119-hr2211

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2211 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2211

 To institute a reduction in force moratorium at the National Oceanic 
 and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 18, 2025

 Ms. Lofgren (for herself and Mr. Amo) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 
 addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
 committee concerned

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 A BILL

 To institute a reduction in force moratorium at the National Oceanic 
 and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Saving NOAA's Workforce Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN FORCE MORATORIUM AT NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
 ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) In General.--Until on or after the date that full-year 
appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
for fiscal year 2026 have been enacted into law, the Administration may 
not--

    (1) initiate or implement any reduction in force; or

    (2) conduct an involuntary separation of any employee in 
 the competitive service, any career employee in the excepted 
 service, or any career appointee in the Senior Executive 
 Service of the Administration except for cause on charges of 
 misconduct, delinquency, or inefficiency.

    (b) Application.--For the purposes of carrying out subsection

    (a) --

    (1) the terms ``competitive service'', ``excepted 
 service'', and ``career appointee'' have the meanings given 
 those terms in sections 2102, 2103, and 3132

    (a) , respectively, 
 of title 5, United States Code; and

    (2) such subsection shall be in addition to any other 
 authority with respect to adverse personnel actions, including 
 chapter 75 of such title 5.
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