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Stop Stealing Our Jobs Act
Sponsored By: Representative Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would create a freeze on removing civil service employees during lapses in discretionary appropriations. It bars the President or the head of an executive agency from terminating career civil service staff while a discretionary funding gap is in effect, with a clear exception for political appointees.
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- Federal career employees: Career civil servants would be protected from removals, including reductions in force, during any lapse in discretionary appropriations.
- Political appointees: Officials in political positions would remain subject to removal during funding lapses and are not covered by the freeze.
- Agency leaders and human resources: Agency heads would be limited in their ability to cut or reorganize career staff when appropriations lapse, and the bill relies on Title 5 and federal regulations to define which positions are political and which are civil service.
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No firing career federal workers in shutdowns
This bill would bar the President and agency heads from firing civil service employees during a funding lapse. It would apply to all removals, including reductions in force. Political appointees would not be covered and could still be removed. The protection would only apply during a lapse in discretionary appropriations. It would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20]
FL • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1]
IL • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]
OH • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
NV • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]
MO • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
FL • D
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
MS • D
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Rep. Pou, Nellie [D-NJ-9]
NJ • D
Sponsored 10/10/2025
Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26]
NY • D
Sponsored 10/10/2025
Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/21/2025
Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
IL • D
Sponsored 10/31/2025
Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
TN • D
Sponsored 10/31/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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