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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4440 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require agencies to provide official 
personnel record files to Federal employees and former Federal employ-
ees, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2025 
Ms. BROWNLEY (for herself, Mr. LANDSMAN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. ELFRETH, 
Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. CARSON, 
Ms. SIMON, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mrs. SYKES, Mr. POCAN, Ms. 
CHU, Mr. THANEDAR, and Mrs. MCIVER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require agencies 
to provide official personnel record files to Federal em-
ployees and former Federal employees, 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 Federal 
Employee Rights to Personnel Files Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE OFFICIAL PERSONNEL 
RECORD FILES TO EMPLOYEES AND FORMER 
EMPLOYEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 3330f the following: 
‘‘§ 3330g. Requirement to provide official personnel 
record files to employees and former em-
ployees 
‘‘(a) CURRENT EMPLOYEES.—Not later than seven 
days after the date an employee of an agency requests a 
copy of the employee’s official personnel record file, the 
head of such agency shall provide to such employee, in 
electronic and physical form, a copy of such file. 
‘‘(b) FORMER EMPLOYEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to any em-
ployee separating from an agency on or after the 
date of the enactment of this section, not later than 
seven days after the date of such separation, the 
head of such agency shall provide to such employee, 
in electronic and physical form, a copy of the em-
ployee’s official personnel record file. 
‘‘(2) PREVIOUSLY
SEPARATED
EMPLOYEES.— 
With respect to any individual who separated from 
an agency before the date of the enactment of this 
section, not later than 21 days after the date such 
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an individual requests a copy of the employee’s offi-
cial personnel record file from the Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management, the Director shall 
provide, in electronic and physical form, a copy of 
such file to the individual. 
‘‘(c) AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘agency’ has the meaning given that term in section 551.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for such subchapter is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 3330f the following: 
‘‘3330g. Requirement to provide official personnel record files to employees and 
former employees.’’. 
Æ 
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