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Public Shipyard Workforce Protection Act of 2025
To prohibit the use of funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense to carry out a hiring freeze, reduction in force, or hiring delay without cause at a public shipyard.
Summary
The bill prohibits the Department of Defense from using fiscal year 2026 appropriated funds to implement hiring freezes, workforce reductions, or delays in filling vacant civilian positions at public shipyards. The prohibition specifically covers three staffing actions: hiring freezes, reductions in force, and delays in hiring without cause. The restrictions do not prevent staffing reductions or hiring delays that have documented reasons at public shipyards.
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Actions (2)
- Dec 17, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
- Dec 17, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 17, 2025
Ms. Goodlander (for herself, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Tokuda, and Mr. Scott of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To prohibit the use of funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense to carry out a hiring freeze, reduction in force, or hiring delay without cause at a public shipyard.
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 “Public Shipyard Workforce Protection Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS FROM CARRYING OUT A HIRING FREEZE, REDUCTION IN FORCE, OR HIRING DELAY WITHOUT CAUSE AT A PUBLIC SHIPYARD.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Defense may be used to—
(1) carry out a hiring freeze at a public shipyard;
(2) carry out a reduction in force at a public shipyard; or
(3) delay without cause the filling of a vacant Federal civilian employee position at a public shipyard. <all>
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