To nullify the Executive Order relating to Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Protect America's Workforce Act reverses a specific executive-branch labor-relations action. It declares that the March 27, 2025 executive order titled Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs has no force or effect, and it prohibits federal funds from being obligated or spent to carry out that order. It also protects collective bargaining agreements that were in effect on March 26, 2025 between executive-branch federal agencies and labor organizations serving as exclusive representatives of federal employees. Those agreements must remain in full force and effect through their stated terms, even if the executive order would otherwise have excluded affected agencies or employees from federal labor-management relations programs.
Who Benefits and How
Federal employee unions, bargaining-unit federal employees, exclusive representatives of federal workers, agency employees covered by March 26 collective bargaining agreements, union stewards, labor-relations attorneys representing workers, and federal employees at agencies targeted by the executive order benefit because existing agreements remain enforceable and appropriated funds cannot be used to implement exclusions from collective bargaining programs.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Executive-branch agency management, agency labor-relations offices, the Office of Personnel Management, officials responsible for implementing the March 27 executive order, federal managers seeking exclusion from bargaining obligations, agency budget officers, and appropriations-control staff bear burdens because they must treat the order as ineffective, avoid spending funds on implementation, and continue honoring covered collective bargaining agreements through their stated terms.
Key Provisions
- Nullifies the March 27, 2025 executive order on exclusions from federal labor-management relations programs.
- Prohibits federal funds from being obligated or expended to carry out the executive order.
- Preserves executive-branch collective bargaining agreements in effect on March 26, 2025.
- Requires those agreements to remain in full force and effect through their stated terms.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Nullifies the March 27, 2025 executive order titled Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, bars federal funds from implementing that order, and keeps executive-branch collective bargaining agreements in effect as of March 26, 2025 in force through their stated terms.
Key Policy Areas
Labor, Federal Workforce, Executive Branch
Primary Purpose
Nullifies the March 27, 2025 executive order titled Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, bars federal funds from implementing that order, and keeps executive-branch collective bargaining agreements in effect as of March 26, 2025 in force through their stated terms.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Federal employee unions
- Bargaining-unit federal employees
- Exclusive representatives of federal workers
- Agency employees covered by March 26 agreements
- Union stewards
- Labor-relations attorneys representing workers
- Federal employees at targeted agencies
Identified Costs
- Executive-branch agency management
- Agency labor-relations offices
- Office of Personnel Management
- Officials implementing the March 27 executive order
- Federal managers seeking exclusion
- Agency budget officers
- Appropriations-control staff
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseMr. Golden of Maine (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Norcross, …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Agency budget officers, Agency labor-relations offices, Bargaining-unit federal employees
Positive-direction: Bargaining-unit federal employees, Federal employee unions
Negative-direction: Agency budget officers, Agency labor-relations offices, Executive-branch agency management, Office of Personnel Management
On Passage
Protect America’s Workforce Act
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "executive_order"
- → March 27, 2025 executive order titled Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs
- "exclusive_representative"
- → labor organization serving as exclusive representative of federal employees
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