HR8379-119

In Committee

Freedom from Ideological Requirements in Employment Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 20, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Freedom from Ideological Requirements in Employment Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Immigration, Housing.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HF2E404B31CAC494B8D9C2027F87285F2: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Freedom from Ideological Requirements in Employment Act or the FIRE Act.
  • Section H7CEB2506D3CA422C884266607AAD4818: 2. Prohibition on diversity, equity, and inclusion in Federal hiring and employment No Federal funds may be obligated or expended to— require, as a condition...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Freedom from Ideological Requirements in Employment Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Immigration, Housing

Primary Purpose

This bill, Freedom from Ideological Requirements in Employment Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Immigration Housing

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 20, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Apr 20, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 20, 2026

Ms. Letlow introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Immigration Housing
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"diversity, equity, and inclusion" §H7CEB2506D3CA422C884266607AAD4818

any practice, training, statement, or principle that asserts— a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or national origin is inherently or systemically superior or inferior, oppressive or oppressed, or privileged or unprivileged

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