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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 249 

To provide that certain Executive orders with respect to Federal employee 

collective bargaining and workplace rights shall have no force or effect, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 11, 2021 

Mr. KILMER (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Ms. KAPTUR) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 

Armed Services, 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 provide that certain Executive orders with respect to 

Federal employee collective bargaining and workplace 

rights shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Federal 

5 Workers Act’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Federal unions play a critical role in pro4 tecting the rights of Federal workers by allowing 

5 members to have a collective voice on the job and in 

6 the legislative process, advance issues for working 

7 families, ensure equal opportunities for all workers, 

8 and raise the standards by which all professional 

9 and technical workers are employed. 

10 (2) Collective bargaining is essential to the 

11 union process, because it provides mutual agreement 

12 between all parties that fosters harmonious relation13 ships between the Federal Government and its em14 ployees and protects the interest of both parties. 

15 (3) The current administration has acted 

16 through Executive orders and official memorandums 

17 to dismantle Federal unions and undermine their 

18 collective bargaining rights across the Federal work19 force and these directives have already negatively 

20 impacted labor contracts, both signed and under ac21 tive negotiation. 

22 (4) These orders set an aggressive schedule for 

23 unions to engage in collective bargaining, while also 

24 slashing the unions official time for performing 

25 union duties by over 91 percent in some cases. 

26 These actions are limiting the ability for unions to 

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1 prepare for negotiations and perform their legally re2 quired employee representational duties. 

3 (5) Section 7101(a) of title 5, United States 

4 Code, states, ‘‘Congress finds that labor organiza5 tions and collective bargaining in the civil service are 

6 in the public interest.’’. Attempting to eliminate the 

7 union by eliminating almost all its official time repu8 diates the statutory position that unions are in the 

9 public interest. 

10 (6) Through these orders, agencies are required 

11 to comply with artificial bargaining schedules, which 

12 undermine good faith negotiations and divert the de13 cision making to an impasse panel, which has no 

14 union representation on it and does not represent 

15 both parties. 

16 (7) Collectively, the administration’s actions 

17 have violated Congressional intent, undermined the 

18 ability of unions to engage in collective bargaining, 

19 blocked successful diversity and inclusion training 

20 programs, and threatened the rights and benefits of 

21 millions of Federal workers. 

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1 SEC. 3. NULLIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS RELATING 

2 TO FEDERAL EMPLOYEE COLLECTIVE BAR3 GAINING. 

4 Each of the following Executive orders and presi5 dential memorandum are rescinded and shall have no force 

6 or effect: 

7 (1) Executive Order 13837 (relating to the use 

8 of official time). 

9 (2) Executive Order 13836 (relating to Federal 

10 collective bargaining). 

11 (3) Executive Order 13839 (relating to the 

12 Merit Systems Protection Board). 

13 (4) Executive Order 13950 (relating to race 

14 and sex stereotyping). 

15 (5) Executive Order 13957 (relating to schedule 

16 F in the excepted service). 

17 (6) The Presidential Memorandum on the Dele18 gation of Certain Authority under the Federal Serv19 ice Labor-Management Relations Statute, issued to 

20 the Secretary of Defense on January 29, 2020. 

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