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119-hr-6103119th Congress

LAB Personnel Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]

Introduced

Summary

Protects the DEA forensic laboratory workforce by exempting those positions from hiring freezes and workforce reductions tied to spending cuts, reprogramming, or probationary status. Covered roles would include forensic chemists, fingerprint specialists, digital forensic examiners, other Drug Enforcement Administration laboratory staff, and positions being relocated into labs under construction, while the Attorney General keeps authority to act for misconduct or poor performance.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

DEA lab staff protected from cuts

This bill would stop the DEA from freezing hiring or cutting jobs for its forensic lab workforce. It would cover forensic chemists, fingerprint specialists, digital forensic examiners, and other lab staff. It would also cover DEA employees who will move into a DEA forensic lab that was being built or finalized on the date of enactment. The protection would only apply when freezes or cuts are due to spending cuts, reprogramming funds, or an employee’s probationary status. It would not block the Attorney General from acting on misconduct or poor performance under current rules.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]

NH • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]

    NE • R

    Sponsored 11/18/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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