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Don't Cut FAA Workers Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
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Summary
This bill would *prevent large-scale layoffs of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees for one year after a major aviation accident* and require Congress to approve any proposed mass layoffs before they proceed.
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- Workers: FAA employees would be protected from mass layoffs after a major aviation accident under the bill's thresholds. A "mass layoff" means either 10 or more employees at a single site in any 90-day period or 250 or more employees overall.
- Operations and scope: The layoff calculation counts on-site staff and remote employees tied to that site. The bill defines a "major aviation accident" as an accident that causes a fatal aviation injury, with death occurring within 30 days.
- Congressional oversight: The FAA Administrator must notify Congress with the number and types of workers proposed for layoff. Congress would have 60 days to enact a joint resolution approving the layoff, and only then could the Administrator proceed.
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One-year stop to FAA mass layoffs after fatal crash
If enacted, the FAA would be barred from any mass layoff for one year after a fatal aviation accident. A mass layoff would mean losing 10 or more workers at one site in any 90 days, or 250 or more across the agency in 90 days. Remote staff would count if they are assigned to the site, get tasks or training from it, report to a manager there, or would likely lose their job because of cuts at that site. A major aviation accident would mean a civil aircraft accident between boarding and the last exit that causes a death within 30 days. To lay off during that year, the Administrator would have to notify Congress with the numbers and job types. The layoff could only happen if Congress passes a joint resolution within 60 days.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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