House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Pay Our Public Shipyard Workers Act
Official title: Making continuing appropriations for civilian and military public shipyard workers pay in the event of a Government shutdown.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 3, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 3, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5680.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GOODLANDER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 163, October 3, 2025, Page H4517):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5680, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5680
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2c502ec58e269a6baa8df7b346be894dc573269359789e3f4771ddaa4c88ae59
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, 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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Emily Randall (D-WA), Jill Tokuda (D-HI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maggie Goodlander.
- H.R. 4549 (119th) Office of Rural Affairs Enhancement Act
- H.R. 7099 (119th) PATH to Education Act
- H.R. 4594 (119th) Military Learning for Credit Act of 2025
- H.Res. 1229 (119th) Supporting the designation of April 2026 as "National Native Plant Month".
- H.R. 6793 (119th) Public Shipyard Workforce Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 10847 (119th) Military Justice Leadership and Independence 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.