# 119-hr-2209: Saving NIST’s Workforce Act

119-hr-2209, Saving NIST’s Workforce Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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- As of: 2025-12-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2209
- Congress: 119
- Title: Saving NIST’s Workforce Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 18
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Places a temporary moratorium on involuntary personnel cuts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology** until Congress enacts full-year FY2026 appropriations. The Saving NIST's Workforce Act would bar NIST from starting or carrying out reductions in force or involuntary separations of competitive service employees, excepted service employees, career employees in the excepted service, and career Senior Executive Service appointees except when removed for misconduct, delinquency, or inefficiency, and it adopts the Title 5 definitions for those personnel terms.

## Cosponsors (18)

- Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI), 2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rivas, Luz M. [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA), 2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Friedman, Laura [D-CA-30] (D-CA), 2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7] (D-TX), 2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Temporary pause on NIST layoffs: benefit, high. If enacted, NIST would not be allowed to start layoffs or force out staff until full‑year FY2026 NIST funding is signed into law. It would cover competitive service, excepted service (including career), and career Senior Executive Service appointees. NIST could still remove employees for cause, suc…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act
- 119-hr-15: Equality Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-2209 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2209)

## Related
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390)
- [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2209 (as of 2025-12-21).