House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Federal Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act
Official title: To ensure continuity of pay and allowances for Federal firefighters and protect Federal firefighters from reductions in force in the event of a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Janelle Bynum D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 30, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 30, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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. 5619.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BYNUM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 160, September 30, 2025, Page H4509):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5619, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5619
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 1, 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 1, 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
41 cosponsors — 41 Democrats
0 of 41 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Scott Peters (D-CA), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Emily Randall (D-WA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Andrea Salinas (D-OR) and 11 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Janelle Bynum.
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- H.R. 8041 (119th) Supporting VA Families Act
- H.R. 4486 (119th) Microplastics Safety Act
- H.R. 10252 (119th) Launching with Healthcare Act
- H.R. 5907 (119th) To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to eligible entities to select pre-reviewed designs of covered…
- H.R. 2287 (119th) Protecting Families from Inflation Act
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.