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2025-04-09 - Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 23.
Introduced Date
2025-03-04
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
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- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-Virginia-11]
- Rep. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-District of Columbia]
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-Massachusetts-8]
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-Illinois-8]
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-California-17]
- Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-Ohio-11]
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-New Mexico-1]
- Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-California-42]
- Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-Florida-10]
- Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-Pennsylvania-12]
- Rep. Casar, Greg [D-Texas-35]
- Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-Texas-30]
- Rep. Randall, Emily [D-Washington-6]
- Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-Virginia-10]
- Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-Arizona-3]
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-Missouri-1]
- Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-California-12]
- Rep. Min, Dave [D-California-47]
- Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-Massachusetts-7]
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-Michigan-12]
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This resolution asks the President to send the House a set of unredacted records within 14 days if the resolution is adopted. The House wants documents and communications about federal workers who were placed on leave, fired, moved, or reassigned, especially if those actions were ordered or recommended by Elon Musk, people linked to the DOGE effort, or anyone in the U.S. DOGE Service. It also seeks records about how the Office of Personnel Management treated jobs tied to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in reduction-in-force plans, and about the removal or termination of inspectors general at federal agencies, including whether Congress was told as required.
- It covers records about federal employees who were put on administrative leave, removed in a downsizing, terminated, transferred, or reassigned.
- It asks for materials connected to actions taken on the advice or recommendation of Elon Musk, DOGE team members, or U.S. DOGE Service personnel since January 20, 2025.
- It requests records about the decision to treat DEI and DEIA positions as part of reduction-in-force actions under a January 24, 2025 guidance memo.
- It seeks communications about the removal or firing of inspectors general, including talks involving the Executive Office of the President, OMB, OPM, and questions about notice to Congress.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 187 Reported in House (RH)]
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House Calendar No. 23
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 187
[Report No. 119-58]
Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to
the House of Representatives referring to the termination, removal,
placement on administrative leave, moved to another department of
Federal employees and Inspectors General of agencies.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 4, 2025
Mr. Mfume (for himself, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lynch, Mr.
Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Brown, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Garcia of
California, Mr. Frost, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Casar, Ms.
Crockett, Ms. Randall, Mr. Subramanyam, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Bell, Ms.
Simon, Mr. Min, Ms. Pressley, and Ms. Tlaib) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform
April 9, 2025
Reported adversely, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered to be
printed
_______________________________________________________________________
RESOLUTION
Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to
the House of Representatives referring to the termination, removal,
placement on administrative leave, moved to another department of
Federal employees and Inspectors General of agencies.
Resolved, That the President is requested to transmit, to the
extent that such documents are in the possession of the President, to
the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of
the adoption of this resolution, in complete and unredacted form, a
copy of the following:
(1) Any and all documents and communications, including
notes from meetings, audio records, telephone and electronic
mail records, text and other digital messages, related to each
Federal employee placed on administrative leave, removed due to
a reduction in force action, terminated, transferred, or
reassigned to another department on orders, advice, or
recommendation of Elon Musk, any individual considered to be a
member of a DOGE agency team, or any official or unofficial
member of the United States DOGE Service since January 20,
2025.
(2) Any and all documents and communications, including
notes from meetings, audio records, telephone and electronic
mail records, text and other digital messages, related to the
Office of Personnel Management's determination that employees
classified as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (commonly
referred to as ``DEI''), Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and
Accessibility (commonly referred to as ``DEIA''), or employed
in a position in a DEIA office, would be deemed a competitive
area subject to a reduction in force notice, subject to the
memorandum issued by the Office on January 24, 2025, relating
to ``Guidance Regarding RIFs of DEIA Offices''.
(3) All documents or communications between the Executive
Office of the President, the Office of Management and Budget,
the Office of Personnel Management, Elon Musk, any official or
unofficial member of the United States DOGE Service, any
individual considered to be a member of a DOGE agency team, or
any other agency or Office of Inspector General regarding the
removal or termination of agency inspectors general, including
whether to notify Congress as legally required.
(4) All documents and communications between the Office of
Management and Budget or the Office of Personnel Management and
Elon Musk, any member, official, or non-official representative
of the Trump Campaign, Trump Transition Team, or Trump
Administration regarding the removal or termination of any
Inspector General of an agency, including whether to notify
Congress as legally required.
House Calendar No. 23
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 187
[Report No. 119-58]
_______________________________________________________________________
RESOLUTION
Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to
the House of Representatives referring to the termination, removal,
placement on administrative leave, moved to another department of
Federal employees and Inspectors General of agencies.
_______________________________________________________________________
April 9, 2025
Reported adversely, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered to be
printed