PREP Act
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8]
Introduced
Summary
Shortens federal probationary periods to a uniform 6-month or 12-month cap based on whether an appointee held executive-branch civil service immediately before appointment. This change harmonizes timelines across Competitive Service, Excepted Service, the Senior Executive Service, and IRS hiring rules.
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- Appointees who immediately previously held executive-branch civil service face a probation cap of 6 months. Appointees who did not face a cap of 12 months.
- Senior Executive Service appointments are rewritten in 5 U.S.C. 3393(d) to follow the same 6/12-month split for initial appointments.
- Excepted Service gets a new statutory section, 5 U.S.C. 3330g, that sets the 6/12 caps. Internal Revenue Service hiring provisions in 5 U.S.C. 9510 are renumbered to align with the new framework.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Shorter probation for new federal hires
This bill would cap probation for initial federal appointments. If you held an executive-branch civil service job right before the new appointment, probation would top out at 6 months. For all other new appointees, the cap would be 12 months. It would apply to Competitive Service, Excepted Service (unless another law says otherwise), and the Senior Executive Service. The bill does not set an effective date.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8]
VA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
WI • D
Sponsored 4/30/2025
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 4/30/2025
Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
TN • D
Sponsored 4/30/2025
Elfreth
MD • D
Sponsored 4/30/2025
Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
AL • D
Sponsored 4/30/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 4/30/2025
Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
GA • D
Sponsored 4/30/2025
Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
ME • D
Sponsored 4/30/2025
Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
OR • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/3/2025
Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
WI • D
Sponsored 6/9/2025
Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/10/2025
Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
IL • D
Sponsored 6/20/2025
Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]
PA • D
Sponsored 8/22/2025
Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
MA • D
Sponsored 9/2/2025
Grijalva
AZ • D
Sponsored 11/19/2025
Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]
MO • D
Sponsored 3/3/2026
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