H.R. 2880

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · April 10, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Olszewski

Table of contents

• H.R. 2880
  • SEC. 1. Employment protections and reinstatement of probationary career Federal employees

SEC. 1. Employment protections and reinstatement of probationary career Federal employees

• (a) Due process protections
  • (1) In general
    • Any Federal employee who is promoted to a position in the competitive service, a career position in the excepted service, or to a career appointee position in the Senior Executive Service and, after such promotion, is serving under a probationary or trial period shall be deemed to be covered by, and subject to the requirements of suchapter II or subchapter V (as the case may be) of of title 5, United States Code. chapter 75
  • (2) VA employees
    • Any Federal employee who is promoted to a position at the Department of Veterans Affairs and, after such promotion, is serving under a probationary or trial period shall be deemed to be covered by, and subject to the requirements of, section 714 of title 38, United States Code.
• (b) Reinstatement
  • Any individual who was a Federal employee serving under a probationary or trial status after a promotion and who was removed from the competitive service, a career position in the excepted service, or a career appointee position in the Senior Executive Service during the period beginning on January 20, 2025, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act shall, at the election of the individual, be reinstated to the same position or an equivalent position with backpay in accordance with section 5596 of title 5, United States Code.
• (c) Limitation
  • Subsection (a) shall not apply to any individual promoted to a political position and subsection (b) shall not apply to any individual removed from a political position.
• (d) Definitions
  • In this section—
    • the term has the meaning given that term in section 3132(a) of title 5, United States Code; career appointee
    • the terms , , and have the meaning given those terms in section 2101, 2102, and 2103, respectively, of such title; and civil service competitive service excepted service
    • the term means— political position