[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1561 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1561

To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the National Institutes of 
              Health and the Centers for Disease Control.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 2017

 Ms. Velazquez (for herself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Soto, Ms. 
   McCollum, and Mr. Cohen) introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the National Institutes of 
              Health and the Centers for Disease Control.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON HIRING FREEZE FROM AFFECTING NATIONAL 
              INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL.

    The memorandum titled ``Presidential Memorandum Regarding the 
Hiring Freeze'' published on January 23, 2017, or any other 
substantially similar memorandum, executive order, or other action by 
the President to prevent a department or agency of the Federal 
Government from filling vacant Federal civilian employee positions or 
creating new such positions, shall have no force or effect with respect 
to positions within--
            (1) the National Institutes of Health; and
            (2) the Centers for Disease Control.
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