PREP Act
Latest action · Apr 30, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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.
- IntroducedApr 30, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 30, 2025 to Aug 27, 2026; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Apr 30, 2025 |
| D-GA | David Scott | Original | Apr 30, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 30, 2025 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Apr 30, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Apr 30, 2025 |
| D-MD | Sarah Elfreth | Original | Apr 30, 2025 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Apr 30, 2025 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Apr 30, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | May 7, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | May 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jun 9, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Jun 10, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Jun 20, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Aug 22, 2025 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Mar 3, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Aug 13, 2026 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Aug 27, 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 Apr 30, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 30, 2025Introduced in House
- Apr 30, 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. 72, April 30, 2025, page H1776.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 5, United States Code, to reduce the duration of probationary periods under an initial appointments for Federal employees, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- PREP Act
- Probationary Reduction for Employee Protections Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 30, 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.
