H.R. 2207

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2207 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2207 To institute a reduction in force moratorium at the Department of Energy, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2025 Ms. Lofgren (for herself and Ms. Ross) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To institute a reduction in force moratorium at the Department of Energy, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Saving DOE's Workforce Act''. SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN FORCE MORATORIUM AT DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. (a) In General.--Until on or after the date that full-year appropriations for the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2026 have been enacted into law, the Department may not-- (1) initiate or implement any reduction in force; or (2) conduct an involuntary separation of any employee in the competitive service, any career employee in the excepted service, or any career appointee in the Senior Executive Service of the Department except for cause on charges of misconduct, delinquency, or inefficiency. (b) Application.--For the purposes of carrying out subsection (a)-- (1) the terms ``competitive service'', ``excepted service'', and ``career appointee'' have the meanings given those terms in sections 2102, 2103, and 3132(a), respectively, of title 5, United States Code; and (2) such subsection shall be in addition to any other authority with respect to adverse personnel actions, including chapter 75 of such title 5. <all>