H.R. 2550 · 119th Congress

Protect America's Workforce Act

Introduced on Apr 1, 2025 by Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2). 226 cosponsors, 9 of them from another party. Latest action (Dec 15, 2025): Received in the Senate.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Apr 1, 2025
Cosponsors
226
9 from the other party
Policy area
Labor and Employment
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To nullify the Executive Order relating to Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Employment discrimination and employee rights
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Labor-management relations
  • Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Apr 1, 2025). Public domain.

Protect America's Workforce Act

This bill nullifies the Executive Order titled Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs (issued on March 27, 2025), which excludes specified executive agencies and subdivisions from the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute. The statute authorizes federal employees' participation in collective bargaining and enforces collective bargaining rights.

The bill also specifies that a covered collective bargaining agreement in place as of March 26, 2025, shall have full force and effect through the stated term of the agreement.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Jared F. GoldenD-ME-2Sponsor

Democrats · 217

Republicans · 9

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

  1. On Passage
    Dec 11, 2025· House· Passage· Passed 231–195

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Apr 1, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Apr 1, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Apr 1, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  4. Dec 11, 2025 · HouseConsidered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 432. (consideration: CR H5795-5802)
  5. Dec 11, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2550.
  6. Dec 11, 2025 · HouseThe previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  7. Dec 11, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 195 (Roll no. 332). (text: CR H5795)House · Roll call 332
  8. Dec 11, 2025 · HouseOn passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 195 (Roll no. 332). (text: CR H5795)House · Roll call 332
  9. Dec 11, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  10. Dec 15, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AFL-CIO6 reports
    $5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE, INC. (THE)AI match · 92%
  2. AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO6 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)
  3. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES6 reports
    $4.1M reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $570K reported (all issues)
  5. NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION6 reports
    $2M reported (all issues)
  6. National Postal Mail Handlers Union6 reports
    $42K reported (all issues)
  7. Network6 reports
  8. PROFESSIONAL AVIATION SAFETY SPECIALISTS6 reports
    $721.5K reported (all issues)
  9. TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO6 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)
  10. Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO5 reports
  11. FEDERAL MANAGERS' ASSOCIATION5 reports
  12. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS5 reports
    $3.9M reported (all issues)
  13. International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE)5 reports
    $465K reported (all issues)
  14. NATIONAL NURSES UNITED5 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)
  15. THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE5 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  16. UNITED ASSN OF JOURNEYMEN & APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY5 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  17. United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy5 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)
  18. ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS4 reports
    $350K reported (all issues)
  19. American Federation of Government Employees4 reports
    $320K reported (all issues)
  20. American Federation of Teachers4 reports
    $1.8M reported (all issues)
  21. Jobs With Justice F.K.A. American Rights at Work4 reports
  22. National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association4 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  23. National Association of Letter Carriers4 reports
    $560K reported (all issues)
  24. Service Employees International Union CTW-CLC4 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  25. United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers4 reports
    $930K reported (all issues)
  26. Council of Prison Locals 333 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  27. INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES3 reports
    $405K reported (all issues)
  28. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES3 reports
    $390K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADESAI match · 99%
  29. Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association3 reports
    $720K reported (all issues)
  30. VOTEVETS ACTION FUND, INC.3 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  31. AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION2 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  32. COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA2 reports
    $920K reported (all issues)
  33. CONFERENCE OF PROVINCIALS OF NORTH AMERICA2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  34. NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)
  35. Association of Administrative Law Judges, Judicial Council No 1, IFPTE, AFL-CIO1 report
    $26.3K reported (all issues)
  36. Center for American Progress Action Fund1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  37. Demand Progress Action, Inc1 report
  38. INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS1 report
    $110K reported (all issues)
  39. LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS, INC1 report
    $190K reported (all issues)
  40. NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER ACTION FUND1 report
    $75K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.