[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5676 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5676

To prohibit any Executive agency from terminating employees during any 
   period in which there is a lapse in appropriations, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 3, 2025

  Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick (for herself, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Jackson of 
  Illinois, Mr. Landsman, Ms. Norton, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. 
Titus, and Mr. Bell) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
          to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit any Executive agency from terminating employees during any 
   period in which there is a lapse in 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Stealing Our Jobs Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMIT ON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYEES DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS.

    (a) In General.--During any period in which there is a lapse in 
discretionary appropriations, neither the President nor the head of an 
Executive agency may remove from the civil service, including as part 
of a reduction in force, any employee of an Executive agency, other 
than a political appointee.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Civil service; executive agency.--The terms ``civil 
        service'' and ``Executive agency'' have the meanings given such 
        terms in sections 2101 and 105, respectively, of title 5, 
        United States Code.
            (2) Political appointee.--The term ``political appointee'' 
        means an individual serving in an appointment to a political 
        position.
            (3) Political position.--The term ``political position'' 
        means--
                    (A) a position described under sections 5312 
                through 5316 of title 5, United States Code (relating 
                to the Executive Schedule);
                    (B) a noncareer appointment in the Senior Executive 
                Service (as defined in section 3132(a) of title 5, 
                United States Code); or
                    (C) a position in the executive branch of the 
                Government of a confidential or policy-determining 
                character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of 
                title 5, Code of Federal Regulations.
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