House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act
Sponsor: Rep. Donald Beyer D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 7, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and House Administration, 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. 856.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 25, February 7, 2023, Page H738):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Federal Government ReformSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 89 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 856, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/856
- 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
56 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 53 Democrats
3 of 56 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Greg Casar (D-TX), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Beyer.
- H.R. 5399 (118th) Humane Cosmetics Act of 2023
- H.R. 1277 (118th) Military Spouse Hiring Act
- H.J.Res. 76 (118th) Redesignating the Robert E. Lee Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery as the "Arlington House National Historic Site".
- H.R. 3470 (118th) Keeping All Students Safe Act
- H.Res. 881 (118th) Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
- H.R. 974 (118th) AIM Act of 2023
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.