House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Keep the Watchdogs Running Act
Official title: To authorize Inspectors General to continue operations during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Gerald Connolly D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 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. 2180, 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. 2180.
- 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. 50, March 18, 2025, Page H1172):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2180, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2180
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 21, 2025
- 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 November 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2180, last updated November 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
16 cosponsors — 16 Democrats
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
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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.