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HR 2550 · 119th Congress · HouseOther

Protect America's Workforce Act

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In plain language: This bill preserves union representation and collective bargaining rights for federal government workers. It overturns a March 2025 executive order that excluded certain agencies and workers from federal labor programs, while forbidding any federal funds from being spent to carry it out. In addition, the legislation guarantees that all existing union agreements between federal agencies and their employees remain legally binding through their original expiration dates.

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Issues

What this bill touches.

Collective bargaining+60Workplace standards+30

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

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Who it helps

  • Federal employee unionsSec. 2 nullifies an executive order that excluded workers from labor-management relations programs, and Sec. 3 protects union contracts active on March 26, 2025, guaranteeing they remain in full effect for their entire agreed terms.provisional
  • Federal employeesSec. 2 overturns an executive order that excluded certain employees from federal labor-management relations programs, restoring their coverage, while Sec. 3 preserves the terms of existing collective bargaining agreements.provisional

Who it burdens

  • Executive branch federal agenciesSec. 3 requires agencies to keep all collective bargaining agreements active as of March 26, 2025, in full force for their stated terms, and Sec. 2 bars them from spending any funds to carry out the March 27, 2025, executive order.provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

Provisional: our reading of what the bill does, pending review.

  1. Cancels the March 27, 2025, presidential executive order excluding certain federal workers from labor-management relations programs and bans spending federal funds to carry it out.

    Sec. 2provisional

  2. Requires union contracts between federal agencies and federal employee unions active as of March 26, 2025, to remain fully in effect for the entire length of their agreed terms.

    Sec. 3provisional

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The record

How members voted on Protect America's Workforce Act.

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  • House · Dec 11, 2025 · YEA-AND-NAY

    On Passage · Passed

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Timeline

How it moved.

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  1. Dec 15, 2025Received in the Senate.
  2. Dec 11, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Dec 11, 2025On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 195 (Roll no. 332). (text: CR H5795)
  4. Dec 11, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 195 (Roll no. 332). (text: CR H5795)
  5. Dec 11, 2025The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  6. Dec 11, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2550.
  7. Dec 11, 2025Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 432. (consideration: CR H5795-5802)
  8. Apr 1, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  9. Apr 1, 2025Introduced in House
  1. Dec 15, 2025Received in the Senate.
  2. Dec 11, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Dec 11, 2025On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 195 (Roll no. 332). (text: CR H5795)
  4. Dec 11, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 195 (Roll no. 332). (text: CR H5795)
  5. Apr 1, 2025Introduced in House

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Civic Herald. “Protect America's Workforce Act (H.R. 2550, 119th Congress).” https://civicherald.app/bills/119-hr-2550. Congress.gov record as of Jul 13, 2026.

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