Congress·Passed House·H.R. 2550

House Passes Protect America's Workforce Act to Block Trump's Federal Union Executive Order

Protect America's Workforce Act

3 months ago·View on Congress.gov

Part of: House Moves to Protect Federal Labor Unions from Executive Restrictions

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Stalled

No legislative action in over 90 days.

Legislative Progress

✓ House

231–195

Senate

President

Law

Key Points

Congress would cancel a March 27, 2025 executive order that aimed to exclude some federal workers from labor-management relations programs.
If passed, no federal money could be used to carry out that executive order.
From policy text
“no Federal funds may be obligated or expended to carry out such Executive order.”
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The bill says union contracts already in place as of March 26, 2025 would stay valid until they expire, helping keep current work rules in place.
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“Any collective bargaining agreement in effect as of March 26, 2025, between any executive branch Federal agency and any labor organization that is an exclusive representative of Federal employees shall have full force and effect through the stated term of the applicable agreement.”
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This mainly affects federal employees, their unions, and the federal agencies that negotiate with them.
From policy text
“Any collective bargaining agreement in effect as of March 26, 2025, between any executive branch Federal agency and any labor organization that is an exclusive representative of Federal employees”
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Impact Analysis

Personal Impact

How this policy affects specific groups of people

Positive Impacts(2)

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Milestones

3 milestones10 actions

Dec 15, 2025Senate

Received in the Senate.

Dec 11, 2025House

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Dec 11, 2025House

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 195 (Roll no. 332). (text: CR H5795)

Dec 11, 2025

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 195 (Roll no. 332). (text: CR H5795)

Dec 11, 2025House

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What Happens Next

Projected impacts based on AI analysis

Immediately after the bill is signed into law

Agencies must stop using any federal funds to carry out the March 27, 2025 Executive Order if the bill becomes law

Any planned changes tied to that Executive Order would be paused or canceled, keeping current workplace labor-relations rules in place

From enactment through each contract’s expiration date

Collective bargaining agreements that were in effect on March 26, 2025 must remain in effect through their stated end dates

Covered federal workers and agencies keep following the existing contract terms until each contract expires on its own timeline

Vote Results

1 vote

HousePassedPassageDec 11, 2025

On Passage

231

195

Democrat

211 – 0 · 2

Republican

20 – 195 · 5

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Related News

4 articles

POLITICO·3 months ago

House passes bill to restore federal workers' bargaining rights

Twenty Republicans joined all Democrats to pass the Protect America's Workforce Act, a rare bipartisan rebuke to President Trump. The legislation aims to roll back executive orders from March and August that stripped collective bargaining protections for large swaths of the federal workforce.

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Federal News Network·2 months ago

Federal unions, employees urge Senate to take up bill restoring collective bargaining

Union leaders and federal employees rallied to demand the Senate pass the Protect America's Workforce Act. The bill, which passed the House in December, would reverse a March 2025 executive order that eliminated union rights for over one million civil servants across various agencies.

Truthout·3 months ago

House Passes Bill to Undo Trump Order to End Federal Workers' Bargaining Rights

In a 231 to 195 vote, the House passed the Protect America's Workforce Act to nullify Trump's orders exempting workers at dozens of agencies from collective bargaining. The bill restores union contracts in effect before the March 27 order and prohibits funds from being used to implement the EO.