House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Federal Firefighters Families First Act
Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for pay equality and the more accurate computation of retirement benefits for certain firefighters employed by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Gerald Connolly D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 20, 2025 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Walkinshaw asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 759, a bill originally introduced by Representative Connolly, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 759.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 18, January 28, 2025, Page H406):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 759, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/759
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
954716f1ec554f95ca0d4659516b29ca0fcbaf46a7a2185218556f016efb9b93
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 July 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 759, last updated July 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
77 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 65 Democrats
12 of 77 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Don Bacon (R-NE), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Flood (R-NE), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) and 47 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gerald Connolly.
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- H.R. 2416 (119th) Taiwan International Solidarity Act
- H.R. 758 (119th) Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2025
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- H.R. 1522 (119th) Federal Retirement Fairness Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.