House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
USCP Act
Official title: To provide for the payment of salaries to employees of the United States Capitol Police during any lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Shomari Figures D-ALWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 28, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 28, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5849.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FIGURES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 179, October 28, 2025, Page H4559):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5849, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5849
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 13, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
21 cosponsors — 21 Democrats
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Josh Riley (D-NY), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Shomari Figures.
- H.R. 3962 (119th) ESTUARIES Act
- H.R. 6006 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 North Elm Street in Tuskegee, Alabama, as the "Tuskegee…
- H.R. 9849 (119th) Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Act of 2026
- H.R. 6635 (119th) Bus Operator Safety and Security Act
- H.Res. 1086 (119th) Recognizing the historical significance of the Clotilda, condemning the United States role in the Atlantic slave trade, and acknowledging…
- H.R. 5850 (119th) GRAD 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.