House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protect Veteran Jobs Act
Official title: To reinstate veteran Federal employees, to require reports from executive branch agencies of the Federal Government on the number of veteran employees fired from such agencies, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Derek Tran D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 26, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1637.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TRAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 38, February 26, 2025, Page H880):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1637, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1637
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 February 10, 2026). 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
96 cosponsors — 96 Democrats
0 of 96 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), J. Correa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Jason Crow (D-CO), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Veronica Escobar (D-TX) and 66 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Derek Tran.
- H.R. 5788 (119th) 504 Program Risk Oversight Act
- H.Res. 366 (119th) Recognizing the 50th anniversary of Black April and the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975.
- H.Res. 1235 (119th) Recognizing the 51st anniversary of Black April and the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975.
- H.Con.Res. 50 (119th) Recognizing the importance of the Vietnamese Heritage Flag.
- H.R. 6678 (119th) Senior Legal Hotline Act of 2025
- H.Res. 948 (119th) Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Southeast Asian refugee resettlement and the many contributions and sacrifices of Southeast Asian…
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.