119th Congress
H.R. 1835
MERIT Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- LaMonica McIver(D-NJ)
- Introduced
- Mar 4, 2025
- Policy area
- Government Operations and Politics
- Committees
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; House Committee on Ways and Means
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (108)
Original cosponsors (71)
- Adam Smith (D-WA)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
- Alma S. Adams (D-NC)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
- Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)
- Betty McCollum (D-MN)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Brittany Pettersen (D-CO)
- Cleo Fields (D-LA)
- Danny K. Davis (D-IL)
- Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
- Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL)
- George Latimer (D-NY)
- Glenn Ivey (D-MD)
- Grace Meng (D-NY)
- Greg Landsman (D-OH)
- Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY)
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA)
- Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ)
- James P. McGovern (D-MA)
- Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)
- Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA)
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL)
- Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
- Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-MD)
- John W. Mannion (D-NY)
- Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL)
- Juan Vargas (D-CA)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Lateefah Simon (D-CA)
- Lauren Underwood (D-IL)
- Lori Trahan (D-MA)
- Madeleine Dean (D-PA)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA)
- Maxine Waters (D-CA)
- Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA)
- Nikema Williams (D-GA)
- Norma J. Torres (D-CA)
- Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY)
- Pablo José Hernández (D-PR)
- Paul Tonko (D-NY)
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Robert Garcia (D-CA)
- Robin L. Kelly (D-IL)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA)
- Shontel M. Brown (D-OH)
- Shri Thanedar (D-MI)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Summer L. Lee (D-PA)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
- Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY)
- Troy A. Carter (D-LA)
- Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC)
- Wesley Bell (D-MO)
- Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ)
- Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY)
- C001078
- C001127
- G000551
- T000489
Added later (37)
- Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA) · Mar 10, 2025
- Veronica Escobar (D-TX) · Mar 10, 2025
- Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA) · Mar 11, 2025
- Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA) · Mar 18, 2025
- Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY) · Mar 18, 2025
- Darren Soto (D-FL) · Mar 18, 2025
- Deborah K. Ross (D-NC) · Mar 18, 2025
- Eric Sorensen (D-IL) · Mar 18, 2025
- J. Luis Correa (D-CA) · Mar 18, 2025
- Jahana Hayes (D-CT) · Mar 18, 2025
- Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL) · Mar 18, 2025
- Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) · Mar 18, 2025
- Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) · Mar 18, 2025
- Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI) · Mar 18, 2025
- Julie Johnson (D-TX) · Mar 21, 2025
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) · Mar 21, 2025
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ) · Mar 21, 2025
- S001193 · Mar 21, 2025
- Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA) · Mar 25, 2025
- Greg Stanton (D-AZ) · Mar 25, 2025
- Shomari Figures (D-AL) · Mar 31, 2025
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) · Mar 31, 2025
- Terri A. Sewell (D-AL) · Apr 1, 2025
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI) · Apr 3, 2025
- Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) · Apr 3, 2025
- Mike Quigley (D-IL) · Apr 7, 2025
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) · Apr 7, 2025
- Joe Neguse (D-CO) · Apr 8, 2025
- Sarah Elfreth (D-MD) · Apr 8, 2025
- Emily Randall (D-WA) · Apr 28, 2025
- Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM) · Apr 28, 2025
- Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) · Apr 28, 2025
- Diana DeGette (D-CO) · Jun 3, 2025
- Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) · Jun 3, 2025
- Ted Lieu (D-CA) · Jun 3, 2025
- Jared Huffman (D-CA) · Jul 22, 2025
- Haley M. Stevens (D-MI) · Dec 9, 2025
Summary
No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.
Official title: To require the reinstatement of recently terminated probationary Federal employees, and for other purposes.
Latest action(Mar 4, 2025): Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Mar 4, 2025 · House
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. - Mar 4, 2025
Introduced in House