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119-s-1196119th CongressWALLET

Special Government Employees Transparency Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

Introduced

Summary

130-day cap on Special Government Employees. This bill would limit SGE service to 130 days in any 365-day period and require reclassification under civil service rules with appeal rights when that limit is exceeded. It would also create a public, searchable SGE Database and make financial disclosure reports for covered SGEs available online with narrow exemptions.

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  • Individuals who serve as SGEs: An SGE would cease to be an SGE after 130 days of service in any 365-day window. If the threshold is exceeded, the employing authority must decide the person’s new civil service classification within 30 days and allow appeals.
  • Executive agencies: Agencies would have to notify the Director of the Office of Personnel Management within 30 days of appointments, conversions, terminations, or other personnel actions for covered SGEs and keep data current. The bill requires a searchable, accessible SGE Database to be established within 210 days after enactment and audited periodically.
  • Public and congressional oversight: The public would get a searchable database listing name, title, basic pay, employing agency and component, and appointment and termination dates for covered SGEs. Financial disclosure reports filed by covered SGEs would be publicly posted, with exemptions for certain filings and national defense information.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

New 130-day limit for SGEs

If enacted, this bill would end someone’s SGE status after 130 counted days of SGE service in any 365-day period. A counted day includes any day with more than 1 hour of administrative SGE work, any day with any non-administrative SGE work, or any day paid for SGE service. If the 130-day limit is exceeded, the employer must within 30 days pick the person’s new civil-service classification, apply the proper personnel rules, give written notice, and explain appeal rights. The person would then have the legal rights and obligations of that new job.

Public SGE database and disclosures

If enacted, the bill would define who counts as a "covered SGE" for its rules and require a public, searchable SGE Database within 210 days. The database would list each covered SGE's name, job title, pay rate (if any), agency, unit, appointment date, and termination date, offer an API, be free to use, and meet accessibility rules. Agencies must notify OPM within 30 days of covered SGE hires, conversions, or terminations and review their entries. OPM would audit agency reporting and report to specified congressional leaders within 3 years. The bill would also require agencies to make public covered SGEs' financial disclosure reports filed after enactment, with limited exemptions for certain filers and national defense information.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

NM • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 3/27/2025

  • Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 3/27/2025

  • Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 3/27/2025

  • Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 3/27/2025

  • Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 3/27/2025

  • Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 3/27/2025

  • Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 3/27/2025

  • Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 3/31/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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