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H.R. 4854

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 4854, the Saving the Department of the Interior's Workforce Act, was introduced in the House on Aug 1, 2025 by Rep. Jared Huffman (D) with 6 co-sponsors. It was referred to Natural Resources, and last saw action on Aug 1, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Record

Text

H.R. 4854 has 6 co-sponsors.

hb4854/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 4854 IH: Saving the Department of the Interior'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. 4854  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   August 1, 2025   Mr. Huffman  (for himself,  Ms. Elfreth ,  Ms. Leger Fernandez ,  Mr. Neguse ,  Ms. Hoyle of Oregon ,  Ms. Ansari , and  Ms. Dexter ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Natural Resources    A BILL
To institute a reduction in force moratorium at all agencies and bureaus of the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Saving the Department of the Interior's Workforce Act  .
2.
Reduction in force moratorium at all agencies and bureaus of the Department of the Interior
(a)
In general
Until on or after the date that full-year appropriations for the Department of the Interior for fiscal year 2026 have been enacted into law, the Secretary of the Interior may not—
(1)
initiate or implement any reduction in force at any agency or bureau of the Department of the Interior; 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 any agency or bureau of the Department of the Interior 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 all agencies and bureaus of the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Jared Huffman (D) sponsors H.R. 4854, and 6 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 4854 went before 1 committee: Natural Resources.

Natural Resources
Natural Resources
Referred To · Aug 1, 2025 · 395 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4854 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 Natural Resources.Natural Resources Committee

Votes

H.R. 4854 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 4854, as Identical bill.

Titles

H.R. 4854 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Saving the Department of the Interior's Workforce Act — Display Title
  • Saving the Department of the Interior's Workforce Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To institute a reduction in force moratorium at all agencies and bureaus of the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 9 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4854 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 Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

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

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION—District of Columbia14—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION14—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
JENNIFER TYREE114
KATHERINE SYBENGA114
MARAM ABDELHAMID114
MATTHEW SOCKNAT114
MATTHEW SOWARDS114
KURT VORNDRAN113
REGINA HUTTER113
COLLEEN COSTELLO111
JOSH NASSAR111

Filings

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

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 fourth_quarter$350K4th 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

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4854 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. 4854’s is Government Operations and Politics.

hr4854/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

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com