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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10053 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10053

   To require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to 
develop and implement mandatory training for covered Federal employees 
     regarding compliance with directives from the President, Vice 
   President, and other political appointees, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 25, 2024

 Mr. Pfluger introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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                                 A BILL

 
   To require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to 
develop and implement mandatory training for covered Federal employees 
     regarding compliance with directives from the President, Vice 
   President, and other political appointees, 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 Resistance Activities by 
Federal Employees Act'' or the ``STRAFE Act''.

SEC. 2. COMPLIANCE TRAINING FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Office of Personnel Management shall develop 
and implement a training program for covered Federal employees on the 
limitations with respect to opposing, obstructing, or impeding lawful 
directives from the President, Vice President, or any other political 
appointee, including Executive orders, National Security Presidential 
Memoranda, Presidential Decision Directives, Agency Directives.
    (b) Training Contents.--The training program required under 
subsection (a) shall include--
            (1) an explanation of the violations and penalties 
        associated with obstructing the exercise of the authority or 
        the performance of the responsibilities of the President or a 
        political appointee; and
            (2) instructions on--
                    (A) identifying the activities described in 
                paragraph (1) and subsection (a) which Federal 
                employees are prohibited from engaging in; and
                    (B) how to report Federal employees engaging in 
                such prohibited activities to appropriate political 
                appointees in the Senior Executive Service.
    (c) Training Schedule.--
            (1) In general.--The head of each Federal agency shall 
        require each covered Federal employee of such agency to--
                    (A) complete the training program implemented under 
                subsection (a)--
                            (i) not later than 30 days after the 
                        appointment of such covered Federal employee to 
                        a position in such agency; and
                            (ii) not less than once every 12 months; 
                        and
                    (B) each time such covered Federal employee 
                completes such training program, sign a written 
                statement acknowledging that such covered Federal 
                employee has received such training and that such 
                covered Federal employee will act in accordance with 
                such training.
            (2) Effective date.--Paragraph (1) shall take effect on the 
        date that is 30 days after the date on which the Office of 
        Personnel Management implements the training program required 
        under subsection (a).

SEC. 3. REPORTING.

    (a) Reporting Process.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the head of each Federal agency shall 
established a process for covered Federal employees to report Federal 
employees for engaging in activities described in subsections (a) and 
(b)(1) which Federal employees are prohibited from engaging in to 
appropriate political appointees in the Senior Executive Service.
    (b) Report to President.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and every six months thereafter, the head of 
each Federal agency shall submit to the Executive Office of the 
President a report containing--
            (1) the number of reports submitted during the period 
        covered by the report with respect to Federal employees of such 
        Federal agency engaging in activities described in subsections 
        (a) and (b)(1) in violation of law, regulation, or policy; and
            (2) the number of investigations into such activities that 
        were initiated, ongoing, or completed during the period covered 
        by the report.

SEC. 4. PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH LAWFUL DIRECTIVES.

    In addition to any other penalties imposed by law, a covered 
employee who unlawfully opposes, obstructs, or impedes a lawful 
directive described in section 2(a) shall be subject to--
            (1) disciplinary action up to and including removal, 
        reduction in grade, debarment from Federal employment for a 
        period not to exceed 5 years, suspension, or reprimand;
            (2) an assessment of a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000; 
        or
            (3) any combination of the penalties described in paragraph 
        (1) or (2).

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Covered federal employee.--The term ``covered Federal 
        employee'' means an individual holding a position in the civil 
        service in the executive branch that is classified at or above 
        GS-15 of the General Schedule (or equivalent) or in the Senior 
        Executive Service (or equivalent) and either--
                    (A) is in an element of the intelligence community 
                (as such term is defined in section 3(4) of the 
                National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)));
                    (B) is in the Department of Defense;
                    (C) the duties of which are primarily--
                            (i) performing law enforcement activities, 
                        including--
                                    (I) the investigation, 
                                apprehension, or detention of 
                                individuals suspected or convicted of 
                                offenses against the criminal laws of 
                                the United States; and
                                    (II) the enforcement of immigration 
                                laws (as such term is defined in 
                                section 101 of the Immigration and 
                                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101));
                            (ii) the prosecution of such individuals 
                        for such offenses;
                            (iii) the protection of officials of the 
                        United States against threats to personal 
                        safety;
                            (iv) performing diplomatic activities with 
                        foreign entities on behalf of the United 
                        States; or
                            (v) the development, implementation, or 
                        enforcement of regulations issued by Federal 
                        agencies, other than regulations pertaining 
                        only to the Federal Government; or
                    (D) is a supervisor (at any level) of a position in 
                the executive branch the duties of which are described 
                in subparagraph (B).
            (2) Political appointee defined.--The term ``political 
        appointee'' means an individual holding--
                    (A) a position which has been excepted from the 
                competitive service by reason of its confidential, 
                policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating 
                character; or
                    (B) a position in the Senior Executive Service as a 
                noncareer appointee (as such term is defined in section 
                3132(a) of title 5, United States Code).
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