H.R. 2210

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2210 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2210

To institute a reduction in force moratorium at the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 18, 2025

Ms. Lofgren (for herself and Mrs. Foushee) 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 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, 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 NASA's Workforce Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN FORCE MORATORIUM AT NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE 
ADMINISTRATION.

(a) In General.--Until on or after the date that full-year 
appropriations for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
for fiscal year 2026 have been enacted into law, the Administration 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 Administration 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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