I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6246 
To provide that certain Executive orders with respect to Federal employee 
collective bargaining shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2020 
Mr. KILMER (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. KAPTUR, and 
Mr. VELA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To provide that certain Executive orders with respect to 
Federal employee collective bargaining shall have no 
force or effect, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Collective 
Bargaining and Official Time for Federal Workers Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Federal unions play a critical role in pro-
tecting the rights of Federal workers by allowing 
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members to have a collective voice on the job and in 
the legislative process, advance issues for working 
families, ensure equal opportunities for all workers, 
and raise the standards by which all professional 
and technical workers are employed. 
(2) Collective bargaining is essential to the 
union process, because it provides mutual agreement 
between all parties that fosters harmonious relation-
ships between the Federal Government and its em-
ployees and protects the interest of both parties. 
(3) The current administration has acted 
through Executive orders and official memorandums 
to dismantle Federal unions and undermine their 
collective bargaining rights across the Federal work-
force and these directives have already negatively 
impacted labor contracts, both signed and under ac-
tive negotiation. 
(4) These orders set an aggressive schedule for 
unions to engage in collective bargaining, while also 
slashing the unions official time for performing 
union duties by over 91 percent in some cases. 
These actions are limiting the ability for unions to 
prepare for negotiations and perform their legally re-
quired employee representational duties. 
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(5) Section 7101(a) of title 5, United States 
Code, states, ‘‘Congress finds that labor organiza-
tions and collective bargaining in the civil service are 
in the public interest.’’. Attempting to eliminate the 
union by eliminating almost all its official time repu-
diates the statutory position that unions are in the 
public interest. 
(6) Through these orders, agencies are required 
to comply with artificial bargaining schedules, which 
undermine good faith negotiations and divert the de-
cision making to an impasse panel, which has no 
union representation on it and does not represent 
both parties. 
(7) Collectively, the administration’s actions 
have violated congressional intent, undermined the 
ability of unions to engage in collective bargaining, 
and threatened the rights and benefits of millions of 
Federal workers. 
SEC. 3. NULLIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS RELATING 
TO FEDERAL EMPLOYEE COLLECTIVE BAR-
GAINING. 
Each of the following Executive orders and Presi-
dential memorandum are rescinded and shall have no force 
or effect: 
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(1) Executive Order 13837 (relating to the use 
of official time). 
(2) Executive Order 13836 (relating to Federal 
collective bargaining). 
(3) Executive Order 13839 (relating to the 
Merit Systems Protection Board). 
(4) The Presidential Memorandum on the Dele-
gation of Certain Authority under the Federal Serv-
ice Labor-Management Relations Statute, issued to 
the Secretary of Defense on January 29, 2020. 
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