Emergency Relief for Federal Workers Act of 2025
Latest action · Oct 3, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
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.
- IntroducedOct 3, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 38
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 3, 2025 to Nov 4, 2025; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | April McClain Delaney | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-MD | Sarah Elfreth | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Original | Oct 3, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Nellie Pou | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Oct 14, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Oct 14, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Oct 14, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Nov 4, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Oct 3, 2025 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Oct 3, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 3, 2025Introduced in House
- Oct 3, 2025Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
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. 163, October 3, 2025, page H4517.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2966 | Emergency Relief for Federal Workers Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Oct 1, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to waive certain penalties for affected Federal employees receiving a distribution from the Thrift Savings Plan during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Emergency Relief for Federal Workers Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 3, 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.
