HR 1571119th CongressIn Committee

Bureaucratic Labor Adjustment and Downsizing Effort Act

Introduced: Feb 25, 2025

Standard Summary

Comprehensive overview in 1-2 paragraphs

The Bureaucratic Labor Adjustment and Downsizing Effort Act would abolish certain nonessential civil service positions in the executive branch that are not exempt from furlough during funding gaps. Once enacted, these positions would be eliminated and federal funds could not be used to pay salaries or expenses for them. Unoccupied positions would be abolished immediately, while occupied positions would be abolished when they next become vacant (for example, due to retirement, voluntary separation, or disciplinary action). The bill also would prevent creating or designating any new positions as exempt from furlough after enactment, limiting the ability to protect any new roles from potential funding gaps.

Key Points

1The bill targets nonessential executive-branch civil service positions that are not exempt from furlough during a lapse in appropriations, abolishing them on a date set by the act.
2Any unoccupied positions described in the bill are abolished on enactment; occupied positions are abolished when they next become vacant (e.g., retirement or voluntary separation).
3After enactment, no Federal position may be designated as excepted from furlough if it was not already so designated during a prior lapse in appropriations, and no new positions may be designated as exempt from furlough.
4No Federal funds may be obligated or expended for the salary or expenses of abolished positions after the abolition date.
5The bill applies to civil service positions in the executive branch and would involve a broad downsizing of positions deemed nonessential and not protected from furlough during funding gaps.

Impact Areas

Primary: Federal employees in executive-branch civil service positions that are not designated as exempt from furlough; agencies relying on those positions.Secondary: Federal agencies’ operations and service delivery that depend on nonessential positions; potential disruptions to programs and functions during the transition as positions are abolished.Additional impacts: Budget implications for the federal workforce, potential effects on morale and recruitment, and possible changes to how agencies plan staffing and obligations in light of a prohibition on creating new exempt-from-furlough positions.

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