Fiscal Harms of Federal Firings Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7507 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7507 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study of the impact of Federal reductions in force on State and local governments, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 2026 Mrs. McClain Delaney (for herself, Mr. Subramanyam, Ms. Norton, Mr. Olszewski, Mr. Walkinshaw, Ms. Elfreth, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Vindman, and Mr. Lynch) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study of the impact of Federal reductions in force on State and local governments, 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 ``Fiscal Harms of Federal Firings Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Federal Reductions in Force (RIFs) may displace workers, altering where affected individuals live and work across States and localities. (2) Such workforce reductions may increase demand for State-administered services, including unemployment insurance, medicaid, workforce retraining, housing assistance, and other social services. (3) RIFs may reduce economic activity and tax revenues in regions with a high concentration of Federal employment. (4) States and local governments vary significantly in their fiscal capacity to absorb the short- and long-term impacts of large-scale Federal workforce reductions. (5) There is currently no comprehensive Federal assessment of how RIFs affect State and local government budgets, revenues, and expenditures. SEC. 3. STU