Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2025
Latest action · Nov 20, 2025 ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Walkinshaw asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1559, a bill originally introduced by Representative Connolly, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 25, 2025 to Sep 21, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Original | Feb 25, 2025 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| D-MD | April McClain Delaney | Apr 29, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Apr 29, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Apr 29, 2025 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Apr 29, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Apr 29, 2025 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | May 20, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | May 20, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Mar 3, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Mar 18, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Mar 27, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Apr 23, 2026 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | May 29, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | May 29, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | May 29, 2026 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Sep 21, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 25, 2025 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 20, 2025ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Walkinshaw asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1559, a bill originally introduced by Representative Connolly, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
- Feb 25, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 25, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 37, February 25, 2025, page H837.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To extend the right of appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board to certain employees of the United States Postal Service.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
