.R. 4016 (118th) Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act
- H.R. 7527 (118th) Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2024
- H.R. 5532 (118th) Russia-North Korea Cooperation Sanctions Act
- H.R. 4157 (118th) Not Just a Number Act
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.