HR 2906
Service act
Service Act
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Bill overview
This bill, the SERVICE Act, aims to limit workforce reductions at federal agencies. It requires agencies to submit a detailed report to the Comptroller General and Congress before reducing their workforce by more than 5%. This report must analyze the potential financial and mission-related impacts of the reduction, including costs, employee compensation, and effects on agency services and performance. The Comptroller General will then review the report and provide a public assessment of its completeness and the credibility of the agency’s analysis.
Key provisions
- Agencies cannot reduce their workforce by more than 5% without a review.
- Agencies must submit a report to the Comptroller General analyzing the financial and mission-related impacts of workforce reductions.
- The report must include estimates of pay, benefits, administrative costs, and potential contracting costs.
- The report must detail how workforce reductions would impact agency functions, services, and performance.
- Agencies must provide a methodological basis for their impact assessments.
- The Comptroller General reviews agency reports and publishes a public assessment.
- The Comptroller General will assess whether the report includes all required elements and the credibility of the information.
- The bill establishes a 210-day review period before workforce reductions can occur.
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- Federal Agencies
- Comptroller General
- Congress
- Appropriations Committees
- Appropriate Committees of Jurisdiction
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 2906
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To limit workforce reduction at Federal agencies, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Stopping to Efficiently Review Varying Impacts of Cuts to Employment Act SERVICE Act
or the
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An agency (as that term is described in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 901(b) of title 31, United States Code) may not remove or otherwise reduce the total number of employees at such agency in an amount greater than 5 percent of the total amount of employees at such agency as of the first day of the fiscal year during which such action would take place until the date that is 210 days after the date that the agency submits, to the Comptroller General and to the Congress, a report containing a thorough analysis of the expected effects of such action. Each such report shall include the following analysis:
Anticipated financial impacts of the action, including an estimate of the net increase or decrease in costs associated with the action. Such estimate shall include—
pay and benefits of the employees identified for possible termination;
administrative costs to implement the action; and
if applicable, contracting costs to replace functions performed by employees to be removed.
Anticipated mission-related impacts of the action, to include—
a description of agency job functions, offices, and services that would be impacted by the action, including detailed information about any office whose number of employees would be reduced by more than 5 percent;
current performance information on the agency job functions, offices, and services that would be impacted by the action; and
an analysis of how the action would affect the performance of the agency job functions and availability of government services, including effects on timeliness and customer experience.
The methodological or analytical basis for the agency’s conclusions about the effects of the action.