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H.R. 1511

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 1511, the REDUCE Act, was introduced in the House on Feb 21, 2025 by Rep. Elizabeth Van Duyne (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Oversight And Government Reform, and last saw action on Feb 21, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Record

Text

H.R. 1511 has 1 co-sponsor.

hb1511/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 1511 IH: To direct executive branch agencies to conduct a review of redundant positions, to limit civil service hiring, to require agency plans for reductions in force or reorganization, and for other purposes.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-21
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1511  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 21, 2025   Ms. Van Duyne  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform    A BILL
To direct executive branch agencies to conduct a review of redundant positions, to limit civil service hiring, to require agency plans for reductions in force or reorganization, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Reducing Expensive Departments & Unnecessary Civil Employees Act   or the   REDUCE Act  .
2.
Review of redundant agency activities and positions; limitation on hiring; agency plans for RIF or reorganization
(a)
In general
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each agency of the executive branch of the Federal Government shall review each position within such agency and submit a report to Congress on which such positions are redundant and unnecessary.
(b)
Hiring limitation
(1)
In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the head of each such agency may appoint no more than 1 employee for every 4 employees of the agency retiring, transferring, or otherwise separating from the agency after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2)
Application
The limitation in paragraph (1) shall apply until the date that the total number of employees at an executive branch agency is equal to or less than 80 percent of the total number of such employees at such agency on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c)
RIF or reorganization plan
The head of each such agency shall determine which agency components should be eliminated or combined with another component, and establish a plan to so eliminate or combine (as the case may be) such components under a reduction in force or through a reorganization.
(d)
Exception
This section shall not apply to any position or agency component that is critical to national security, public safety, law enforcement, or immigration enforcement, as determined by the head of each executive branch agency.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-02-21
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Feb 21, 2025

hb1511/introduced-in-house.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in House (02/21/2025)

Reducing Expensive Departments & Unnecessary Civil Employees Act or the REDUCE Act

This bill limits federal hiring and requires each federal agency to establish plans to eliminate or combine components of the agency. The bill does not apply to positions or agency components that are critical to national security, public safety, law enforcement, or immigration enforcement.

Specifically, a federal agency may not appoint more than one employee for every four employees that retire, transfer, or separate from such agency. This limitation does not apply after the agency has reduced the number of its employees by 20%.

The bill also requires each agency to determine which agency components should be eliminated or combined and develop a plan to bring this into effect through reorganization or reduction in force.

Each agency must conduct a review of each position within the agency to identify positions that are redundant or unnecessary and report the results of this review to Congress.

Sponsors

Rep. Elizabeth Van Duyne (R) sponsors H.R. 1511, and 1 member has co-sponsored it.

Committees

H.R. 1511 went before 1 committee: Oversight and Government Reform.

Oversight and Government Reform
Oversight and Government Reform
Referred To · Feb 21, 2025 · 696 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1511 has taken 2 actions since Feb 21, 2025.

ChamberAction
Feb 21, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Feb 21, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.Oversight and Government Reform Committee

Votes

H.R. 1511 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 1511 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • REDUCE Act — Display Title
  • REDUCE Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Reducing Expensive Departments & Unnecessary Civil Employees Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To direct executive branch agencies to conduct a review of redundant positions, to limit civil service hiring, to require agency plans for reductions in force or reorganization, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 22 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1511 in 8 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Education, Housing, Immigration.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION—District of Columbia16—
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION—District of Columbia11—
CASA, INC.Immigrant right and services organizationMaryland11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION16—
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION11—
CASA, INC.11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 22.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
JENNIFER TYREE116
KATHERINE SYBENGA116
MARAM ABDELHAMID116
MATTHEW SOCKNAT116
MATTHEW SOWARDS116
KURT VORNDRAN115
REGINA HUTTER115
CHRISTOPHER ANDERS111
COLLEEN COSTELLO111
ELLEN FLENNIKEN111
HADDY GASSAMA111
JOSH NASSAR111
KATE VOIGT111
KEYARMIN HAMADANCHY111
KIMBERLY CONWAY111
MADISON ROBERTS111
NAUREEN SHAH111
NINA PATEL111
PATRICK GIULIANI111
SARAH MEHTA111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNIONAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION2026 second_quarter$670K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 fourth_quarter$350K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 second_quarter$350K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2026 second_quarter$340K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2026 first_quarter$310K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 third_quarter$300K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 first_quarter$300K1st Quarter - Report
CASA, INC.CASA, INC.2025 third_quarter$10K3rd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1511 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1511’s is Government Operations and Politics.

hr1511/policy-areas.txt
Government Operations and PoliticsAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 1511 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Congressional oversight to Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management.

hr1511/subjects.txt
Congressional oversightEmployee hiringExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 1511, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. VAN DUYNE:H.R. 1511.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H730]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com