House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Federal Workforce Early Separation Incentives Act
Official title: To amend section 3523 of title 5, United States Code, to increase the limit on voluntary separation incentive payments, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 27, 2026
- Committee actionFeb 4, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 4, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7256.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7256, Federal Workforce Early Separation Incentives Act of 2026” on April 20, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on February 4, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62362
- CBO publication date
- April 20, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7256, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7256
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
582b930d329f5ccbcdd099be3ad0438037d75d652b9e8224bdc8e939248be9b5
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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. LANGWORTHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 19, January 27, 2026, Page H1916):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7256, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7256
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
582b930d329f5ccbcdd099be3ad0438037d75d652b9e8224bdc8e939248be9b5
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 18, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.