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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2207 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To institute a reduction in force moratorium at the Department of Energy, |
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| 6 | 6 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH18, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. L |
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| 10 | 10 | | OFGREN(for herself and Ms. ROSS) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 11 | 11 | | was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To institute a reduction in force moratorium at the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Department of Energy, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Saving DOE’s Work-4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | force Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN FORCE MORATORIUM AT DEPART-6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | MENT OF ENERGY. 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) I |
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| 23 | 23 | | NGENERAL.—Until on or after the date that 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | full-year appropriations for the Department of Energy for 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 2207 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | fiscal year 2026 have been enacted into law, the Depart-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ment may not— 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) initiate or implement any reduction in force; 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | or 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) conduct an involuntary separation of any 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | employee in the competitive service, any career em-6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ployee in the excepted service, or any career ap-7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | pointee in the Senior Executive Service of the De-8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | partment except for cause on charges of misconduct, 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | delinquency, or inefficiency. 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) A |
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| 39 | 39 | | PPLICATION.—For the purposes of carrying out 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | subsection (a)— 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) the terms ‘‘competitive service’’, ‘‘excepted 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | service’’, and ‘‘career appointee’’ have the meanings 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | given those terms in sections 2102, 2103, and 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 3132(a), respectively, of title 5, United States Code; 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | and 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) such subsection shall be in addition to any 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | other authority with respect to adverse personnel ac-19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | tions, including chapter 75 of such title 5. 20 |
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