To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control.

Bill: 115-hr-1561
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2017-03-16
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Department of Health and Human Services

Employee hiring

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: This bill exempts the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from any action by the President to prevent federal agencies from creating or filling civilian employee positions.

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1561 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 16, 2017 Ms. Velázquez (for herself, Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Soto , Ms. McCollum , and Mr. Cohen ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control.

1. Prohibition on hiring freeze from affecting National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control The memorandum titled Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze published on January 23, 2017, or any other substantially similar memorandum, executive order, or other action by the President to prevent a department or agency of the Federal Government from filling vacant Federal civilian employee positions or creating new such positions, shall have no force or effect with respect to positions within— (1) the National Institutes of Health; and (2) the Centers for Disease Control.