House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
WATCH Personnel Act of 2026
Official title: Making continuing appropriations for essential Transportation Security Administration pay and operations during the lapse in appropriations beginning on February 14, 2026, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Nellie Pou D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8902.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. POU, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 85, May 19, 2026, Page H3628):8 section of article 1 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 47 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8902, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8902
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 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
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nellie Pou.
- H.R. 5783 (119th) State Actions For Employing Transportation Risk Assessments and Crossing Knowledge Strategies Act
- H.R. 7448 (119th) Modernizing and Improving the National Terrorism Advisory System Act of 2026
- H.R. 2285 (119th) DHS Basic Training Accreditation Improvement Act of 2025
- H.R. 3305 (119th) LEO Fair Retirement Act of 2025
- H.R. 7449 (119th) PLATE Act
- H.R. 7986 (119th) Save the World Cup Act
Related bills
- S. 4422 (119th) WATCH Personnel Act of 2026Identical bill
- S. 4073 (119th) Transportation Security Administration Pay Act of 2026Related bill
- S. 4127 (119th) Transportation Security Administration Pay Act of 2026Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.