Rep. Connolly Leads Bipartisan Bill to Block Schedule F and Protect Career Federal Workers
This bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process and is being reviewed by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. It is considered active because the sponsors recently updated the primary sponsorship information. There are no upcoming votes or hearings scheduled at this time.
While the bill has support from both parties, it faces a difficult path because it directly opposes the stated goals of the Trump administration regarding federal hiring.
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Unionized federal employees, who rely on collective bargaining and civil service protections, would keep those protections intact since the bill blocks reclassification schemes that could strip bargaining rights and due process from union members moved into an at-will category.
“an employee who occupies a position in the competitive service may not be transferred to the excepted service without the employee's prior written consent”
ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Walkinshaw asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 492, a bill originally introduced by Representative Connolly, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
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Senate Democrats failed in a final attempt to pass the Saving the Civil Service Act via unanimous consent before the new administration took office. The bill would require congressional approval for any new job categories that strip federal workers of their civil service protections.
The Saving the Civil Service Act bars the president from creating new job classifications within the excepted service beyond those existing in 2020. It also limits reclassifications to 1% of an agency's staff or five people per term, ensuring only Congress can create new job schedules.
The administration's new 'Schedule Policy/Career' category removes appeals rights for thousands of workers. Lawmakers have introduced the bipartisan Saving the Civil Service Act to block these broad reclassifications, though its prospects in a Republican-controlled Congress remain uncertain.
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Saving the Civil Service Act
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