3.0.0 1511 2026-03-04T18:56:32Z 2026-03-04T18:56:32Z House H HR 2025-02-21 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1511 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. VAN DUYNE:H.R. 1511.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H730]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-02-21T20:34:05Z 2025-02-21 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee 2025-02-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-02-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress V000134 Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] Beth Van Duyne R TX 24 N S001214 Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] W. Steube R FL Gregory 17 2025-06-24 False Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight 2025-07-17T18:42:56Z Employee hiring 2025-07-17T18:42:44Z Executive agency funding and structure 2025-07-17T18:42:50Z Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management 2025-07-17T18:42:37Z Government Operations and Politics 2025-04-21T13:58:17Z 00 2025-02-21 Introduced in House 2026-03-04T18:54:32Z Reducing Expensive Departments & Unnecessary Civil Employees Act or the REDUCE Act

This bill limits federal hiring and requires each federal agency to establish plans to eliminate or combine components of the agency. The bill does not apply to positions or agency components that are critical to national security, public safety, law enforcement, or immigration enforcement.

Specifically, a federal agency may not appoint more than one employee for every four employees that retire, transfer, or separate from such agency. This limitation does not apply after the agency has reduced the number of its employees by 20%.

The bill also requires each agency to determine which agency components should be eliminated or combined and develop a plan to bring this into effect through reorganization or reduction in force. 

Each agency must conduct a review of each position within the agency to identify positions that are redundant or unnecessary and report the results of this review to Congress.

]]> REDUCE Act Display Title 45 REDUCE Act 2025-03-17T13:08:24Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 REDUCE Act 2025-03-17T13:08:20Z Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Reducing Expensive Departments & Unnecessary Civil Employees Act 2025-03-17T13:08:20Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To direct executive branch agencies to conduct a review of redundant positions, to limit civil service hiring, to require agency plans for reductions in force or reorganization, and for other purposes. 2025-03-17T13:03:50Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-02-21T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr1511ih/xml/BILLS-119hr1511ih.xml 2025-02-21 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.