House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
EQUALS Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to modify probationary periods with respect to positions in the competitive service, to establish trial periods for positions in the excepted service, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Brandon Gill R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 14, 2025
- Committee actionDec 2, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 9, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5750.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5750, EQUALS Act of 2025” on February 17, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on December 2, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 17, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62139
- CBO publication date
- February 17, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5750, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5750
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-604 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 9, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/604
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5750, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5750
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GILL of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 169, October 14, 2025, Page H4537):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 14, 2025 ↗
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- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5750, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5750
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8ac2b0042e2c19633a4c1042aa25bfc7146274b892731d5190889b9a7ffff868
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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 — 4 Republicans
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Cloud (R-TX), James Comer (R-KY), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Barry Moore (R-AL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brandon Gill.
- H.J.Res. 142 (119th) Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision…
- H.R. 5140 (119th) To lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age.
- H.R. 5713 (119th) Expedited Removal of Criminal Aliens Act
- H.R. 273 (119th) REMAIN in Mexico Act of 2025
- H.R. 4448 (119th) Restoring Equal Opportunity Act
- H.Res. 229 (119th) Impeaching James E. Boasberg, United States District Court Chief Judge for the District of Columbia, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
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.