REHIRE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3093 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3093

   To provide hiring preference to certain career Federal employees 
 involuntarily removed from the civil service, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 30, 2025

 Mr. Beyer (for himself, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Subramanyam, Ms. 
Tlaib, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Elfreth, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Norton, Mr. David Scott 
 of Georgia, and Ms. Pingree) introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide hiring preference to certain career Federal employees 
 involuntarily removed from the civil service, 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 ``Restoring Employment and Hiring 
Incentives for Removed Employees Act'' or the ``REHIRE Act''.

SEC. 2. HIRING PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN CAREER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 
              INVOLUNTARILY REMOVED.

    (a) In General.--Any Federal employee involuntarily removed from 
the civil service during the period beginning on January 1, 2025, and 
ending on January 1, 2027, shall--
            (1) be deemed to be a preference eligible for purposes of 
        appointments to positions in the competitive service; and
            (2) shall be entitled to 5 additional points above their 
        earned rating for purposes of section 3309 of title 5, United 
        States Code.
    (b) Application.--The authority under subsection (a) shall--
            (1) not apply to--
                    (A) any individual removed from a political 
                position;
                    (B) any individual involuntarily separated on 
                clearly documented charges of misconduct or 
                delinquency; or
                    (C) any individual involuntarily separated and 
                whose most recent performance review prior to such 
                separation was unacceptable or less than fully 
                successful, provided that such review is clearly 
                documented; and
            (2) expire on the date that is 5 years after the date of 
        the enactment of this section.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``civil service'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code;
            (2) the term ``competitive service'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 2102 of such title;
            (3) the term ``political position'' means--
                    (A) a position described under sections 5312 
                through 5316 of such title (relating to the Executive 
                Schedule);
                    (B) a noncareer appointee (as that term is defined 
                in section 3132(a) of such title); or
                    (C) 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; and
            (4) the term ``preference eligible'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 2108(3) of title 5, United States Code.
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