Limit on Sweeping Executive Reorganization Act
Sponsored By: Representative Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11]
Introduced
Summary
Congressional pre-clearance and labor protections for major executive reorganizations. This bill would require that large agency reorganizations meet a strict multi-step review before they take effect, including a detailed impact report, review by an Independent Reorganization Review Panel, and a congressional joint resolution of approval.
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- Federal employees and labor organizations would get at least 60 days' notice and required consultation. They could seek expedited injunctive relief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the Special Counsel may enforce violations.
- Agencies would have to prepare a reorganization impact report that explains purpose, lists affected employee counts and roles, describes effects on service delivery and mission, and details budgetary transition costs and any proposed transfers of IT, human resources, or financial systems.
- Congress and reviewers would get an independent, non-binding advisory opinion from a panel made up of the Office of Personnel Management, the Government Accountability Office, the Congressional Budget Office, and a labor representative within 30 days, and a joint resolution of approval must be enacted within a short window ending 7 days after the panel report.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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Stronger protections for federal workers
If enacted, agencies would have to give affected employees at least 60 days’ notice before a major reorganization starts. Agencies would need to honor existing union contracts, and OPM would review plans for merit-system compliance. Labor groups or employees could sue in D.C. federal court for an injunction, with expedited review. The Special Counsel could take action under chapter 75 against officials who knowingly violate the Act, using normal due-process rules.
Congress must approve big agency reorganizations
If enacted, big executive reorganizations would face preclearance. A reorg would count if it cuts staff by 5%+, cuts the operating budget by 10%+, closes or merges an agency or office, or moves control of a federal system to a nonfederal group. The President would have to send Congress a detailed impact report, including purpose, affected jobs, service effects, labor talks, costs, and IT/HR/finance changes. An independent panel would give Congress a nonbinding opinion within 30 days. The change could take effect only if Congress passes a joint resolution of approval. That resolution could be introduced only within 7 days after the panel’s report and must use set wording and format.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11]
VA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10]
VA • D
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Elfreth
MD • D
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42]
CA • D
Sponsored 11/21/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large]
VT • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Roll Call Votes
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