H.Res. 807

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 807 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 807

Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to 
the House of Representatives referring to the firings, dismissal, 
reduction in force, or withholding of pay for the period of the lapse 
in appropriations of furloughed employees of the United States 
Government.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 14, 2025

Mr. Mfume (for himself, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
Lynch, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Brown, Ms. 
Stansbury, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Ivey, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
Olszewski, Ms. Elfreth, Ms. Randall, Mr. Subramanyam, Ms. Ansari, Mr. 
Bell, Ms. Simon, Mr. Min, and Mr. Walkinshaw) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform

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RESOLUTION

Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to 
the House of Representatives referring to the firings, dismissal, 
reduction in force, or withholding of pay for the period of the lapse 
in appropriations of furloughed employees of the United States 
Government.

Resolved, That the President is requested to transmit, to the 
extent that such documents are in the possession of the President, to 
the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the adoption 
of this resolution, in complete and unredacted form, a copy of the 
following:
(1) Any and all documents and communications, including 
notes from meetings, audio records, telephone and electronic 
mail records, text and other digital messages, related to any 
proposed reduction in force at a United States Government 
Agency related to the Federal lapse in appropriations beginning 
on October 1, 2025.
(2) Any and all documents and communications, including 
notes from meetings, audio records, telephone and electronic 
mail records, text and other digital messages, related to 
efforts to create a legal determination at the Office of 
Management and Budget finding or suggesting that the Government 
Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 does not create a self-
executing requirement that furloughed Federal employees must 
receive pay for the period in which they were furloughed during 
a lapse in appropriations immediately after the lapse in 
appropriations ends.
(3) Any and all documents and communications, including 
notes from meetings, audio records, telephone and electronic 
mail records, text and other digital messages, related to 
efforts or plans to withhold pay for the period of the lapse of 
appropriations beginning on October 1, 2025, for excepted or 
furloughed employees of the United States Government or 
employees of the District of Columbia.
(4) Any and all documents or communications between the 
Office of the President, the Office of the Vice President, the 
Office of Personnel Management, the Office of Management and 
Budget, the Office of Special Counsel, and the Merit System 
Protection Board related to any of the above items.
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