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Paycheck Protection Act

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that agencies may not deduct labor organization dues from the pay of Federal employees, and for other purposes.

Introduced Mar 18, 2025

Latest action (Mar 25, 2025) Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 21.

Referred to
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Issues
Labor & Wages
Legislative subjects (3)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel managementLabor-management relationsU.S. Postal Service

Summary

This bill amends federal law to prohibit federal agencies and the United States Postal Service from deducting labor organization dues, fees, or political contributions from employee paychecks. The bill modifies Section 7115 of title 5, United States Code to explicitly state that federal agencies may not make such deductions from employee pay. The bill also modifies Section 1205 of title 39, United States Code to apply the same prohibition to the Postal Service and its employees. Employees would no longer be able to authorize their employers to directly deduct union dues or related amounts from their compensation. The bill makes corresponding clerical amendments to update the tables of sections in both title 5 and title 39.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors

Actions (4)
  1. Mar 25, 2025 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 21. · house
  2. Mar 25, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  3. Mar 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
  4. Mar 18, 2025 Introduced in House

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 1560 — Postal Supervisors and Managers Fairness Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 1559 — Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 5166 — Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 1597 — Paycheck Protection Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 6843 — Establishing the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration Act of 2025 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 2 subjects)
  • S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (shares 2 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 1597 — Paycheck Protection Act · Introduced May 5, 2025 · Cong. 119 91%
  • HR 1210 — Protecting Taxpayers’ Wallets Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 25, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 1943 — Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 28, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%
  • S 1115 — Paycheck Fairness Act · Introduced Mar 25, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HR 17 — Paycheck Fairness Act · Introduced Mar 25, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HR 4963 — To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow Federal employees to take time off from work, without loss of time or pay, for the purpose of donating blood. · Introduced Aug 16, 2004 · Cong. 108 65%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Mar 18, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 18, 2025

Mr. Burlison (for himself, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, and Ms. Mace) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

A BILL

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that agencies may not deduct labor organization dues from the pay of Federal employees, 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 “Paycheck Protection Act”.

SEC. 2. LABOR ORGANIZATION DUES NOT DEDUCTIBLE FROM PAY.

(a) Federal Agencies.—

(1) In general.—Section 7115 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 7115. Labor organization dues not deductible from pay “An agency may not deduct any amount from the pay of an employee for labor organization dues, fees, or political contributions.”.

(2) Clerical amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 7115 and inserting the following:

“7115. Labor organization dues not deductible from pay.”.

(b) Postal Service.—

(1) In general.—Section 1205 of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 1205. Labor organization dues not deductible from pay “The Postal Service may not deduct any amount from the pay of an employee for labor organization dues, fees, or political contributions.”.

(2) Clerical amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 12 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 1205 and inserting the following:

“1205. Labor organization dues not deductible from pay.”. <all>

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