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substantiveDec 11, 2025 · House roll call · passage · Result: Passed

On Passage — H R 2550 — Protect America’s Workforce Act

Protect America's Workforce Act

In plain language

  • This House bill from the 119th Congress is titled the Protect America's Workforce Act.
  • Official subject tags include employment rights, government employee pay and personnel, labor-management relations, presidential powers, and labor and employment.
  • The official summary says the bill would nullify the executive order titled Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, issued March 27, 2025, which excludes specified executive agencies and subdivisions from the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute.
  • That statute authorizes federal employees’ participation in collective bargaining and enforces collective-bargaining rights.
  • A covered collective-bargaining agreement in place as of March 26, 2025, would remain in full force through its stated term.
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)

Protect America's Workforce Act This bill nullifies the Executive Order titled Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs (issued on March 27, 2025), which excludes specified executive agencies and subdivisions from the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute. The statute authorizes federal employees' participation in collective bargaining and enforces collective bargaining rights. The bill also specifies that a covered collective bargaining agreement in place as of March 26, 2025, shall have full force and effect through the stated term of the agreement.

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Roll-call breakdown

Yea231

Democrat: 211 · Republican: 20

Nay195

Independent: 1 · Republican: 194

Present0

Not Voting7

Democrat: 2 · Republican: 5

How each member voted (433)

Yea (231)

Nay (195)

Not Voting (7)

Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.