House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Federal Employee Records Relief Act
Official title: To establish a temporary process for former Federal employees to obtain personnel records, secure administrative corrections to personnel and benefits documentation, and receive benefits coordination support, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 1, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 1, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10718.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALKINSHAW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 156, October 1, 2026, Page H6020):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 1, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10718, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10718
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 21, 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Democrats
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 21, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.