Statistical Agency Integrity and Independence Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4907 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4907 To protect the integrity, impartiality, and independence of Federal statistical agencies by establishing fixed terms and for-cause removal protections for the heads of such agencies. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 5, 2025 Mr. Whitesides (for himself, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Stevens, and Mr. Landsman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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 protect the integrity, impartiality, and independence of Federal statistical agencies by establishing fixed terms and for-cause removal protections for the heads of such agencies. 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 ``Statistical Agency Integrity and Independence Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) The people of the United States, its financial markets, its businesses, and its policymakers rely on the timely, credible, and impartial data produced by Federal statistical agencies to make informed decisions. (2) The credibility of Federal statistics depends on public confidence that the data are produced by agencies that are free from political influence, manipulation, or censorship. (3) The heads of the principal Federal statistical agencies serve as the chief stewards of this public trust, and their prof