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Protecting Public Naval Shipyards Act of 2025
To prohibit reductions in the workforce at public shipyards, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill prohibits workforce reductions or hiring freezes at public naval shipyards due to spending cuts, fund reprogramming, or probationary status for positions including welders, pipefitters, shipfitters, radiological technicians and engineers, engineers and technicians, apprentices, mechanics, and painters, as well as positions supporting workforce development, nuclear maintenance and refueling, infrastructure operations, and the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program. The bill does not restrict the Secretary of Defense's authority to manage the workforce for misconduct or poor performance.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH)
3 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Aug 1, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. · senate
- Aug 1, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 1, 2025
Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Hassan, and Mr. King) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To prohibit reductions in the workforce at public shipyards, 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 “Protecting Public Naval Shipyards Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REDUCING THE WORKFORCE AT PUBLIC SHIPYARDS.
(a) In General.—The workforce at public shipyards and any other positions at a public shipyard not specified in subsection (b) shall be exempt from any hiring freezes or workforce reductions related to spending cuts, reprogramming of funds, or the probationary status of employees.
(b) Workforce at Public Shipyards Defined.—In this section, the term “workforce at public shipyards” includes any of the following positions at a public shipyard:
(1) Welders.
(2) Pipefitters.
(3) Shipfitters.
(4) Radiological technicians and engineers.
(5) Engineers and engineer technicians.
(6) Apprentices.
(7) Positions supporting a workforce development pipeline.
(8) Positions supporting nuclear maintenance and refueling.
(9) Mechanics.
(10) Painters and blasters.
(11) Positions supporting maintenance and operations of infrastructure.
(12) Positions supporting implementation of the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program.
(c) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this section may be construed to restrict the authority of the Secretary of Defense to manage the workforce of the Department of Defense under existing procedures in cases of misconduct or poor performance. <all>
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