Will protect federal workers and strengthen the merit-based federal civil service so federal employees can serve without political interference.

The members are launching this Caucus to bolster efforts to protect federal workers and strengthen our merit-based federal civil service so these dedicated public servants can continue to deliver for the American people without political interference.

Hoyer helped launch the Federal Workforce Caucus with a stated purpose of protecting federal workers and strengthening the merit-based civil service against political interference.

Hoyer, Van Hollen, Walkinshaw Launch the Federal Workforce Caucus | Congressman Steny Hoyer
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 432 on H.R. 302 as an On Passage vote for the Preventing a Patronage System Act; status: Passed, 225-204. Hoyer, Democratic, Maryland, voted Yea.

Hoyer voted for a bill intended to block Schedule F-style politicization of civil service positions, and it passed the House.

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Roll Call 432 | Bill Number: H.R. 302, Preventing a Patronage System Act
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Congress.gov says H.R.302 passed the House on 2022-09-15, then was received in the Senate and referred to committee on 2022-09-19. The bill would prohibit competitive service executive agency positions from being moved to excepted service except as allowed before Schedule F.

The main anti-Schedule-F bill Hoyer supported advanced in the House but did not become law.

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H.R.302 - PPSA Act of 2021
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Congress.gov lists H.R.1002 as introduced and referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. The CRS summary says it would generally prohibit changes to competitive and excepted service classifications and address Schedule F reclassification.

A later civil service protection bill was introduced but remained only introduced/referred, so it did not deliver statutory protection.

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H.R.1002 - Saving the Civil Service Act
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The Congress.gov cosponsor list for H.R.1002 records Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] as a cosponsor on 2024-11-01.

Hoyer personally cosponsored the Saving the Civil Service Act, a concrete but unsuccessful legislative effort.

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Cosponsors - H.R.1002 - Saving the Civil Service Act
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EO 14003 states that the policy of the United States is to protect, empower, and rebuild the career Federal workforce. It revoked EO 13957, the Schedule F order, because Schedule F undermined civil service foundations and merit system principles.

The Biden administration temporarily delivered executive protection for the merit-based civil service by revoking Schedule F.

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Executive Order 14003, Protecting the Federal Workforce
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OPM issued a final rule, effective 2024-05-09, to reinforce and clarify longstanding civil service protections and merit system principles for involuntary movement of Federal employees and positions from competitive to excepted service or between excepted schedules.

OPM finalized regulatory protections against Schedule F-type reclassification, supporting partial delivery of the promise at the executive-branch level.

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Upholding Civil Service Protections and Merit System Principles
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EO 14171 reinstated EO 13957, renamed Schedule F as Schedule Policy/Career, revoked EO 14003, and directed OPM to rescind the April 2024 civil service protection rule or hold key parts inoperative.

As of the later federal service period, executive protections were reversed, showing the promise was not durably fulfilled.

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Executive Order 14171, Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce
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Congress.gov records Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] as an original cosponsor of H.R.5314, the Protecting Our Democracy Act, on 2021-09-21.

Hoyer cosponsored broader democracy and accountability legislation that included federal ethics, Office of Special Counsel, and whistleblower-related protections, but it did not become law.

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Cosponsors - H.R.5314 - Protecting Our Democracy Act
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 440 on H.R.5314 as an On Passage vote; status: Passed, 220-208. Hoyer, Democratic, Maryland, voted Yea.

Hoyer voted for a broader anti-abuse-of-power bill, but it passed only the House and did not enact the civil service protections promised.

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Roll Call 440 | Bill Number: H.R. 5314, Protecting Our Democracy Act
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