Bureaucratic Labor Adjustment and Downsizing Effort Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1571 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1571

  To eliminate nonessential civil service positions in the executive 
       branch of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2025

   Mr. Kelly of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To eliminate nonessential civil service positions in the executive 
       branch of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bureaucratic Labor Adjustment and 
Downsizing Effort Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF NONESSENTIAL CIVIL SERVICE EXECUTIVE BRANCH 
              POSITIONS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) on the date provided under subsection (c), any Federal 
        position described in subsection (b) is abolished; and
            (2) no Federal funds may be obligated or expended for the 
        salary or expenses of any such position on or after such date.
    (b) Positions.--A position described in this subsection is any 
position in the civil service (as that term is defined in section 2101 
of title 5, United States Code) in the executive branch of the Federal 
Government that is designated as not excepted from furlough with 
respect to any lapse in appropriations occurring before, on, or after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Application.--
            (1) Unoccupied and nonessential.--Positions under 
        subsection (b) that are unoccupied on the date of the enactment 
        of this Act shall be abolished on such date.
            (2) Occupied and nonessential.--Positions under subsection 
        (b) that are occupied on the date of the enactment of this Act 
        shall be abolished on the first day after such date when such 
        position becomes vacant (including a vacancy resulting from 
        retirement, voluntary separation, or disciplinary action).
    (d) Limitation.--On and after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, no Federal position--
            (1) may be designated as excepted from furlough that was 
        not designated as excepted from furlough during a lapse in 
        appropriations occurring before such date; and
            (2) established after the date of enactment of this Act may 
        be designated as excepted from furlough.
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