119-hr4052

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4052 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4052

To direct the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council and the Office of 
 Personnel Management to issue regulations that require all Federal 
contractors and executive agencies to conduct comprehensive reviews of 
job classifications to identify positions for which a college degree is 
 required without a demonstrable occupational necessity.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 17, 2025

 Mr. Torres of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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 A BILL

To direct the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council and the Office of 
 Personnel Management to issue regulations that require all Federal 
contractors and executive agencies to conduct comprehensive reviews of 
job classifications to identify positions for which a college degree is 
 required without a demonstrable occupational necessity.

 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 ``Employment Abundance Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL CONTRACTOR JOB CLASSIFICATION REVIEW.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act--

    (1) the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall issue 
 regulations that require any Federal contractor that enters 
 into a contract subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
 to--
        (A) conduct a comprehensive review of all job 
 classifications within their Federal contract-related 
 workforce;
        (B) identify each position that requires a 
 bachelor's degree or higher as a condition of 
 employment; and
            (C) determine whether such educational requirements 
 are demonstrably necessary for the performance of 
 essential job functions; and

    (2) the Office of Personnel Management shall issue 
 regulations that require each Executive agency (as defined in 
 

section 105 of title 5, United States Code) to--
        (A) conduct a comprehensive review of all job 
 classifications within such agency;
        (B) identify each position that requires a 
 bachelor's degree or higher as a condition of 
 appointment or promotion; and
            (C) determine whether such educational requirements 
 are demonstrably necessary for the performance of 
 essential job functions.

    (b) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the 
effective date of the regulations issued pursuant to subsection

    (a) --

    (1) each Federal contractor shall submit to the Federal 
 Acquisition Regulatory Council a report outlining the results 
 of its job classification review, including--
        (A) a list of positions where a degree requirement 
 was determined to lack demonstrable occupational 
 necessity; and
        (B) a plan to revise such job classifications, 
 including alternative criteria that may be used, such 
 as relevant work experience, certifications, or skills 
 assessments; and

    (2) each executive agency shall submit to the Office of 
 Personnel Management a report outlining the results of its job 
 classification review, including--
        (A) a list of positions where a degree requirement 
 was determined to lack demonstrable job necessity; and
        (B) a plan to revise such job classifications by 
 including alternative criteria that may be used, such 
 as relevant work experience, certifications, or skills 
 assessments.
            (c) Compliance and Enforcement.--Failure to comply with the 
requirements under this section may--

    (1) for Federal contractors, result in administrative 
 actions, including ineligibility for future Federal contracts, 
 as determined by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council; 
 and

    (2) for agencies, result in administrative actions under 
 chapter 75 of title 5, United States Code, or other remedies 
 determined by the Office of Personnel Management.
            (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed 
to prohibit Federal contractors or agencies from maintaining 
educational requirements for a case in which such requirements are 
shown to be necessary for job performance or are mandated by law, 
regulation, or professional licensure standards.

    (e) Applicability.--This section applies with respect to--

    (1) any contract entered into on and after the effective 
 date of the regulations issued pursuant to subsection

    (a)

    (1) ; 
 and

    (2) any appointment or promotion occurring on or after the 
 effective date of the regulations issued pursuant to subsection

    (a)

    (2) .
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