H.R. 2208

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2208 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2208

To institute a reduction in force moratorium at the National Science 
Foundation, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 18, 2025

Ms. Lofgren (for herself and Ms. Stevens) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology

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A BILL

To institute a reduction in force moratorium at the National Science 
Foundation, 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 NSF's Workforce Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN FORCE MORATORIUM AT NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.

(a) In General.--Until on or after the date that full-year 
appropriations for the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 2026 
have been enacted into law, the Foundation may not--
(1) initiate or implement any reduction in force; or
(2) conduct an involuntary separation of employee in the 
competitive service or the excepted service, any career 
employee in the excepted service, or any career appointee in 
the Senior Executive Service of the Foundation 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.
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