House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Non-Essential Workers Transparency Act
Official title: To require Executive agencies to submit reports to Congress regarding employees who are furloughed during any period during which there is a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Scott Franklin R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 4, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 4, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5908.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 184, November 4, 2025, Page H4573):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5908, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5908
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 4, 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 December 4, 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Republicans
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ben Cline (R-VA), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), John McGuire (R-VA), John Rutherford (R-FL), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Franklin.
- H.R. 933 (119th) Defending Domestic Orange Juice Production Act of 2025
- H.R. 9094 (119th) Florida Freeze Disaster Assistance Act of 2026
- H.R. 7464 (119th) TEMP Act
- H.R. 1192 (119th) To ensure that Big Cypress National Preserve may not be designated as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation…
- H.R. 10737 (119th) To amend the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to promote transparency in science, and for…
- H.R. 1248 (119th) Ensuring Continuity in Veterans Health Act
Related bills
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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.