S. 295 119th Congress Senate

Reducing the Federal Workforce Through Attrition Act

Official title: A bill to reduce the size of the Federal workforce through attrition, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 29, 2025 Introduced by: Ron Johnson Republican · Wisconsin See on congress.gov

Government Operations and Politics Executive agency funding and structureGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management

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Jan 29, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Jan 29, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Votes taken on this bill 1

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Feb 11, 2015	Senate · vote #55	On Passage of the Bill S. 295	Passed	98–0	See who voted →

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What's happening now January 29, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 7

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
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NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
7 filings
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
7 filings
Energy, Dept of
7 filings
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
7 filings
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
7 filings
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
7 filings
General Services Administration (GSA)
7 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
7 filings

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Cosponsors 1

Scott, Rick

Florida · Jan 29, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 295: Reducing the Federal Workforce Through Attrition Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-295/

MLA

"S. 295: Reducing the Federal Workforce Through Attrition Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-295/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. 295, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-295/.

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