This bill proposes to implement a temporary halt on certain personnel actions at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It institutes a reduction in force (RIF) moratorium , preventing NASA from initiating RIFs under specific sections of title 5, United States Code. The moratorium will remain in effect until the date that full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2026 have been officially enacted into law. This provision is intended to safeguard NASA's workforce from involuntary separations during a critical funding period, operating in addition to other existing authorities concerning adverse personnel actions.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Science, Technology, Communications
Saving NASA’s Workforce Act
USA119th CongressS-2632| Senate
| Updated: 7/31/2025
This bill proposes to implement a temporary halt on certain personnel actions at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It institutes a reduction in force (RIF) moratorium , preventing NASA from initiating RIFs under specific sections of title 5, United States Code. The moratorium will remain in effect until the date that full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2026 have been officially enacted into law. This provision is intended to safeguard NASA's workforce from involuntary separations during a critical funding period, operating in addition to other existing authorities concerning adverse personnel actions.