[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2532 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2532

 To prohibit certain removals of employees of the Department of Health 
 and Human Services and sub-agencies and operating divisions thereof, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 2025

Ms. McClellan (for herself, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Barragan, Ms. 
Clarke of New York, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Norton, Ms. Sewell, Mr. 
     Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Connolly, Ms. 
  Velazquez, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Peters, Mr. 
   Panetta, Ms. McBride, Mr. Carson, and Ms. Tokuda) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, 
Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit certain removals of employees of the Department of Health 
 and Human Services and sub-agencies and operating divisions thereof, 
                        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. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN REMOVALS OF EMPLOYEES FOR DEPARTMENT 
              OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND SUB-AGENCIES AND 
              DIVISIONS.

    No Federal funds may be obligated or expended to remove any 
employee of the Department of Health and Human Services or any sub-
agency or operating division of the Department of Health and Human 
Services under any agency action (including any reduction in force 
conducted pursuant to subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 5, United 
States Code or any agency reorganization) that provides for--
            (1) the removal of 3 percent or more of the total number of 
        employees at the Department of Health and Human Services within 
        a 60-day period; or
            (2) the removal of 3 percent or more of the total number of 
        employees at each sub-agency or operating division within the 
        Department of Health and Human Services within a 60-day period.
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