HR 2550119th CongressIntroduced

Protect America's Workforce Act

Introduced: Apr 1, 2025

Sponsor: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] (D-Maine)

Standard Summary

Comprehensive overview in 1-2 paragraphs

Protect America's Workforce Act is a bill that seeks to overturn a recent Executive Order titled “Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs” (issued March 27, 2025). The bill would declare that EO has no force and that no federal funds may be used to implement it. In addition, it guarantees that any existing collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) between executive-branch agencies and exclusive federal employee labor organizations remain in effect for their full term, thereby preserving current labor relations protections for federal employees. In short, the bill is designed to maintain federal employee participation in labor-management programs and block the EO’s exclusions.

Key Points

1Nullifies the Executive Order on Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs and blocks any use of federal funds to implement it.
2Ensures that any collective bargaining agreement in effect as of March 26, 2025, between an executive-branch agency and an exclusive representative union remains in full force for the duration of its term.
3The bill is titled the “Protect America’s Workforce Act.”
4Introduced in the House and referred to the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
5Applies specifically to executive-branch federal employees and their exclusive labor representatives, preserving current labor-management relations framework.

Impact Areas

Primary group/area affected:- Federal employees covered by federal labor-management relations programs and their exclusive representative unions; executive-branch agencies that administer these relations.Secondary group/area affected:- Federal labor unions (exclusive representatives) and the agencies they interact with; federal human resources and labor-relations offices.Additional impacts:- Federal funding and budgeting: prohibits funds from being used to carry out the EO, effectively limiting administrative changes proposed by the EO.- Stability of existing CBAs: protects current labor agreements from changes before their terms expire.- Legislative oversight: signals congressional preference to maintain the current federal labor-management framework and limit unilateral executive actions in this area.

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