H.R. 5599

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5599 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5599

To prohibit the removal of Federal employees during any lapse in 
discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 26, 2025

Mr. Olszewski (for himself, Ms. Pettersen, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Carson, Mr. 
Cisneros, Ms. Craig, Ms. Elfreth, Ms. Friedman, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of 
Texas, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Mr. 
Mfume, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Norton, Ms. Randall, Ms. Salinas, Ms. 
Stansbury, Mr. Walkinshaw, Mr. Whitesides, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Cleaver, 
Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
Lieu, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. 
Ruiz, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Mrs. Torres of California, Ms. Pingree, Mr. 
Kennedy of New York, Ms. Dexter, Ms. Scholten, and Ms. Dean of 
Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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A BILL

To prohibit the removal of Federal employees during any lapse in 
discretionary appropriations, 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. LIMITATION ON REMOVING FEDERAL EMPLOYEES DURING GOVERNMENT 
SHUTDOWN.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
(1) during a Government shutdown due to a lapse in 
discretionary appropriations with respect to a Federal agency, 
no employee of such agency may be removed from the civil 
service; and
(2) if any employee is so removed in violation of paragraph 
(1), on the date on which such lapse ends such employee may 
elect to be reinstated with back pay in accordance with section 
5596 of title 5, United States Code.
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