H.R. 8426: Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2024
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H.R. 8426: Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2024
118th Congress · introduced 2024-05-16 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2024-05-16 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2024
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Official text
Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2024
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] · 181 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Don Bacon (R-NE), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Val T. Hoyle (D-OR), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and 121 more.
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Sources
- Official summary
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr8426.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>
Record fed-us-cong118-hr8426 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118