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HR3093119th 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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Analyzed Economic Effects

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

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

  • Cohen

    TN • D

    Sponsored 4/30/2025

  • Elfreth

    MD • D

    Sponsored 4/30/2025

  • Sewell

    AL • D

    Sponsored 4/30/2025

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 4/30/2025

  • Scott, David

    GA • D

    Sponsored 4/30/2025

  • Pingree

    ME • D

    Sponsored 4/30/2025

  • Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 5/7/2025

  • Bonamici

    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

  • McGovern

    MA • D

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Budzinski

    IL • D

    Sponsored 11/17/2025

  • Grijalva

    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

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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