House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Help FEDS Act
Official title: To amend section 303 of the Social Security Act to require States to provide unemployment compensation benefits to Federal employees during a government shutdown, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Sarah Elfreth D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 26, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5572.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ELFRETH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 158, September 26, 2025, Page H4502):Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5572, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5572
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of March 30, 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
37 cosponsors — 37 Democrats
0 of 37 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Ed Case (D-HI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Danny Davis (D-IL), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), William Keating (D-MA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Johnny Olszewski (D-MD), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Emily Randall (D-WA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sarah Elfreth.
- H.R. 4294 (119th) MAWS Act of 2026
- H.R. 1989 (119th) Protect Our Probationary Employees Act
- H.Res. 723 (119th) Recognizing the 180th anniversary of the United States Naval Academy.
- H.R. 7251 (119th) Prohibit Partisan Park Passes Act
- H.R. 6184 (119th) NOAA Data Preservation Act
- H.R. 5843 (119th) Shutdown Student Loans for Feds Act
Related bills
- S. 2948 (119th) Help FEDS ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.