Senate bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, concerning restrictions on the participation of certain Federal employees in partisan political activity, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Chuck Grassley R-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 10, 2024
- Committee actionJul 31, 2024
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 9, 2024 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 681.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 4656.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 4656, a bill to amend title 5, United State Code, concerning restrictions on the participation of certain Federal employees in partisan political activity, and for other purposes” on October 24, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 31, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 24, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60861
- CBO publication date
- October 24, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 4656, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/4656
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 118-278 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on December 10, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 10, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/278
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 4656, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/4656
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3cbc5077104e1cdad90620ea1b9e53f794da028d3de500abe7c27d4e22e6bbe7
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.