House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Capping Appointed Positions Act
Official title: To limit the total number of schedule C and schedule G positions in the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Hillary Scholten D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 15, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9714.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHOLTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 115, July 15, 2026, Page H4545):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 15, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9714, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9714
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 27, 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 July 27, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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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.