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The bill reduces some federal payroll spending and standardizes which roles are excepted during funding lapses, but at the cost of reduced agency flexibility that can cause job losses and increase the risk of service disruptions for the public.
Federal taxpayers will likely see modest federal payroll cost savings during funding lapses because certain non-excepted positions are abolished and cannot be paid during shutdowns.
Federal agencies and employees benefit from clearer, standardized rules about which executive-branch roles may be designated as excepted during funding lapses, reducing ad hoc emergency appointment decisions by agencies.
The public and federal operations are at greater risk of delayed or disrupted services during future shutdowns because agencies will have less staffing flexibility to maintain operations.
Federal employees in abolished positions will lose jobs and associated pay/benefits, directly harming those workers and their families.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Abolishes executive-branch civil service positions previously designated not excepted from furlough, bars pay for them, and prevents redesignating or creating excepted positions after enactment.
Introduced February 25, 2025 by Trent Kelly · Last progress February 25, 2025
Abolishes certain executive-branch civil service positions that had previously been designated as not excepted from furlough during lapses in appropriations. Vacant positions that meet that description are abolished on enactment; occupied positions are abolished when they next become vacant. After enactment, agencies may not newly designate any such previously non-excepted position as excepted from furlough, nor may they create new positions that are designated excepted from furlough.