H.R. 657 · 115th Congress · enacted
Follow the Rules Act
Became Public Law No: 115-40.
Latest official action 2017-06-14 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on March 29, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Follow the Rules Act (Sec. 2) This bill extends the prohibition against a person taking, failing to take, or threatening to take or fail to take a personnel action against any employee or applicant for employment for refusing to obey an order that would require the individual to violate a law to personnel actions against such an individual for refusing to obey an order that would violate a rule or regulation.
Congressional Research Service · 2017-05-25
Who reported lobbying on this bill?
Amount spent specifically on this bill: not disclosed
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No matching lobbying report is imported yet. This is not evidence that no lobbying occurred.
2,409 latest lobbying reports imported. Some source imports are still in progress.
Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
Cosponsor
Eleanor Holmes Norton
House · DC · Democratic
$12,000PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Tom Cole
House · OK District 4 · Republican
$1,647,752PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Jim Costa
House · CA District 21 · Democratic
$836,641PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Glenn Grothman
House · WI District 6 · Republican
$312,494PAC receipts · 2025–2026
11 of 11 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$25,000
Tom Cole · Cosponsor · $10,000
Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $10,000
Glenn Grothman · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC$22,000
Tom Cole · Cosponsor · $10,000
Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $2,000
Glenn Grothman · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordTHE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$21,500
Tom Cole · Cosponsor · $7,500
Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $10,000
Glenn Grothman · Cosponsor · $4,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$21,000
Eleanor Holmes Norton · Cosponsor · $1,000
Tom Cole · Cosponsor · $10,000
Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $5,000
Glenn Grothman · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$21,000
Tom Cole · Cosponsor · $10,000
Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $10,000
Glenn Grothman · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC$20,500
Tom Cole · Cosponsor · $7,500
Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $10,000
Glenn Grothman · Cosponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC)$20,000
NATIONAL CHICKEN COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FKA) NATIONAL BROILER COUNCIL PAC$20,000
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$19,500
Tom Cole · Cosponsor · $5,000
Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $6,000
Glenn Grothman · Cosponsor · $8,500
Official PAC recordAMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$19,485
Tom Cole · Cosponsor · $4,994
Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $9,497
Glenn Grothman · Cosponsor · $4,994
Official PAC recordAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)$19,000
Tom Cole · Cosponsor · $5,000
Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $10,000
Glenn Grothman · Cosponsor · $4,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON$17,500
Tom Cole · Cosponsor · $10,000
Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $5,000
Glenn Grothman · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC$16,000
Tom Cole · Cosponsor · $10,000
Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $5,000
Glenn Grothman · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordAMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC$15,500
Tom Cole · Cosponsor · $10,000
Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $2,000
Glenn Grothman · Cosponsor · $3,500
Official PAC recordAMERICAN BAKERS ASSOCIATION AMERICAN BAKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,500
Tom Cole · Cosponsor · $10,000
Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $2,500
Glenn Grothman · Cosponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordAIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC$15,000
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
Tom Cole · Cosponsor · $10,000
Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $2,500
Glenn Grothman · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordCHEVRON EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - CHEVRON CORPORATION$15,000
ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT$14,500
Tom Cole · Cosponsor · $4,500
Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $5,000
Glenn Grothman · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordHONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. TECHNOLOGIES PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL (HONPAC)$14,000
INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION FRANCHISING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE INC$14,000
Tom Cole · Cosponsor · $1,000
Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $10,000
Glenn Grothman · Cosponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordLOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$14,000
BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)$13,500
Tom Cole · Cosponsor · $5,000
Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $5,000
Glenn Grothman · Cosponsor · $3,500
Official PAC recordCROP INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION PAC-CIPA PAC$13,500
Tom Cole · Cosponsor · $10,000
Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $2,500
Glenn Grothman · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordTHE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$13,500
Tom Cole · Cosponsor · $2,500
Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $10,000
Glenn Grothman · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordTHE BOEING COMPANY PAC$13,000
ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$12,500
AMERICAN STAFFING ASSOCIATION STAFFING PAC$12,500
BAYER US LLC EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BAYERPAC)$12,500
KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC)$12,500
NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITEE/TURPAC$12,500
PHILLIPS 66 PAC$12,500
CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. PAC$12,000
NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION AND MARINE RETAILERS ASSOCIATION BOAT PAC$12,000
USA RICE FEDERATION PAC$12,000
Tom Cole · Cosponsor · $5,000
Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $5,000
Glenn Grothman · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND$11,950
AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$11,000
The largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
Dated agency-reported implementation and uptake measures are shown with their scope. They do not by themselves establish causal success. If no evidence is listed, the outcome is not established.
Measured outcome: not established
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