S 2966 · 119th Congress 2025โ€“2027

Emergency Relief for Federal Workers Act of 2025

Latest action · Oct 1, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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.

  1. IntroducedOct 1, 2025
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 1, 2025 to Oct 22, 2025; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlex PadillaOriginalOct 1, 2025
D-MDAngela D. AlsobrooksOriginalOct 1, 2025
D-HIBrian SchatzOriginalOct 1, 2025
D-NVCatherine Cortez MastoOriginalOct 1, 2025
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalOct 1, 2025
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalOct 1, 2025
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalOct 1, 2025
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalOct 1, 2025
D-NVJacky RosenOriginalOct 1, 2025
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalOct 1, 2025
D-COJohn W. HickenlooperOriginalOct 1, 2025
D-VAMark R. WarnerOriginalOct 1, 2025
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalOct 1, 2025
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalOct 1, 2025
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalOct 1, 2025
D-ORRon WydenOriginalOct 1, 2025
D-ILTammy DuckworthOriginalOct 1, 2025
D-COMichael F. BennetOct 22, 2025

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateFinance Committee
Referred Oct 1, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 1, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Oct 1, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 5674Emergency Relief for Federal Workers Act of 2025Identical billOct 3, 2025

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill 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.

  1. Oct 1, 2025Introduced in Senate

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