US SB2982 | 2025-2026 | 119th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)
Status: Introduced on October 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-10-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on October 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-10-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
A bill to suspend the enforcement of certain civil liabilities of Federal employees and contractors during a lapse in appropriations, or during a breach of the statutory debt limit, and for other purposes.
Title
Federal Employees Civil Relief Act
Sponsors
| Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI] | Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY] | Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] | Sen. Alex Padilla [D-CA] |
| Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT] | Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD] | Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] | Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] |
| Sen. Angela Alsobrooks [D-MD] | Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA] | Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL] | Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI] |
| Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA] | Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI] | Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV] | Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] |
| Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ] | Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM] | Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA] | Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-07 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Same As/Similar To
HB5708 (Same As) 2025-10-08 - Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Education and Workforce, and House Administration, 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.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2982/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/s2982/BILLS-119s2982is.pdf |
