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H.R. 1235: Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act

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H.R. 1235: Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act

118th Congress · introduced 2023-02-28 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-02-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act

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Official text

Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr1235.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · 109 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Mark Pocan (D-WI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Bill Foster (D-IL), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Donald G. Davis (D-NC), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Jared F. Golden (D-ME), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), Michael R. Turner (R-OH), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Summer L. Lee (D-PA), Mike Flood (R-NE), Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), André Carson (D-IN), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT) and 49 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong118-hr1235 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118