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Ensuring Agency Service Quality Act
To require Executive agencies to have employment levels in accordance with the levels for which amounts are appropriated, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill would require federal executive agencies and military departments to maintain employment levels equal to the number of employees for which Congress has appropriated funding. Currently, agencies have the discretion to employ fewer workers than the appropriated levels. The bill changes the requirement from permissive ("may employ") to mandatory ("shall employ") in accordance with appropriated levels. If an agency determines it cannot comply with this requirement, it must notify Congress and the relevant congressional committees within seven days with an explanation of the reasons. The bill is intended to ensure that federal agencies operate at full staffing levels as determined by congressional appropriations.
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Sponsor (1)
16 cosponsors
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR)
- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA)
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX)
- Rep. Ivey, Glenn [D-MD-4] (D-MD)
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA)
- Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] (D-MD)
- Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] (D-VA)
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7] (D-CO)
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD)
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM)
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV)
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI)
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY)
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Nikema Williams’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- RADCO $6,600
- PERENNIAL PROPERTIES $6,600
- GOLDMAN SACHS $6,600
- CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS $6,500
- NULL $6,300
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Nikema Williams → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Apr 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
- Apr 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 10, 2025
Ms. Williams of Georgia (for herself, Mr. Raskin, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. McClellan, Ms. Norton, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Ivey, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Titus, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Tlaib, and Mrs. McIver) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
A BILL
To require Executive agencies to have employment levels in accordance with the levels for which amounts are appropriated, 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 “Ensuring Agency Service Quality Act”.
SEC. 2. MANDATORY EMPLOYMENT LEVELS.
(a) In General.—Section 3101 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking “Each Executive agency, military department, and the government of the District of Columbia may” and inserting “Notwithstanding sections 3104 and 5108, each Executive agency and military department shall”.
(b) Noncompliance Notice.—Not later than seven days after the head of an Executive agency (as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code) or military department (as defined in section 102 of such title) determines that such Executive agency or military department, as applicable, is unable to comply with the requirement to employ the number of employees of the various classes recognized by chapter 51 of such title in accordance with section 3101 of such title, as amended by subsection (a), such head shall submit to the Committees on Appropriation of the House of Representatives and the Senate and each committee of Congress with jurisdiction over such Executive agency or military department a notice of such noncompliance, including an explanation of the reasons for such determination. <all>
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