Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 3093
5	5	To provide hiring preference to certain career Federal employees involuntarily
6	6	removed from the civil service, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	APRIL30, 2025
9	9	Mr. B
10	10	EYER(for himself, Ms. MOOREof Wisconsin, Mr. SUBRAMANYAM, Ms.
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12	12	LAIB, Mr. COHEN, Ms. ELFRETH, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. NORTON, Mr.
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14	14	AVIDSCOTTof Georgia, and Ms. PINGREE) introduced the following
15	15	bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government
16	16	Reform
17	17	A BILL
18	18	To provide hiring preference to certain career Federal em-
19	19	ployees involuntarily removed from the civil service, and
20	20	for other purposes.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
22	22	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
23	23	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
24	24	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restoring Employment 4
25	25	and Hiring Incentives for Removed Employees Act’’ or the 5
26	26	‘‘REHIRE Act’’. 6
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30	30	SEC. 2. HIRING PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN CAREER FED-1
31	31	ERAL EMPLOYEES INVOLUNTARILY RE-2
32	32	MOVED. 3
33	33	(a) I
34	34	NGENERAL.—Any Federal employee involun-4
35	35	tarily removed from the civil service during the period be-5
36	36	ginning on January 1, 2025, and ending on January 1, 6
37	37	2027, shall— 7
38	38	(1) be deemed to be a preference eligible for 8
39	39	purposes of appointments to positions in the com-9
40	40	petitive service; and 10
41	41	(2) shall be entitled to 5 additional points above 11
42	42	their earned rating for purposes of section 3309 of 12
43	43	title 5, United States Code. 13
44	44	(b) A
45	45	PPLICATION.—The authority under subsection 14
46	46	(a) shall— 15
47	47	(1) not apply to— 16
48	48	(A) any individual removed from a political 17
49	49	position; 18
50	50	(B) any individual involuntarily separated 19
51	51	on clearly documented charges of misconduct or 20
52	52	delinquency; or 21
53	53	(C) any individual involuntarily separated 22
54	54	and whose most recent performance review 23
55	55	prior to such separation was unacceptable or 24
56	56	less than fully successful, provided that such re-25
57	57	view is clearly documented; and 26
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61	61	(2) expire on the date that is 5 years after the 1
62	62	date of the enactment of this section. 2
63	63	(c) D
64	64	EFINITIONS.—In this section— 3
65	65	(1) the term ‘‘civil service’’ has the meaning 4
66	66	given that term in section 2101 of title 5, United 5
67	67	States Code; 6
68	68	(2) the term ‘‘competitive service’’ has the 7
69	69	meaning given that term in section 2102 of such 8
70	70	title; 9
71	71	(3) the term ‘‘political position’’ means— 10
72	72	(A) a position described under sections 11
73	73	5312 through 5316 of such title (relating to the 12
74	74	Executive Schedule); 13
75	75	(B) a noncareer appointee (as that term is 14
76	76	defined in section 3132(a) of such title); or 15
77	77	(C) a position in the executive branch of 16
78	78	the Government of a confidential or policy-de-17
79	79	termining character under schedule C of sub-18
80	80	part C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal 19
81	81	Regulations; and 20
82	82	(4) the term ‘‘preference eligible’’ has the 21
83	83	meaning given that term in section 2108(3) of title 22
84	84	5, United States Code. 23
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