FOCA Act
Latest action · Mar 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedMar 13, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 13, 2025 to Dec 3, 2025; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | Bill Hagerty | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Original | Mar 13, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 13, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 13, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Mar 13, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3579 | Chuck Grassley R-IA | Jun 27, 2025 |
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-22 | FEDERAL COURTHOUSE DESIGN AND CON- STRUCTION: EXAMINING THE COSTS TO THE TAXPAYER57 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | May 20, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2126 | FOCA Act of 2025 | Related bill | Mar 14, 2025 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- FOCA Act
- Fair and Open Competition Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 13, 2025Introduced in Senate
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.
