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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 200
To impose restrictions on Federal agencies with respect to appointments,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY3, 2025
Ms. T
ENNEYintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
A BILL
To impose restrictions on Federal agencies with respect to
appointments, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Freeze Act’’. 4
SEC. 2. FREEZE ON FEDERAL HIRING AND SALARIES. 5
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 6
(1) A
GENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 7
meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, 8
United States Code. 9
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(2) BASELINE NUMBER .—The term ‘‘baseline 1
number’’ means, with respect to an agency, the 2
number of employees employed by the agency (in-3
cluding individuals occupying full-time equivalent po-4
sitions in the agency), as of the date of enactment 5
of this Act. 6
(3) E
MPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ means 7
an employee of an agency. 8
(b) G
ENERALPROHIBITIONS.—Notwithstanding any 9
other provision of law or regulation, during the 1-year pe-10
riod beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 11
following shall apply: 12
(1)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 13
the head of an agency may not increase the number 14
of employees employed by the agency beyond the 15
baseline number. 16
(B) During the 1-year period beginning on the 17
date of enactment of this Act, the head of an agency 18
may appoint an individual to a position within the 19
agency, even if appointing that individual would in-20
crease the number of employees employed by the 21
agency beyond the baseline number, if the agency 22
head determines that making that appointment 23
serves the interest of law enforcement, public safety, 24
or the national security of the United States. 25
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(2) The annual rate of basic pay of an em-1
ployee, as in effect on the date of enactment of this 2
Act, may not be increased. 3
(c) R
EDUCTION INFORCE.—The head of each agency 4
shall take such measures, without regard to any other pro-5
vision of law or regulation, to ensure that— 6
(1) as of the date that is 2 years after the date 7
of enactment of this Act, the number of employees 8
employed by the agency is 2 percent less than the 9
baseline number; and 10
(2) as of the date that is 3 years after the date 11
of enactment of this Act, the number of employees 12
employed by the agency is 5 percent less than the 13
baseline number. 14
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