S. 2948 119th Congress Senate

Help FEDS Act

Official title: A bill to amend section 303 of the Social Security Act to require States to provide unemployment compensation benefits to Federal employees during a government shutdown, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 30, 2025 Introduced by: Angela D. Alsobrooks Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov

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Sep 30, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Sep 30, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

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Lobbying activity 13

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

NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
FEDERAL MANAGERS ASSOCIATION
for FEDERAL MANAGERS ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
FEDERAL MANAGERS ASSOCIATION
for FEDERAL MANAGERS ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
FEDERAL MANAGERS ASSOCIATION
for FEDERAL MANAGERS ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
13 filings
SENATE
13 filings
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
9 filings
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
5 filings
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
5 filings
Energy, Dept of
5 filings
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
5 filings
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
5 filings

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Cosponsors 6