Public Lands Workforce Stability Act

Joe Neguse

Democrat · CO · Representative

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• Jared Huffman (D-CA-2)Original· 2026-04-27
• Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2)· 2026-05-12

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

2026-04-27

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The proposal would prevent the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service from laying off employees or forcing them to leave their jobs. This protection would apply to federal workers managing national parks, public lands, and forests across the country.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8523 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8523 To prohibit any reduction in force or involuntary separation at the Department of the Interior and the United States Forest Service, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 27, 2026 Mr. Neguse (for himself and Mr. Huffman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit any reduction in force or involuntary separation at the Department of the Interior and the United States Forest Service, and for other purposes. 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 ``Public Lands Workforce Stability Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REDUCTIONS IN FORCE AND INVOLUNTARY SEPARATIONS AT DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE. (a) Prohibition.--During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2030, without prior notification and approval of the chairs and ranking members of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, no Federal funds may be obligated or expended to-- (1) initiate, implement, or otherwise carry out a reduction in force within the Department of the Interior or the United States Forest Service; or (2) carry out an involuntary separation of any employee in the competitive service, any career employee in the excepted service, or any career appointee in the Senior Executive Service at the Department of Interior or the United States Forest Service except for cause on charges of misconduct, delinquency, or performance. (b) Definitions.--In subsection (a), the terms ``competitive service'', ``excepted service'', and ``career appointee'' have the meaning given those terms in sections 2102, 2103, and 3132(a), respectively, of title 5, United States Code. <all>

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