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The bill reduces Schedule C/G political appointment slots to encourage merit hiring and modest cost savings, but it also restricts presidential staffing flexibility and risks slowing policy implementation or disrupting agency operations.
Federal employees: reduces the number of confidential or policy-determining Schedule C/G political appointments, which can cut patronage and encourage more merit-based hiring.
Taxpayers: may lower payroll or administrative costs over time if fewer political appointees are hired, producing modest government savings.
Incoming administrations and the public: limits the ability to appoint needed confidential/policy staff, which could slow decision-making and delay policy implementation.
Agencies and program beneficiaries: agencies with high needs for confidential advisors may have to reassign or eliminate roles, disrupting programs and overburdening career staff.
Presidents and elected officials: constrains presidential staffing discretion to place trusted advisors in key policy roles, reducing executive flexibility and potentially shifting politicization to the remaining slots.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Sets a permanent statutory ceiling of 1,600 Schedule C and most Schedule G confidential or policy‑determining executive branch positions beginning in FY2027.
Official title: To limit the total number of schedule C and schedule G positions in the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Introduced July 15, 2026 by Hillary Scholten · Last progress July 15, 2026
Limits the total number of Schedule C and most Schedule G confidential or policy‑determining positions across the executive branch to a maximum of 1,600 in fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter. The limit applies notwithstanding any other law or regulation. This creates a statutory ceiling on a category of political/confidential excepted‑service appointments and takes effect beginning in FY2027.