To prohibit the removal of Federal employees during any lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- +70
- Latest action
- Sep 26, 2025
What it does
This bill prohibits the removal of federal employees from the civil service during a government shutdown due to a lapse in discretionary appropriations. If an employee is removed from the civil service in violation of this bill, the employee may elect to be reinstated with back pay on the date on which the lapse in appropriations ends.
Official summary · Introduced in House · Sep 26, 2025
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Johnny Olszewski
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Alma Adams
- Ami Bera
- Andrea Salinas
- André Carson
- Angie Craig
- April McClain Delaney
- Betty McCollum
- Bradley Schneider
- Brittany Pettersen
- Chellie Pingree
- Dan Goldman
- Darren Soto
- Delia Ramirez
- Dina Titus
- Donald Norcross
- Dwight Evans
- Eleanor Norton
- Emanuel Cleaver
- Emily Randall
- Eugene Vindman
- Frank Mrvan
- Gabe Amo
- George Whitesides
- Gilbert Cisneros
- Glenn Ivey
- Greg Landsman
- Hillary Scholten
- Jahana Hayes
- James McGovern
- James Walkinshaw
- Jamie Raskin
- Jasmine Crockett
- Jerrold Nadler
- Jesús García
- Jill Tokuda
- Jimmy Panetta
- John Garamendi
- Jonathan Jackson
- Joyce Beatty
- Judy Chu
- Kweisi Mfume
- LaMonica McIver
- Laura Friedman
- Lois Frankel
- Lori Trahan
- Luz Rivas
- Madeleine Dean
- Maxine Dexter
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