To provide employment protections for, and reinstatement of, certain probationary Federal career employees, and for other purposes.

This bill gives job protections to federal workers who are promoted and are serving a probation period. It says these employees must get standard due process rights before being disciplined or fired. For Veterans Affairs, it uses the VA’s existing process. Political appointees are not covered.

It also lets certain workers who were removed while on probation after a promotion choose to get their jobs back, or an equivalent job, with back pay. This applies only to removals that happened from January 20, 2025, until the day this bill becomes law. Political positions are excluded.

• Who is affected: Federal employees promoted into the competitive service, career positions in the excepted service, or career appointee roles in the Senior Executive Service; VA employees who are promoted; excludes political positions.
• What changes: They are covered by federal due process rules for discipline and removal; eligible removed workers can be reinstated with back pay.
• When: The protections apply upon enactment; the reinstatement window covers removals from January 20, 2025, through the date of enactment.