House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Public Shipyard Workforce Protection Act of 2025
Official title: To prohibit the use of funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense to carry out a hiring freeze, reduction in force, or hiring delay without cause at a public shipyard.
Sponsor: Rep. Maggie Goodlander D-NHWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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. 6793.
- 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. 213, December 17, 2025, Page H6024):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6793, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6793
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 22, 2026
- 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 January 22, 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
6 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 5 Democrats
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Emily Randall (D-WA), Robert Scott (D-VA), 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. 5680 (119th) Pay Our Public Shipyard Workers Act
- H.R. 10847 (119th) Military Justice Leadership and Independence Act
Related bills
- S. 1071 (119th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Related bill
- H.R. 3838 (119th) Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.