Stop Stealing Our Jobs Act

This bill is designed to safeguard federal employees from job termination during periods when the government experiences a lapse in discretionary appropriations, commonly known as a shutdown. Under this proposed legislation, neither the President nor the head of an Executive agency would be permitted to remove employees from the civil service , including through a reduction in force . A key provision of the bill is that this prohibition explicitly excludes political appointees from its protections. These appointees are defined to include individuals in positions such as those on the Executive Schedule, noncareer appointments in the Senior Executive Service, or confidential/policy-determining roles. The bill's objective is to prevent job losses for non-political federal workers during funding impasses.