H.R. 2210 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the House, sent to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Mar 18, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryBlocks NASA from cutting its workforce
This bill would prevent NASA from reducing its workforce or laying off employees until Congress approves NASA's full budget for 2026. The only exceptions would be if someone at NASA committed misconduct, fell behind on their duties, or was genuinely inefficient at their job. The bill sets limits on involuntary separations for regular employees, career staff, and top executives.
How it affects you
If you work at NASA—whether as a regular employee, career staff member, or senior executive—this bill would protect your job from being eliminated without a budget in place through 2026. For taxpayers, it means NASA's workforce decisions would have to wait until Congress formally approves the agency's funding, rather than NASA making cuts on its own.
Read the official summary (Introduced in House, Mar 18, 2025)
Saving NASA’s Workforce Act
This bill prohibits the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from initiating or implementing any reduction in its workforce until FY2026 full-year appropriations for NASA have been enacted. During this period, NASA is also prohibited from conducting involuntary separations for employees in the competitive service, career employees in the excepted service, and career appointees in the Senior Executive Service, except in cases of misconduct, delinquency, or inefficiency.
On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing , which required executive branch agencies to terminate diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and positions. Further, on February 11, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Workforce Optimization Initiative , which required executive branch agencies to initiate large-scale reductions in force.
On March 10, 2025, NASA announced that it would close certain offices and lay off associated staff in compliance with these executive orders. NASA ultimately closed the Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy; the Office of the Chief Scientist; and the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Branch of the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionH. R. 2210
A BILL
Saving NASA’s Workforce Act
Sponsor: Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18) · Introduced Mar 18, 2025 · Science, Technology, Communications · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Mar 18, 2025: “Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.”