I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2455 
To require Executive agencies to limit the use of special Government employ-
ees to 130 days, to require the maintenance of a public database of 
certain special Government employees, to require the release of financial 
disclosures filed by certain special Government employees, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2025 
Mr. MIN (for himself, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, and Ms. NOR-
TON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To require Executive agencies to limit the use of special 
Government employees to 130 days, to require the main-
tenance of a public database of certain special Govern-
ment employees, to require the release of financial disclo-
sures filed by certain special Government 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 ‘‘Special Government 
Employees Transparency Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON THE USE OF SPECIAL GOVERN-
MENT EMPLOYEES. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘special 
Government employee’’ means an individual who— 
(1) is a special Government employee under 
section 202(a) of title 18, United States Code, or 
any other provision of Federal law; and 
(2) is employed by an agency, department, of-
fice, or other entity within the executive branch of 
the United States Government, without regard to 
whether employees of that agency, department, of-
fice, or entity are subject to the requirements of title 
5, United States Code. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT
OF LIMIT.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law— 
(1) an individual who otherwise qualifies as a 
special Government employee shall cease to be a spe-
cial Government employee after having served as a 
special Government employee for 130 days, regard-
less of whether those days were consecutive, during 
any period of 365 consecutive days; and 
(2) if an individual described in paragraph (1) 
exceeds the 130-day threshold described in that 
paragraph— 
(A) the employing authority of the indi-
vidual shall, not later than 30 days after the 
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date of cessation of such special Government 
employee status— 
(i) determine the appropriate employ-
ment classification for the individual in ac-
cordance with applicable civil service laws 
and regulations, including which position 
the individual shall be considered to occupy 
beginning on the date of that determina-
tion; 
(ii) with respect to the individual, fol-
low an appropriate applicable Federal per-
sonnel framework in a manner consistent 
with the duties and responsibilities of the 
position in which the individual is serving 
as determined under clause (i) and with 
the personnel management policies of the 
employing authority; and 
(iii) provide written notice to the indi-
vidual— 
(I) of the new classification de-
termination required under clause (i); 
and 
(II) that the individual may ap-
peal or seek review of the new classi-
fication determination through appeal 
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and review procedures applicable to 
the position in which the individual is 
serving as determined under clause 
(i); and 
(B) the individual shall be subject to all 
applicable provisions of law, including legal obli-
gations and rights, relating to employees occu-
pying the position in which the individual is 
serving as determined under subparagraph 
(A)(i). 
(c) COUNTING DAYS OF SERVICE.—For purposes of 
subsection (b), 1 full day of service shall be counted to-
ward the 130-day limit described in subsection (b)(1) for 
each day— 
(1) during which an individual has provided any 
service as a special Government employee that is 
purely administrative in nature, such as making a 
brief telephone call to confirm the date of a meeting 
or completing and filing personnel paperwork, for 
more than 1 hour; 
(2) during which the individual has performed 
any service as a special Government employee, such 
as reading official materials or substantively pre-
paring for a meeting, that is not purely administra-
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tive in nature, regardless of the length of time spent 
performing such service; or 
(3) for which the individual has been com-
pensated by the Government for service as a special 
Government employee. 
SEC. 3. TRANSPARENCY FOR SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EM-
PLOYEES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘advi-
sory committee’’— 
(A) has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 1001 of title 5, United States Code; and 
(B) does not include— 
(i) the United States DOGE Service, 
or any successor organization; 
(ii) the U.S. DOGE Service Tem-
porary Organization, or any successor or-
ganization; or 
(iii) any DOGE Team (as described in 
Executive Order 14158 (90 Fed. Reg. 
8441), relating to establishing and imple-
menting the President’s ‘‘Department of 
Government Efficiency’’), or any successor 
organization. 
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(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL PARTIES.— 
The 
term 
‘‘appropriate 
congressional 
parties’’ 
means— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representa-
tives; 
(C) the majority leader of the Senate; 
(D) the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives; 
(E) the minority leader of the Senate; and 
(F) the minority leader of the House of 
Representatives. 
(3) COVERED
SPECIAL
GOVERNMENT
EM-
PLOYEE.—The term ‘‘covered special Government 
employee’’ means any individual— 
(A) who is a special Government employee 
under section 202(a) of title 18, United States 
Code, or any other provision of Federal law; 
and 
(B)(i) who is not serving on an advisory 
committee; 
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(ii) whose responsibilities are substantially 
comparable to the types of duties that are clas-
sified at the GS–11 level or above; and 
(iii) who is not appointed to a position in 
the civil service that may only be filled by a 
full-time student enrolled in an institution of 
higher education, as defined in section 102 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1002). 
(4) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. 
(5) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 
agency’’— 
(A) has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 105 of title 5, United States Code; and 
(B) includes the Executive Office of the 
President. 
(6) NATIONAL
DEFENSE
INFORMATION.—The 
term ‘‘national defense information’’ has the mean-
ing given the term ‘‘classified information’’ in sec-
tion 798(b) of title 18, United States Code. 
(7) SGE DATABASE.—The term ‘‘SGE Data-
base’’ means the database established under sub-
section (b)(1). 
(b) SGE DATABASE.— 
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(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 210 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director, 
in consultation with the Director of the Office of 
Government Ethics, shall establish a searchable, 
sortable database for the public release of, with re-
spect to each covered special Government em-
ployee— 
(A) the name of the covered special Gov-
ernment employee; 
(B) the title of the position of the covered 
special Government employee; 
(C) the rate of basic pay, if any, of the 
covered special Government employee; 
(D) the employing Executive agency of the 
covered special Government employee; 
(E) the employing organizational compo-
nent of the employing Executive agency of the 
covered special Government employee; 
(F) the appointment date of the covered 
special Government employee; and 
(G) if applicable, the termination date of 
the covered special Government employee. 
(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The SGE Database 
shall be accessible to the public through the of-
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