US Congress House Bill 4257 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: Introduced on March 14 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-07-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Readiness Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Rebalance for an Effective Defense Uniform and Civilian Employees Act (REDUCE Act) - Limits full-time positions in the Department of Defense (DOD), in each of FY2021-FY2025, subject to specified adjustments to be made by the DOD Secretary, to a number not greater than 85% of the number of such positions at DOD as of September 30, 2015. Permits not more than 1,000 of such positions to be career appointees within the Senior Executive Service. Authorizes the DOD Secretary to offer voluntary separation incentive payments and voluntary early retirement payments to achieve the reductions required by this Act, but requires the Secretary to use involuntary measures, including reductions in force, beginning on October 1, 2015, to achieve required reductions in personnel levels if voluntary measures are inadequate.

Rebalance for an Effective Defense Uniform and Civilian Employees Act (REDUCE Act)

Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]
Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]
Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Rep. Paul Ryan [R-WI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
2014-03-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4257/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4257/BILLS-113hr4257ih.pdf