S357-119

In Committee

Federal Freeze Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 3, 2025

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, Federal Freeze Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors. The main policy domain is Defense, Labor, Criminal Justice.

Who Benefits and How

defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors 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, defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Freeze Act.
  • Section ided1f8c9bd3b441b8899e3789aeeb2f3a: 2. Freeze on Federal hiring and salaries In this section: The term agency has the meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. The...

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, Federal Freeze Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.

Key Policy Areas

Defense, Labor, Criminal Justice

Primary Purpose

This bill, Federal Freeze Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.

Policy Domains

Defense Labor Criminal Justice

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
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defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
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federal implementing agencies:
defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 3, 2025

Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

Feb 3, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security …

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Defense Labor Criminal Justice
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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