MERIT Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 687 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 687 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for an alternative removal for performance or misconduct for Federal employees. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 23, 2025 Mr. Loudermilk (for himself, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mrs. Houchin, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Owens, Mr. Collins, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Mann, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Babin, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Baird, Mr. Steube, and Mr. Burchett) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for an alternative removal for performance or misconduct for Federal employees. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Modern Employment Reform, Improvement, and Transformation Act of 2025'' or the ``MERIT Act of 2025''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Termination of authority for chapter 43 performance-based actions. Sec. 3. Adverse actions based on performance or conduct. Sec. 4. Prohibition on grieving adverse actions and reductions in force. Sec. 5. Actions against senior executives for performance or conduct. Sec. 6. Actions against supervisors for performance or conduct. Sec. 7. Modification of procedures for furlough. Sec. 8. Reduction of annuity of employee convicted of a felony for which an adverse action is or would have been taken. Sec. 9. Authority to recoup bonuses or awards paid to employees. Sec. 10. Extension of probatio