House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Administrative Law Judges Competitive Service Restoration Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 5, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7225.
- 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. 20, February 5, 2024, Page H431):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: The ALJ Competitive Service Restoration Act restores administrative law judges to the ``competitive service''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 207 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7225, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7225
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 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.
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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Michael Turner (R-OH).
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.