H.R. 6793

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6793 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6793 To prohibit the use of funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense to carry out a hiring freeze, reduction in force, or hiring delay without cause at a public shipyard. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 17, 2025 Ms. Goodlander (for herself, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Tokuda, and Mr. Scott of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit the use of funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense to carry out a hiring freeze, reduction in force, or hiring delay without cause at a public shipyard. 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 ``Public Shipyard Workforce Protection Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS FROM CARRYING OUT A HIRING FREEZE, REDUCTION IN FORCE, OR HIRING DELAY WITHOUT CAUSE AT A PUBLIC SHIPYARD. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Defense may be used to-- (1) carry out a hiring freeze at a public shipyard; (2) carry out a reduction in force at a public shipyard; or (3) delay without cause the filling of a vacant Federal civilian employee position at a public shipyard. <all>