Federal Freeze Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5482 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5482 To impose restrictions on Federal agencies with respect to appointments, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 11, 2024 Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To impose restrictions on Federal agencies with respect to appointments, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Freeze Act''. SEC. 2. FREEZE ON FEDERAL HIRING AND SALARIES. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. (2) Baseline number.--The term ``baseline number'' means, with respect to an agency, the number of employees empl…