House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
To provide employment protections for, and reinstatement of, certain probationary Federal career employees, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Johnny Olszewski D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 10, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2880.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OLSZEWSKI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 65, April 10, 2025, Page H1602):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2880, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2880
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 2, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
28c08ef9406ceccbf5a7a571f3df6510fcce255480f84866b21d35b302a4c2a2
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 December 2, 2025). 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
34 cosponsors — 34 Democrats
0 of 34 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Wesley Bell (D-MO), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Sam Liccardo (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), David Scott (D-GA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Dina Titus (D-NV), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Johnny Olszewski.
- H.R. 8879 (119th) Oversight and Transparency for Small Business Certifications Act of 2026
- H.R. 5599 (119th) To prohibit the removal of Federal employees during any lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3988 (119th) To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Director of the Bureau of the Census to conduct a study and submit a…
- H.Res. 1213 (119th) Supporting the recognition of April 2026 as "National County Government Month" to honor the county government workforce, educate residents…
- H.J.Res. 135 (119th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the pardon power of the President.
- H.J.Res. 174 (119th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for term limits for justices of the Supreme Court.
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.