House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 14, United States Code, to make appropriations for Coast Guard pay in the event an appropriations Act expires before the enactment of a new appropriations Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Hillary Scholten D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 24, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1542.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHOLTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 36, February 24, 2025, Page H769):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1542, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1542
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
67 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 57 Democrats
10 of 67 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Sara Jacobs (D-CA) and 37 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Hillary Scholten.
- H.R. 5784 (119th) AI–WISE Act
- H.R. 8882 (119th) Main Street Competes Act
- H.R. 1098 (119th) To reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994.
- H.R. 8999 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Washington Avenue, Suite 1 in Grand Haven, Michigan, as the…
- H.R. 9530 (119th) Quiet Skies Act
- H.R. 7376 (119th) Local Water Protection Act
Related bills
- S. 802 (119th) Pay Our Coast Guard ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.