HR 2181 119th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Employment discrimination and employee rights Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Protect Our Watchdogs Act of 2025

Introduced: March 18, 2025 See on congress.gov

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ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Bell asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 2181, a bill originally introduced by Representative Connolly, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

Mar 18, 2025

Introduced in House

Mar 18, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Cosponsors 32

Jayapal, Pramila

Washington · May 1, 2025

Torres, Norma J.

California · May 1, 2025

García, Jesús G. "Chuy"

Illinois · Apr 7, 2025

Levin, Mike

California · Apr 7, 2025

Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"

Georgia · Mar 27, 2025

McGovern, James P.

Massachusetts · Mar 27, 2025

Neguse, Joe

Colorado · Mar 27, 2025

Castro, Joaquin

Texas · Mar 21, 2025

Davis, Danny K.

Illinois · Mar 21, 2025

Goldman, Daniel S.

New York · Mar 21, 2025

Wasserman Schultz, Debbie

Florida · Mar 21, 2025

Williams, Nikema

Georgia · Mar 21, 2025

Ansari, Yassamin

Arizona · Mar 18, 2025

Bell, Wesley

Missouri · Mar 18, 2025

Florida · Mar 18, 2025

Garcia, Robert

California · Mar 18, 2025

Khanna, Ro

California · Mar 18, 2025

Krishnamoorthi, Raja

Illinois · Mar 18, 2025

Lee, Summer L.

Pennsylvania · Mar 18, 2025

Lynch, Stephen F.

Massachusetts · Mar 18, 2025

Mfume, Kweisi

Maryland · Mar 18, 2025

Min, Dave

California · Mar 18, 2025

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Mar 18, 2025

Pressley, Ayanna

Massachusetts · Mar 18, 2025

Randall, Emily

Washington · Mar 18, 2025

Simon, Lateefah

California · Mar 18, 2025

Stansbury, Melanie A.

New Mexico · Mar 18, 2025

Subramanyam, Suhas

Virginia · Mar 18, 2025

Tlaib, Rashida

Michigan · Mar 18, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2181: Protect Our Watchdogs Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2181/

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"H.R. 2181: Protect Our Watchdogs Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2181/.

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H.R. 2181, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2181/.

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[H.R. 2181: Protect Our Watchdogs Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2181/)