Stop Stealing Our Jobs Act
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 3, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Oct 3, 2025
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Stop Stealing Our Jobs Act
This bill prohibits the President or the head of an executive agency from removing a federal employee from the civil service (e.g., as part of a reduction in force) during a lapse in discretionary appropriations (i.e., government shutdown) unless the employee is a political appointee.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Bill text
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Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5676: Stop Stealing Our Jobs Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5676/
"H.R. 5676: Stop Stealing Our Jobs Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5676/.
H.R. 5676, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5676/.
[H.R. 5676: Stop Stealing Our Jobs Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5676/)