House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2025
Official title: To extend the right of appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board to certain employees of the United States Postal Service.
Sponsor: Rep. Gerald Connolly D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 20, 2025 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Walkinshaw asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1559, a bill originally introduced by Representative Connolly, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1559.
- 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. 171, No. 37, February 25, 2025, Page H837):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1559, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1559
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 22, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1559, last updated September 22, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
22 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 20 Democrats
2 of 22 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Jared Golden (D-ME), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Frank Mrvan (D-IN), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gerald Connolly.
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- H.R. 1912 (119th) Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025
- H.R. 2416 (119th) Taiwan International Solidarity Act
- H.R. 758 (119th) Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2025
- H.Res. 186 (119th) Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the conflicts of interest of…
- H.R. 1522 (119th) Federal Retirement Fairness Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.