Saving NOAA’s Workforce Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2211 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2211 To institute a reduction in force moratorium at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2025 Ms. Lofgren (for herself and Mr. Amo) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To institute a reduction in force moratorium at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 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 ``Saving NOAA's Workforce Act''. SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN FORCE MORATORIUM AT NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION. (a) In General.--Until on or after the date that full-year appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 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 sectio