LAB Personnel Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6103 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6103

    To prohibit reductions in the workforce at the Drug Enforcement 
                Administration, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 2025

 Mr. Pappas (for himself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit reductions in the workforce at the Drug Enforcement 
                Administration, 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 ``Laboratory Analysts and Biometric 
Personnel Act of 2025'' or the ``LAB Personnel Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REDUCING THE LABORATORY WORKFORCE AT THE DRUG 
              ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

    (a) In General.--The laboratory workforce at the Drug Enforcement 
Administration shall be exempt from any hiring freezes or workforce 
reductions related to spending cuts, reprogramming of funds, or the 
probationary status of employees.
    (b) Laboratory Workforce at the Drug Enforcement Administration 
Defined.--In this section, the term ``laboratory workforce at the Drug 
Enforcement Administration'' means--
            (1) positions in the Drug Enforcement Administration at 
        forensic laboratories of the Drug Enforcement Administration, 
        including--
                    (A) forensic chemists;
                    (B) fingerprint specialists;
                    (C) digital forensic examiners; and
                    (D) any other positions in the Drug Enforcement 
                Administration at such forensic laboratories; and
            (2) other positions in the Drug Enforcement Administration 
        at locations other than such a forensic laboratory that will be 
        relocated to such a forensic laboratory that, as of the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, is being constructed or otherwise 
        finalized.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed 
to restrict the authority of the Attorney General to manage the 
workforce of the Department of Justice under existing procedures in 
cases of misconduct or poor performance.
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