H.R. 8902 119th Congress House

WATCH Personnel Act of 2026

Official title: Making continuing appropriations for essential Transportation Security Administration pay and operations during the lapse in appropriations beginning on February 14, 2026, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 19, 2026 Introduced by: Nellie Pou Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov

Transportation and Public Works

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Passed Senate

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Became law

May 20, 2026

Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.

May 19, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.

May 19, 2026

Introduced in House

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What's happening now May 20, 2026

Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.

Related & companion bills 3

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Committees of jurisdiction 3

Appropriations Committee
House of Representatives
Homeland Security Committee
House of Representatives
Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Homeland Security Committee

Lobbying activity 2

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

AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Federal Railroad Administration
2 filings
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
2 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2 filings
SENATE
2 filings
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2 filings

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8902: WATCH Personnel Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8902/

MLA

"H.R. 8902: WATCH Personnel Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8902/.

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H.R. 8902, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8902/.

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