119-s1585

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1585 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1585

 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that a rule relating 
 to a reduction in force is subject to review under chapter 8 of that 
 title, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 1, 2025

 Mr. Merkley (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
 Warner, Ms. Alsobrooks, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Schiff, and Ms. 
 Baldwin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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 A BILL

 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that a rule relating 
 to a reduction in force is subject to review under chapter 8 of that 
 title, 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 ``Reduction in Force Review Act''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGENCY REDUCTIONS IN FORCE.

 Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) in 

section 801

    (a)

    (1)
        (A) --
        (A) in clause
            (ii) , by striking ``and'' at the end;
        (B) in clause
            (iii) , by striking the period at the 
 end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (iv) if the rule relates to a reduction in force at the 
 Federal agency that is authorized under subchapter I of chapter 
 35, a detailed justification for the reduction in force, which 
 shall include--
 ``
            (I) the specific reasons for the reduction in 
 force;
 ``
            (II) the anticipated impact of the reduction in 
 force on the employees and operations of the Federal 
 agency;
 ``
            (III) any alternatives to the reduction in force 
 that the Federal agency considered, including the 
 reasons that the Federal agency rejected those 
 alternatives;
 ``
            (IV) a summary of the consultations that the 
 Federal agency has held with--
 ``

    (aa) employees of the Federal agency who 
 will be affected by the reduction in force; and
 ``

    (bb) representatives of the employees 
 described in item

    (aa) ; and
 ``
            (V) a summary of how the reduction in force will 
 impact employees of the Federal agency who are 
 veterans.''; and

    (2) by amending 

section 804

    (3) to read as follows:
 ``

    (3) The term `rule'--
 ``
        (A) has the meaning given the term in 

section 551; and
 ``
        (B) includes--
 ``
            (i) a rule or order relating to a 
 reduction in force at a Federal agency that is 
 authorized under subchapter I of chapter 35; 
 and
 ``
            (ii) any significant action by a Federal 
 agency that substantially affects the rights or 
 obligations of non-Federal agency parties, such 
 as a workforce restructuring, office closure, 
 or other action by a Federal agency that has a 
 material impact on the employees or operations 
 of the Federal agency.''.
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