[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1716 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1716

    To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the Environmental 
                           Protection Agency.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 2017

Ms. Velazquez (for herself, Mr. Soto, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. McCollum, Ms. 
Jackson Lee, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
 Huffman, Mr. McGovern, 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 Environmental 
                           Protection Agency.

    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 ENVIRONMENTAL 
              PROTECTION AGENCY.

    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 the Environmental Protection Agency.
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