House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Federal Retirement Safety Act
Official title: To change the spousal notification and consent requirements for the payment of lump-sum retirement benefits in cases of domestic violence, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7706.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEGUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 37, February 25, 2026, Page H2329):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7706, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7706
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 10, 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 April 10, 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
8 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 7 Democrats
1 of 8 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Summer Lee (D-PA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Neguse.
- H.R. 3922 (119th) Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions Act
- H.R. 1729 (119th) Bolts Ditch Act
- H.Res. 22 (119th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 744 (119th) Disaster Management Costs Modernization Act
- H.R. 3924 (119th) Wildfire Risk Evaluation Act
- H.J.Res. 122 (119th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate…
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.