House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Public Lands Workforce Stability Act
Official title: To prohibit any reduction in force or involuntary separation at the Department of the Interior and the United States Forest Service, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Joe Neguse D-COWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 27, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 27, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. 8523.
- 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. 73, April 27, 2026, Page H3124):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8523, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8523
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
522b9f945112e7be8c9fd2ab79e2669b44ba9e119298aa73237c1f3603b94dcc
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 October 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8523, last updated October 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 23, 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
7 cosponsors — 6 Democrats, 1 independent
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Kevin Kiley (I-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM).
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 Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.