House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
MERIT Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for an alternative removal for performance or misconduct for Federal employees.
Sponsor: Rep. Barry Loudermilk R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 23, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 23, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 687.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LOUDERMILK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 14, January 23, 2025, Page H389):Article I, Section 8, clause 18 To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Departrnent or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 265 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 687, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/687
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 19, 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 March 19, 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
24 cosponsors — 24 Republicans
0 of 24 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), James Baird (R-IN), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Mike Collins (R-GA), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Andy Harris (R-MD), Mark Harris (R-NC), J. Hill (R-AR), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Mary Miller (R-IL), Burgess Owens (R-UT), John Rose (R-TN), W. Steube (R-FL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Randy Weber (R-TX), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Barry Loudermilk.
- H.R. 5362 (119th) To name the Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic in Marietta, Georgia, as the "Colonel Michael H. Boyce Department of…
- H.Res. 605 (119th) Establishing the Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6, 2021.
- H.R. 1078 (119th) Respect State Housing Laws Act
- H.R. 1799 (119th) Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization Act
- H.R. 5775 (119th) FCRA Liability Harmonization Act
- H.R. 6550 (119th) American FIRST Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.