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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3026 
To reinstate employees removed from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency, to limit the removal of employees from such Agency, 
to prohibit DOGE employees from working at such Agency, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 24, 2025 
Mrs. TORRES of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Energy and Commerce, 
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 reinstate employees removed from the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency, to limit the removal of 
employees from such Agency, to prohibit DOGE employ-
ees from working at such Agency, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 America’s 
Cybersecurity Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT AND LIMITATION ON REMOVAL OF 
CISA EMPLOYEES. 
(a) REINSTATEMENT.—Any individual who was invol-
untarily removed from a position in the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency between the period begin-
ning on January 25, 2025, and ending on March 1, 2025 
shall, at the election of such individual, be reinstated to 
the individual’s former position with backpay in accord-
ance with section 5596 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) LIMITATIONS ON REDUCTION IN RESOURCES.— 
No employee may be involuntarily removed from, or trans-
ferred to a position outside of, the Cybersecurity and In-
frastructure Security Agency, and no appropriations avail-
able for the Agency may be impounded, transferred, or 
reprogrammed unless Congress enacts a law after the date 
of the enactment of this Act providing for such a removal 
or transfer, unless such transfer authority is specifically 
provided by Acts making appropriations for the Agency. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
any individual removed from a political position, any indi-
vidual involuntarily removed for misconduct or delin-
quency, or any individual involuntarily removed and whose 
most recent performance review before such removal was 
unacceptable or less than fully successful, and the limita-
tion in subsection (b) on removal and transfer of employ-
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ees shall not apply to any employee occupying a political 
position. 
(d) POLITICAL POSITION DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘political position’’ means— 
(1) a position described under sections 5312 
through 5316 of title 5, United States Code (relat-
ing to the Executive Schedule); 
(2) an individual in a Senior Executive Service 
position who is not a career appointee (as that term 
is defined under section 3132(a) of such title); or 
(3) 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. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON DOGE EMPLOYEES WORKING AT 
CISA. 
No Federal funds may be obligated or expended for 
the salary or expenses of any employee of the Department 
of the United States DOGE Service (commonly referred 
to as the ‘‘Department of Government Efficiency’’ or 
‘‘DOGE’’) or any employee of a DOGE agency team 
transferred, detailed, or otherwise working at the Cyberse-
curity and Infrastructure Security Agency. 
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