REHIRE Act

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