Protecting Federal Employee Rights to Personnel Files Act of 2025
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require agencies to provide official personnel record files to Federal employees and former Federal employees, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Requirement to provide official personnel record files to employees and former employees
“3330g. Requirement to provide official personnel record files to employees and former employees
“(a) Current employees—Not later than seven days after the date an employee of an agency requests a copy of the employee’s official personnel record file, the head of such agency shall provide to such employee, in electronic and physical form, a copy of such file.
“(b) Former employees
“(1) In general—With respect to any employee separating from an agency on or after the date of the enactment of this section, not later than seven days after the date of such separation, the head of such agency shall provide to such employee, in electronic and physical form, a copy of the employee’s official personnel record file.
“(2) Previously separated employees—With respect to any individual who separated from an agency before the date of the enactment of this section, not later than 21 days after the date such an individual requests a copy of the employee’s official personnel record file from the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, the Director shall provide, in electronic and physical form, a copy of such file to the individual.
“(c) Agency defined—In this section, the term “agency” has the meaning given that term in section 551.”