Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Saving NSF’s Workforce Act”.
Saving NSF’s Workforce Act
A BILL
To institute a reduction in force moratorium at the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Reduction in force moratorium at National Science Foundation
In general— Until on or after the date that full-year appropriations for the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 2026 have been enacted into law, the Foundation may not—
initiate or implement any reduction in force; or
conduct an involuntary separation of employee in the competitive service or the excepted service, any career employee in the excepted service, or any career appointee in the Senior Executive Service of the Foundation except for cause on charges of misconduct, delinquency, or inefficiency.
Application— For the purposes of carrying out subsection (a)—
the terms “competitive service”, “excepted service”, and “career appointee” have the meanings given those terms in sections 2102, 2103, and 3132(a), respectively, of title 5, United States Code; and
such subsection shall be in addition to any other authority with respect to adverse personnel actions, including chapter 75 of such title 5.