To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the Environmental Protection Agency.

Bill: 115-hr-1716
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2017-03-23
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employee hiring

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill exempts the Environmental Protection Agency from any action by the President to freeze the hiring of federal employees.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1716 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 23, 2017 Ms. Velázquez (for herself, Mr. Soto , Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. McCollum , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Brown of Maryland , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Huffman , Mr. McGovern , 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 Environmental Protection Agency.

1. Prohibition on hiring freeze from affecting Environmental Protection Agency 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 the Environmental Protection Agency.