House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Saving the Civil Service Act
Official title: To prohibit the establishment of schedule F of the excepted service, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Gerald Connolly D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2025 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Walkinshaw asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 492, 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. 492.
- 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. 9, January 16, 2025, Page H222):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 492, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/492
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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 October 7, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 492, last updated October 7, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 10, 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
112 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 108 Democrats
4 of 112 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Don Bacon (R-NE), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Donald Davis (D-NC), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and 82 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 10, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.