H.R. 1597 119th Congress House

Compassion for Vulnerable and Struggling Workers Act

Official title: To provide that former civil service employees who were wrongfully fired are eligible to enroll in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 26, 2025 See on congress.gov

Government Operations and Politics Employee benefits and pensionsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and access

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Feb 26, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Feb 26, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Oversight and Government Reform Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 7

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
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Bodies those filers lobbied

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
7 filings
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
7 filings
Energy, Dept of
7 filings
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
7 filings
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
7 filings
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
7 filings
General Services Administration (GSA)
7 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
7 filings

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Cosponsors 12

Pocan, Mark

Wisconsin · May 5, 2025

Subramanyam, Suhas

Virginia · Mar 11, 2025

Green, Al

Texas · Mar 10, 2025

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Mar 10, 2025

Ramirez, Delia C.

Illinois · Mar 10, 2025

Waters, Maxine

California · Mar 10, 2025

Tlaib, Rashida

Michigan · Mar 6, 2025

Brown, Shontel M.

Ohio · Mar 3, 2025

Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"

Georgia · Mar 3, 2025

McIver, LaMonica

New Jersey · Mar 3, 2025

Thanedar, Shri

Michigan · Mar 3, 2025

Titus, Dina

Nevada · Mar 3, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1597: Compassion for Vulnerable and Struggling Workers Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1597/

MLA

"H.R. 1597: Compassion for Vulnerable and Struggling Workers Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1597/.

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H.R. 1597, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1597/.

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