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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2532 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit certain removals of employees of the Department of Health |
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| 6 | 6 | | and Human Services and sub-agencies and operating divisions thereof, |
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| 7 | 7 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL1, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. M |
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| 11 | 11 | | CCLELLAN(for herself, Mr. LANDSMAN, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. BARRAGA´N, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Ms. C |
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| 13 | 13 | | LARKEof New York, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. NORTON, Ms. |
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| 15 | 15 | | EWELL, Mr. CARTERof Louisiana, Ms. CASTORof Florida, Mr. CON- |
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| 16 | 16 | | NOLLY, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. |
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| 18 | 18 | | UFFMAN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. MCBRIDE, Mr. CARSON, and |
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| 19 | 19 | | Ms. T |
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| 20 | 20 | | OKUDA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 21 | 21 | | Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees |
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| 22 | 22 | | on Education and Workforce, Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, |
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| 23 | 23 | | for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case |
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| 24 | 24 | | for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the |
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| 25 | 25 | | committee concerned |
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| 26 | 26 | | A BILL |
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| 27 | 27 | | To prohibit certain removals of employees of the Department |
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| 28 | 28 | | of Health and Human Services and sub-agencies and |
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| 29 | 29 | | operating divisions thereof, and for other purposes. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | •HR 2532 IH |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN REMOVALS OF EM-1 |
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| 36 | 36 | | PLOYEES FOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 2 |
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| 37 | 37 | | HUMAN SERVICES AND SUB-AGENCIES AND 3 |
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| 38 | 38 | | DIVISIONS. 4 |
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| 39 | 39 | | No Federal funds may be obligated or expended to 5 |
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| 40 | 40 | | remove any employee of the Department of Health and 6 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Human Services or any sub-agency or operating division 7 |
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| 42 | 42 | | of the Department of Health and Human Services under 8 |
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| 43 | 43 | | any agency action (including any reduction in force con-9 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ducted pursuant to subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 5, 10 |
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| 45 | 45 | | United States Code or any agency reorganization) that 11 |
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| 46 | 46 | | provides for— 12 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (1) the removal of 3 percent or more of the 13 |
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| 48 | 48 | | total number of employees at the Department of 14 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Health and Human Services within a 60-day period; 15 |
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| 50 | 50 | | or 16 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) the removal of 3 percent or more of the 17 |
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| 52 | 52 | | total number of employees at each sub-agency or op-18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | erating division within the Department of Health 19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | and Human Services within a 60-day period. 20 |
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