House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting America’s Diplomatic Workforce Act
Official title: To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to modify the requirements relating to reductions in force for Foreign Service officers and certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ami Bera D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 16, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 16, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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. 9728.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 116, July 16, 2026, Page H4624):Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9728, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9728
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 7, 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Democrats
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Johnny Olszewski (D-MD), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ami Bera.
- H.R. 3429 (119th) US-Japan-ROK Trilateral Cooperation Act
- H.R. 2488 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3817 Marysville Boulevard in Sacramento, California, as the…
- H.R. 6428 (119th) To require the Secretary of State to submit a report on participation in educational and cultural exchange programs.
- H.R. 6126 (119th) United States Foreign Service Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 1902 (119th) HERO Act
- H.Res. 880 (119th) Recognizing the strategic value of the historical partnership between the United States and India.
Related bills
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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.