I 
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 Re-
form, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 
Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction 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 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 Federal 
Workers Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Federal unions play a critical role in pro-
tecting the rights of Federal workers by allowing 
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 
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prepare for negotiations and perform their legally re-
quired employee representational duties. 
(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, 
blocked successful diversity and inclusion training 
programs, and threatened the rights and benefits of 
millions of Federal workers. 
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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: 
(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) Executive Order 13950 (relating to race 
and sex stereotyping). 
(5) Executive Order 13957 (relating to schedule 
F in the excepted service). 
(6) 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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