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Jul 31, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Jul 31, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Jul 31, 2025
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Version: Introduced in Senate
Version Date: Jul 31, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 15, 2025 2:18 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2597 Introduced in Senate
(IS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2597
To institute a reduction in force moratorium at all agencies and
bureaus of the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 31, 2025
Mr. Heinrich (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To institute a reduction in force moratorium at all agencies and
bureaus of the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2597 Introduced in Senate
(IS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2597
To institute a reduction in force moratorium at all agencies and
bureaus of the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 31, 2025
Mr. Heinrich (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To institute a reduction in force moratorium at all agencies and
bureaus of the Department of the Interior, 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.
This Act may be cited as the ``Saving the Department of the
Interior's Workforce Act''.
SEC. 2.
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
(a) In General.--Until on or after the date that full-year
appropriations for the Department of the Interior for fiscal year 2026
have been enacted into law, the Secretary of the Interior may not--
(1) initiate or implement any reduction in force at any
agency or bureau of the Department of the Interior; 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 any agency or bureau of the Department of the
Interior except for cause on charges of misconduct,
delinquency, or performance.
(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 title 5, United States Code.
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(a) In General.--Until on or after the date that full-year
appropriations for the Department of the Interior for fiscal year 2026
have been enacted into law, the Secretary of the Interior may not--
(1) initiate or implement any reduction in force at any
agency or bureau of the Department of the Interior; 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 any agency or bureau of the Department of the
Interior except for cause on charges of misconduct,
delinquency, or performance.
(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 title 5, United States Code.
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