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H.R. 4853

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 4853, the Saving the Forest Service's Workforce Act, was introduced in the House on Aug 1, 2025 by Rep. Jared Huffman (D) with 7 co-sponsors. It was referred to Agriculture, and last saw action on Aug 1, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Record

Text

H.R. 4853 has 7 co-sponsors.

hb4853/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 4853 IH: Saving the Forest Service's Workforce Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-08-01
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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. 4853  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   August 1, 2025   Mr. Huffman  (for himself,  Ms. Salinas ,  Mr. Neguse ,  Ms. Leger Fernandez ,  Ms. Hoyle of Oregon ,  Ms. Elfreth ,  Ms. Dexter , and  Ms. Ansari ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Agriculture    A BILL
To institute a reduction in force moratorium at the Forest Service, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Saving the Forest Service's Workforce Act  .
2.
Reduction in force moratorium at the Forest Service
(a)
In general
Until on or after the date that full-year appropriations for the Forest Service for fiscal year 2026 have been enacted into law, the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through the Chief of the Forest Service) may not—
(1)
initiate or implement any reduction in force at the Forest Service; or
(2)
conduct an involuntary separation of any employee in the competitive service, any career employee in the excepted service, or any career appointee in the Senior Executive Service of the Forest Service except for cause on charges of misconduct, delinquency, or performance.
(b)
Application
For the purposes of carrying out subsection (a)—
(1)
the terms  competitive service ,  excepted service , and  career appointee  have the meanings given those terms in sections 2102, 2103, and 3132(a), respectively, of title 5, United States Code; and
(2)
such subsection shall be in addition to any other authority with respect to adverse personnel actions, including  chapter 75  of title 5, United States Code.

Tracker

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

  1. Introduced2025-08-01
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

To institute a reduction in force moratorium at the Forest Service, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Jared Huffman (D) sponsors H.R. 4853, and 7 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 4853 went before 1 committee: Agriculture.

Agriculture
Agriculture
Referred To · Aug 1, 2025 · 226 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4853 has taken 2 actions since Aug 1, 2025.

ChamberAction
Aug 1, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Aug 1, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.Agriculture Committee

Votes

H.R. 4853 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 4853, as Identical bill.

Titles

H.R. 4853 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Saving the Forest Service's Workforce Act — Display Title
  • Saving the Forest Service's Workforce Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To institute a reduction in force moratorium at the Forest Service, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 6 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4853 in 4 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 Agriculture, Automotive Industry, Banking, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Insurance, Science/Technology.

Clients

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

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES—District of Columbia14—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES14—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ANTHONY COTTO114
JAMES GRANDE114
KATHERINE DUVENECK114
NICHOLAS BOUKNIGHT114
ROBERT MCCARTY114
WILLIAM SEABROOK112

Filings

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

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES2026 second_quarter$540K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES2026 first_quarter$506.4K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES2025 fourth_quarter$465.8K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES2025 third_quarter$442.1K3rd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4853 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4853’s is Government Operations and Politics.

hr4853/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

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