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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2431
5	5	To amend title 49, United States Code, to limit mass layoffs of employees
6	6	of the Federal Aviation Administration within 1 year of a major aviation
7	7	accident, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	MARCH27, 2025
10	10	Mr. G
11	11	OTTHEIMERintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
12	12	Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To amend title 49, United States Code, to limit mass layoffs
15	15	of employees of the Federal Aviation Administration
16	16	within 1 year of a major aviation accident, and for
17	17	other purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Don’t Cut FAA Work-4
22	22	ers Act of 2025’’. 5
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26	26	SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON MASS LAYOFFS IN EVENT OF 1
27	27	MAJOR AVIATION ACCIDENT. 2
28	28	(a) I
29	29	NGENERAL.—Chapter 401 of title 49, United 3
30	30	States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-4
31	31	lowing: 5
32	32	‘‘§ 40133. Limitation on mass layoffs in event of major 6
33	33	aviation accident. 7
34	34	‘‘(a) L
35	35	IMITATION ONMASSLAYOFFS.—Except as 8
36	36	provided in subparagraph (b), the Administrator of the 9
37	37	Federal Aviation Administration may not carry out, or 10
38	38	otherwise facilitate, a mass layoff during the 1-year period 11
39	39	following a major aviation accident in air transportation. 12
40	40	‘‘(b) C
41	41	ONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL FOR MASSLAY-13
42	42	OFF.— 14
43	43	‘‘(1) N
44	44	OTIFICATION.—Before carrying out a 15
45	45	mass layoff described in subsection (a), the Adminis-16
46	46	trator shall submit to Congress notification of such 17
47	47	a layoff that includes the number and type of em-18
48	48	ployees proposed to be laid off. 19
49	49	‘‘(2) C
50	50	ONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL .—In any case 20
51	51	in which, not later than 60 days after receipt of a 21
52	52	notification under paragraph (1), Congress enacts a 22
53	53	joint resolution approving the proposed mass layoff 23
54	54	for which such notification was submitted, the Ad-24
55	55	ministrator may carry out such mass layoff. 25
56	56	‘‘(c) D
57	57	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 26
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61	61	‘‘(1) MASS LAYOFF.—The term ‘mass layoff’ 1
62	62	means a reduction in force or other termination of 2
63	63	employment that results in a personnel loss during 3
64	64	any 90-day period— 4
65	65	‘‘(A) of 10 or more employees of the Fed-5
66	66	eral Aviation Administration at a single site of 6
67	67	employment, as calculated under paragraph (2); 7
68	68	or 8
69	69	‘‘(B) of 250 or more employees of the Ad-9
70	70	ministration, irrespective of employment site. 10
71	71	‘‘(2) C
72	72	ALCULATION.—The number of employees 11
73	73	at a single site of employment who suffer an employ-12
74	74	ment loss shall be calculated in a manner that in-13
75	75	cludes— 14
76	76	‘‘(A) all such employees who work at the 15
77	77	physical location of the site; and 16
78	78	‘‘(B) all such employees who work remotely 17
79	79	and— 18
80	80	‘‘(i) are assigned to or otherwise asso-19
81	81	ciated with the site; 20
82	82	‘‘(ii) receive assignments or training 21
83	83	from the site; 22
84	84	‘‘(iii) report to a manager associated 23
85	85	with the site; or 24
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89	89	‘‘(iv) whose job loss was a foreseeable 1
90	90	consequence of a reduction in force or 2
91	91	other termination of employment at the 3
92	92	site. 4
93	93	‘‘(3) M
94	94	AJOR AVIATION ACCIDENT .—The term 5
95	95	‘‘major aviation accident’’ means an aircraft acci-6
96	96	dent in which a fatal aviation injury occurs. 7
97	97	‘‘(4) A
98	98	IRCRAFT ACCIDENT.—The term ‘aircraft 8
99	99	accident’ means an occurrence associated with the 9
100	100	operation of a civil aircraft that takes place between 10
101	101	the time any individual boards the aircraft with the 11
102	102	intention of flight and the time at which the last in-12
103	103	dividual disembarks such aircraft in which any indi-13
104	104	vidual suffers death or serious injury, or in which 14
105	105	the aircraft receives substantial damage. 15
106	106	‘‘(5) F
107	107	ATAL AVIATION INJURY.—The term ‘fatal 16
108	108	aviation injury’ means any injury due to an aircraft 17
109	109	accident that results in the death of an individual as 18
110	110	a result of such accident within 30 days of such ac-19
111	111	cident.’’. 20
112	112	(b) C
113	113	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-21
114	114	ter 401 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 22
115	115	adding at the end the following: 23
116	116	‘‘40133. Limitation on reduction in force.’’.
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