Protecting America’s Cybersecurity Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3026 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3026

       To reinstate employees removed from the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency, to limit the removal of employees from 
 such Agency, to prohibit DOGE employees from working at such Agency, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 24, 2025

  Mrs. Torres of California introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the 
Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Energy and Commerce, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
       To reinstate employees removed from the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency, to limit the removal of employees from 
 such Agency, to prohibit DOGE employees from working at such Agency, 
                        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 ``Protecting America's Cybersecurity 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT AND LIMITATION ON REMOVAL OF CISA EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Reinstatement.--Any individual who was involuntarily removed 
from a position in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 
between the period beginning on January 25, 2025, and ending on March 
1, 2025 shall, at the election of such individual, be reinstated to the 
individual's former position with backpay in accordance with section 
5596 of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Limitations on Reduction in Resources.--No employee may be 
involuntarily removed from, or transferred to a position outside of, 
the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and no 
appropriations available for the Agency may be impounded, transferred, 
or reprogrammed unless Congress enacts a law after the date of the 
enactment of this Act providing for such a removal or transfer, unless 
such transfer authority is specifically provided by Acts making 
appropriations for the Agency.
    (c) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to any individual 
removed from a political position, any individual involuntarily removed 
for misconduct or delinquency, or any individual involuntarily removed 
and whose most recent performance review before such removal was 
unacceptable or less than fully successful, and the limitation in 
subsection (b) on removal and transfer of employees shall not apply to 
any employee occupying a political position.
    (d) Political Position Defined.--In this section, the term 
``political position'' means--
            (1) a position described under sections 5312 through 5316 
        of title 5, United States Code (relating to the Executive 
        Schedule);
            (2) an individual in a Senior Executive Service position 
        who is not a career appointee (as that term is defined under 
        section 3132(a) of such title); or
            (3) a position in the executive branch of the Government of 
        a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C 
        of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal 
        Regulations.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON DOGE EMPLOYEES WORKING AT CISA.

    No Federal funds may be obligated or expended for the salary or 
expenses of any employee of the Department of the United States DOGE 
Service (commonly referred to as the ``Department of Government 
Efficiency'' or ``DOGE'') or any employee of a DOGE agency team 
transferred, detailed, or otherwise working at the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency.
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