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To provide that the Commissioner of Labor Statistics may be removed only with proof of inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
Summary
This bill provides job protections for the Commissioner of Labor Statistics by requiring that the commissioner may only be removed for cause—specifically for proof of inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. The amendment modifies a statute from 1888 that established the Department of Labor, restricting the president's ability to remove the commissioner at will.
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- Aug 8, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Aug 8, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 8, 2025
Ms. Scholten introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To provide that the Commissioner of Labor Statistics may be removed only with proof of inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
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 “Facts First Act”.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON REMOVAL OF COMMISSIONER OF LABOR STATISTICS.
Section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1888, entitled “An act to establish a department of Labor” (25 Stat. 182; 29 U.S.C. 3) is amended by adding at the end the following: “The Commissioner may be removed only with proof of inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.”. <all>
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