House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Federal Employees Civil Relief Act
Official title: To suspend the enforcement of certain civil liabilities of Federal employees and contractors during a lapse in appropriations, or during a breach of the statutory debt limit, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Brendan Boyle D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 8, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 8, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Education and Workforce, and House Administration, 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. 5708.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 166, October 8, 2025, Page H4528):clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5708, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5708
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 19, 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 June 19, 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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Wesley Bell (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), William Keating (D-MA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Emily Randall (D-WA), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Robert Scott (D-VA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Jill Tokuda (D-HI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brendan Boyle.
- H.R. 2319 (119th) Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2025
- H.R. 2671 (119th) Tax Fairness for Workers Act
- H.R. 2753 (119th) Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act of 2025
- H.Con.Res. 16 (119th) Providing for a joint session of the Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, July 2, 2026, in honor of the semiquincentennial…
- H.R. 5220 (119th) Congressional Power of the Purse Act
- H.R. 10251 (119th) Back-to-School Supplies Affordability Act
Related bills
- S. 2982 (119th) Federal Employees Civil Relief ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.