Saving NASA’s Workforce Act

Bill: 119-hr-2210
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2025-03-18
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Latest action: action_date: 2025-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2210 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2025 Ms. Lofgren (for herself and Mrs. Foushee ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology A BILL To institute a reduction in force moratorium at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Saving NASA’s Workforce Act . 2. Reduction in force moratorium at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (a) In general Until on or after the date that full-year appropriations for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for fiscal year 2026 have been enacted into law, the Administration may not— (1) initiate or implement any reduction in force; or (2) conduct an involuntary separation of any employee in the competitive service, any career employee in the excepted service, or any career appointee in the Senior Executive Service of the Administration except for cause on charges of misconduct, delinquency, or inefficiency. (b) Application For the purposes of carrying out subsection (a)— (1) the terms competitive service , excepted service , and career appointee have the meanings given those terms in sections 2102, 2103, and 3132(a), respectively, of title 5, United States Code; and (2) such subsection shall be in addition to any other authority with respect to adverse personnel actions, including chapter 75 of such title 5.