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H.R. 5599

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 5599, to prohibit the removal of Federal employees during any lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes, was introduced in the House on Sep 26, 2025 by Rep. Johnny Olszewski (D) with 73 co-sponsors. It was referred to Oversight And Government Reform, and last saw action on Sep 26, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Record

Text

H.R. 5599 has 73 co-sponsors.

hb5599/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 5599 IH: To prohibit the removal of Federal employees during any lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-09-26
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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. 5599  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   September 26, 2025   Mr. Olszewski  (for himself,  Ms. Pettersen ,  Mrs. Beatty ,  Mr. Carson ,  Mr. Cisneros ,  Ms. Craig ,  Ms. Elfreth ,  Ms. Friedman ,  Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas ,  Mr. Hoyer ,  Mr. Jackson of Illinois ,  Ms. Lee of Nevada ,  Mr. Mfume ,  Mr. Moulton ,  Ms. Norton ,  Ms. Randall ,  Ms. Salinas ,  Ms. Stansbury ,  Mr. Walkinshaw ,  Mr. Whitesides ,  Ms. Barragán ,  Mr. Cleaver ,  Mr. Goldman of New York ,  Mr. Horsford ,  Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania ,  Mr. Lieu ,  Ms. McCollum ,  Mr. McGovern ,  Mrs. McIver ,  Ms. Ocasio-Cortez ,  Mr. Ruiz ,  Ms. Titus ,  Ms. Tlaib ,  Mrs. Torres of California ,  Ms. Pingree ,  Mr. Kennedy of New York ,  Ms. Dexter ,  Ms. Scholten , and  Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform    A BILL
To prohibit the removal of Federal employees during any lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.
1.
Limitation on removing Federal employees during Government shutdown
Notwithstanding any other provision of law—
(1)
during a Government shutdown due to a lapse in discretionary appropriations with respect to a Federal agency, no employee of such agency may be removed from the civil service; and
(2)
if any employee is so removed in violation of paragraph (1), on the date on which such lapse ends such employee may elect to be reinstated with back pay in accordance with section 5596 of title 5, United States Code.

Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-09-26
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

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Introduced in House Sep 26, 2025

hb5599/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (09/26/2025)

Sponsors

Rep. Johnny Olszewski (D) sponsors H.R. 5599, and 73 members have co-sponsored it, 38 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 5599 went before 1 committee: Oversight and Government Reform.

Oversight and Government Reform
Oversight and Government Reform
Referred To · Sep 26, 2025 · 696 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5599 has taken 2 actions since Sep 26, 2025.

ChamberAction
Sep 26, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Sep 26, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.Oversight and Government Reform Committee

Votes

H.R. 5599 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5599 goes by 2 titles.

  • To prohibit the removal of Federal employees during any lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced
  • To prohibit the removal of Federal employees during any lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes. — Display Title

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 11 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5599 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 Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Retirement.

Clients

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

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION—Virginia14—
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION—District of Columbia14—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION14—
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION14—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
JENNIFER TYREE114
JOHN HATTON114
KATHERINE SYBENGA114
MARAM ABDELHAMID114
MATTHEW SOCKNAT114
MATTHEW SOWARDS114
RANDALL THACKER114
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
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$50K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$50K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$40K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$40K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5599 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. 5599’s is Government Operations and Politics.

hr5599/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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