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Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to the House of Representatives referring to the firings, dismissal, reduction in force, or withholding of pay for the period of the lapse in appropriations of furloughed employees of the United States Government.

Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to the House of Representatives referring to the firings, dismissal, reduction in force, or withholding of pay for the period of the lapse in appropriations of furloughed employees of the United States Government.

Introduced Oct 14, 2025

Latest action (Oct 14, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Referred to
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Issues
Economy & Taxes

Summary
  • Requests the President transmit all documents and communications related to proposed reductions in force at federal agencies related to the appropriations lapse beginning October 1, 2025
  • Requests all documents and communications related to legal determinations about whether the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act requires immediate payment to furloughed employees
  • Requests all documents and communications related to efforts or plans to withhold pay for furloughed federal employees or District of Columbia employees during the appropriations lapse
  • Requests all documents and communications between the Office of the President, Vice President, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Special Counsel, and Merit System Protection Board related to the above matters
  • Specifies that the President must transmit the requested documents within 14 days in complete and unredacted form

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)
23 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Kweisi Mfume’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • CAREER COMMUNICATIONS GROUP $8,300
  • THE RLJ COMPANIES $6,600
  • Y COMBINATOR $5,300
  • CURIO WELLNESS $5,300
  • KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE $4,500

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Kweisi Mfume → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Oct 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
  2. Oct 14, 2025 Submitted in House

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 14, 2025

Mr. Mfume (for himself, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Brown, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Ivey, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Olszewski, Ms. Elfreth, Ms. Randall, Mr. Subramanyam, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Bell, Ms. Simon, Mr. Min, and Mr. Walkinshaw) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

RESOLUTION

Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to the House of Representatives referring to the firings, dismissal, reduction in force, or withholding of pay for the period of the lapse in appropriations of furloughed employees of the United States Government.

Resolved, That the President is requested to transmit, to the extent that such documents are in the possession of the President, to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the adoption of this resolution, in complete and unredacted form, a copy of the following:

(1) Any and all documents and communications, including notes from meetings, audio records, telephone and electronic mail records, text and other digital messages, related to any proposed reduction in force at a United States Government Agency related to the Federal lapse in appropriations beginning on October 1, 2025.

(2) Any and all documents and communications, including notes from meetings, audio records, telephone and electronic mail records, text and other digital messages, related to efforts to create a legal determination at the Office of Management and Budget finding or suggesting that the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 does not create a self- executing requirement that furloughed Federal employees must receive pay for the period in which they were furloughed during a lapse in appropriations immediately after the lapse in appropriations ends.

(3) Any and all documents and communications, including notes from meetings, audio records, telephone and electronic mail records, text and other digital messages, related to efforts or plans to withhold pay for the period of the lapse of appropriations beginning on October 1, 2025, for excepted or furloughed employees of the United States Government or employees of the District of Columbia.

(4) Any and all documents or communications between the Office of the President, the Office of the Vice President, the Office of Personnel Management, the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Special Counsel, and the Merit System Protection Board related to any of the above items. <all>

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