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119-hr-7483119th Congress
Dual Hatting Limitation Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
Introduced
Summary
Prevents senior officials from performing two federal jobs at once. This bill would bar specified senior officers and civil service acting officials from occupying or carrying out the functions or duties of any other federal position while they serve.
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- Named roles covered include the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, the Special Counsel, the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, and the Archivist of the National Archives. Each of those officials or anyone temporarily acting in those offices would be barred from holding another federal office.
- It also forbids any individual occupying a Level I Executive Schedule position, or a civil servant temporarily performing that Level I office, from occupying or carrying out duties of any other federal position.
- The bill would add a Federal Vacancies rule preventing the President from directing someone already serving as an acting officer in one vacancy to perform the functions of a different vacant office in an acting capacity.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Ban dual acting federal roles
This bill would stop certain senior federal officials from holding two federal jobs at the same time. Covered officials include the NARA Archivist, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, and the Special Counsel. It would also apply to any Level I Executive Schedule position and to civil service employees temporarily acting in those offices. The bill would change the Federal Vacancies Act and bar the President from directing someone to act in a second vacant office if that person is already acting in another. The bill text does not set an effective date.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
AZ • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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