MERIT Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1075 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1075 To require the reinstatement of recently terminated probationary Federal employees, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 14, 2025 Ms. Alsobrooks (for herself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Kaine) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the reinstatement of recently terminated probationary Federal employees, 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 ``Model Employee Reinstatement for Ill-advised Termination Act'' or the ``MERIT Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Affected probationary employee.--The term ``affected probationary employee'' means an individual who-- (A) was voluntarily or involuntarily separated from service …