House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting Federal Employee Rights to Personnel Files Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to require agencies to provide official personnel record files to Federal employees and former Federal employees, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Julia Brownley D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 16, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 16, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4440.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWNLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 122, July 16, 2025, Page H3368):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4440, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4440
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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.
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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
18 cosponsors — 18 Democrats
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Ted Lieu (D-CA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Emilia Sykes (D-OH), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Julia Brownley.
- H.R. 659 (119th) Veterans Law Judge Experience Act of 2025
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- H.J.Res. 144 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of…
- H.R. 4876 (119th) Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act
- H.R. 210 (119th) Dental Care for Veterans Act
- H.R. 211 (119th) Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.