Prohibition on reductions in force and involuntary separations at Department of the Interior and United States Forest Service

(a) Prohibition During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2030, without prior notification and approval of the chairs and ranking members of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, no Federal funds may be obligated or expended to— (1) initiate, implement, or otherwise carry out a reduction in force within the Department of the Interior or the United States Forest Service; or (2) carry out an involuntary separation of any employee in the competitive service, any career employee in the excepted service, or any career appointee in the Senior Executive Service at the Department of Interior or the United States Forest Service except for cause on charges of misconduct, delinquency, or performance. (b) Definitions In subsection (a), the terms competitive service, excepted service, and career appointee have the meaning given those terms in sections 2102, 2103, and 3132(a), respectively, of title 5, United States Code.