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119-hr-3093119th CongressWALLET
REHIRE Act
Sponsored By: Representative Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8]
Introduced
Summary
Temporary hiring preference for involuntarily removed federal employees. This bill would treat any federal employee involuntarily removed from the civil service between January 1, 2025 and January 1, 2027 as a preference eligible when applying to competitive service jobs.
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- Workers who are involuntarily removed during the covered period would be deemed preference eligible and receive 5 additional points above their earned rating when applying to competitive service positions.
- The preference would not apply to people removed from political positions, those involuntarily separated for clearly documented misconduct or delinquency, or those whose most recent documented performance review was unacceptable or less than fully successful.
- Federal hiring officials would apply this extra 5-point preference for eligible applicants while the authority to grant the preference lasts. The authority to grant the preference expires 5 years after enactment.
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Rehire boost for laid-off federal workers
If enacted, this would give a rehiring edge to some former federal workers. If you were involuntarily removed between Jan 1, 2025 and Jan 1, 2027, you would be treated as preference eligible. You would get 5 extra points added to your earned rating when applying for competitive service jobs. It would not apply if you left a political job (Executive Schedule, noncareer SES, or Schedule C), were removed for clearly documented misconduct, or had a clearly documented unacceptable or less-than-fully-successful performance review. The authority would start on enactment and end 5 years after enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8]
VA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
WI • D
Sponsored 4/30/2025
Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10]
VA • 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
Rep. Elfreth, Sarah [D-MD-3]
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
Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13]
IL • D
Sponsored 11/17/2025
Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7]
AZ • D
Sponsored 11/19/2025
Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
AZ • D
Sponsored 11/25/2025
Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]
CA • D
Sponsored 11/25/2025
Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
WA • D
Sponsored 12/5/2025
Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]
MO • D
Sponsored 3/3/2026
Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
IL • D
Sponsored 8/13/2026
Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
MS • D
Sponsored 8/27/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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