[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6558 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6558

To prohibit the issuance of the rule entitled ``Upholding Civil Service 
    Protections and Merit System Principles'' or any successor rule.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 1, 2023

Mr. Ogles (for himself, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Brecheen, 
Mr. Duncan, Mr. Burlison, Mr. Alford, Mr. Clyde, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Good 
of Virginia, Ms. Boebert, and Mr. Perry) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the issuance of the rule entitled ``Upholding Civil Service 
    Protections and Merit System Principles'' or any successor rule.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Enabling Necessary Discipline with 
the Defense of Executives' Endeavors to Properly Staff Their Agencies 
with Trustworthy Employees Act'' or the ``END the DEEP STATE Act''.

SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF PROPOSED RULE.

    The Director of the Office of Personnel Management--
            (1) shall withdraw the proposed rule titled ``Upholding 
        Civil Service Protections and Merit System Principles'' (88 
        Federal Register 63862 (September 18, 2023)); and
            (2) may not take any action to finalize, implement, or 
        enforce the proposed rule described in paragraph (1) or any 
        substantially similar rule.
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