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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 3093
To provide hiring preference to certain career Federal employees involuntarily
removed from the civil service, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL30, 2025
Mr. B
EYER(for himself, Ms. MOOREof Wisconsin, Mr. SUBRAMANYAM, Ms.
T
LAIB, Mr. COHEN, Ms. ELFRETH, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. NORTON, Mr.
D
AVIDSCOTTof Georgia, and Ms. PINGREE) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform
A BILL
To provide hiring preference to certain career Federal em-
ployees involuntarily removed from the civil service, 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 ‘‘Restoring Employment 4
and Hiring Incentives for Removed Employees Act’’ or the 5
‘‘REHIRE Act’’. 6
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SEC. 2. HIRING PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN CAREER FED-1
ERAL EMPLOYEES INVOLUNTARILY RE-2
MOVED. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Any Federal employee involun-4
tarily removed from the civil service during the period be-5
ginning on January 1, 2025, and ending on January 1, 6
2027, shall— 7
(1) be deemed to be a preference eligible for 8
purposes of appointments to positions in the com-9
petitive service; and 10
(2) shall be entitled to 5 additional points above 11
their earned rating for purposes of section 3309 of 12
title 5, United States Code. 13
(b) A
PPLICATION.—The authority under subsection 14
(a) shall— 15
(1) not apply to— 16
(A) any individual removed from a political 17
position; 18
(B) any individual involuntarily separated 19
on clearly documented charges of misconduct or 20
delinquency; or 21
(C) any individual involuntarily separated 22
and whose most recent performance review 23
prior to such separation was unacceptable or 24
less than fully successful, provided that such re-25
view is clearly documented; and 26
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(2) expire on the date that is 5 years after the 1
date of the enactment of this section. 2
(c) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section— 3
(1) the term ‘‘civil service’’ has the meaning 4
given that term in section 2101 of title 5, United 5
States Code; 6
(2) the term ‘‘competitive service’’ has the 7
meaning given that term in section 2102 of such 8
title; 9
(3) the term ‘‘political position’’ means— 10
(A) a position described under sections 11
5312 through 5316 of such title (relating to the 12
Executive Schedule); 13
(B) a noncareer appointee (as that term is 14
defined in section 3132(a) of such title); or 15
(C) a position in the executive branch of 16
the Government of a confidential or policy-de-17
termining character under schedule C of sub-18
part C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal 19
Regulations; and 20
(4) the term ‘‘preference eligible’’ has the 21
meaning given that term in section 2108(3) of title 22
5, United States Code. 23
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