Congress.gov119th Congress

H.R. 492

Saving the Civil Service Act

Introduced Jan 16, 2025Latest action Sep 16, 2025Government Operations and Politics

Plain-English summary

Saving the Civil Service Act This bill generally prohibits changes to the classification of positions in the competitive service and excepted service unless certain conditions are met. (Competitive service positions are subject to competitive examination while excepted service positions are appointed under one of five schedules. Competitive service positions have notice and appeal requirements for adverse actions that are not applicable to most excepted positions, including those of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character under Schedule C. ) On October 21, 2020, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that placed executive agency positions that are of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character, and that are not normally subject to change as a result of a presidential transition, under a new Schedule F in the excepted service.

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People and recorded decisions

Sponsors, Cosponsors & House Votes

Bradley Scott Schneider

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Suzan K. DelBene

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Janelle Bynum

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Michael Lawler

Cosponsor · Republican · NY

Emilia Strong Sykes

Cosponsor · Democratic · OH

Suzanne Ms. Bonamici

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Steny H. Hoyer

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Frank J. Mrvan

Cosponsor · Democratic · IN

Juan Vargas

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Elizabeth Fletcher

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Eric Sorensen

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

April McClain Delaney

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Wesley Bell

Cosponsor · Democratic · MO

Frank Pallone, Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Brian K. Fitzpatrick

Cosponsor · Republican · PA

Gwen S Moore

Cosponsor · Democratic · WI

Greg Casar

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Mark DeSaulnier

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Judy Chu

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Lucia Kay Ms. Mcbath

Cosponsor · Democratic · GA

Laura Friedman

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Robert J. Menendez

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

John B. Larson

Cosponsor · Democratic · CT

Seth Moulton

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Deborah K. Ross

Cosponsor · Democratic · NC

John W. Mannion

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Rashida Tlaib

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

Paul David Tonko

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Maxine Dexter

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Darren Soto

Cosponsor · Democratic · FL

Ted Lieu

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Rebecca 'Becca' Balint

Cosponsor · Democratic · VT

Julie Johnson

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

Mary Gay Scanlon

Cosponsor · Democratic · PA

Joseph D. Morelle

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Betty McCollum

Cosponsor · Democratic · MN

Greg Landsman

Cosponsor · Democratic · OH

Mike Mr. Thompson

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Ilhan Omar

Cosponsor · Other · MN

Don Davis

Cosponsor · Democratic · NC

Janice D. Schakowsky

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Diana DeGette

Cosponsor · Democratic · CO

Nikki Budzinski

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Kevin Mullin

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Cosponsor · Democratic · FL

Dwight Evans

Cosponsor · Democratic · PA

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Cosponsor · Democratic · DC

Stephen F. Lynch

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Sarah Elizabeth Mcbride

Cosponsor · Democratic · DE

John Garamendi

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Dina Titus

Cosponsor · Democratic · NV

John Anthony Olszewski Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Donald J Bacon

Cosponsor · Republican · NE

Shomari Figures

Cosponsor · Democratic · AL

Brittany Louise Pettersen

Cosponsor · Democratic · CO

Sean Casten

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Seth Magaziner

Cosponsor · Democratic · RI

Andrea Salinas

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

M Shontel Brown

Cosponsor · Democratic · OH

Salud O. Carbajal

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Kweisi Mfume

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Edward Case

Cosponsor · Democratic · HI

Mike Levin

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Derrick F. Mr. Van Orden

Cosponsor · Republican · WI

Lloyd Doggett

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

William R Keating

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Suhas Subramanyam

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Terri A. Sewell

Cosponsor · Democratic · AL

Teresa Leger Fernandez

Cosponsor · Democratic · NM

Shri Thanedar

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

S. Raja Krishnamoorthi

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Jamie Raskin

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Yevgeny 'Eugene' Vindman

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Valerie Hoyle

Cosponsor · Democratic · OR

Julia Brownley

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Angela Dawn Craig

Cosponsor · Democratic · MN

Mark Pocan

Cosponsor · Democratic · WI

Donald Norcross

Cosponsor · Democratic · NJ

Brendan F. Boyle

Cosponsor · Democratic · PA

Nikema Williams

Cosponsor · Democratic · GA

Thomas R. Suozzi

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Robert Garcia

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Sarah Kelly Elfreth

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Maggie Goodlander

Cosponsor · Democratic · NH

Chellie Pingree

Cosponsor · Democratic · ME

Maxine Waters

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Alexander Green

Cosponsor · Democratic · TX

André Carson

Cosponsor · Democratic · IN

Robin L. Kelly

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Glenn Ivey

Cosponsor · Democratic · MD

Jim Costa

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Emily Randall

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

James P Mcgovern

Cosponsor · Democratic · MA

Donald S. Beyer, Jr.

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Melanie A. Stansbury

Cosponsor · Democratic · NM

Rick Larsen

Cosponsor · Democratic · WA

Joseph Courtney

Cosponsor · Democratic · CT

Daniel S. Goldman

Cosponsor · Democratic · NY

Nanette Diaz Barragán

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Jennifer L. McClellan

Cosponsor · Democratic · VA

Emanuel Cleaver

Cosponsor · Democratic · MO

Yassamin Ansari

Cosponsor · Democratic · AZ

Mike Quigley

Cosponsor · Democratic · IL

Alma S. Adams

Cosponsor · Democratic · NC

Haley M. Stevens

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

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Official Subjects

Government Operations and PoliticsFederal officialsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management

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