H.R. 5235 · 119th Congress

Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act of 2025

Introduced on Sep 9, 2025 by Nancy Mace (R-SC-1). 2 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 30, 2026): Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5295)

Stage
Passed both chambers
Introduced
Sep 9, 2025
Cosponsors
2
2 from the other party
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
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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. Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit minimum educational requirements for proposed contractor personnel in certain contract solicitations, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Congressional oversight
  • Government information and archives
  • Public contracts and procurement

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Sep 9, 2025). Public domain.

Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act

This bill prohibits federal contract bid solicitations for contractor personnel from including minimum educational requirements unless the contracting officer justifies the requirements. The prohibition applies to educational requirements that may be met through education alone, education or experience, or a combination of education and experience.

The bill also requires the Office of Management and Budget to issue implementing guidance to federal agencies, including instructions for contracting officers that encourage using alternatives to education requirements.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Nancy MaceR-SC-1Sponsor

Democrats · 2

Roll calls

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

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Sep 9, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Sep 9, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Sep 9, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  4. Dec 2, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Dec 2, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.
  6. Feb 23, 2026 · HouseMr. Timmons moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  7. Feb 23, 2026 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2247-2248)
  8. Feb 23, 2026 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5235.
  9. Feb 23, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2247)
  10. Feb 23, 2026 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2247)
  11. Feb 23, 2026 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  12. Feb 24, 2026 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  13. Aug 6, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  14. Sep 14, 2026Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report.
  15. Sep 14, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report.
  16. Sep 14, 2026 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 571.
  17. Sep 30, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  18. Sep 30, 2026 · SenatePassed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5295)

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. NAVA PBC1 report
    $60K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NAVA PBC$25.8M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. Signatory Wall and Ceiling Contractors Alliance1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 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.