2025-2026 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
HB1835: MERIT Act Model Employee Reinstatement for Ill-advised Termination Act
Legislative Summary
To require the reinstatement of recently terminated probationary Federal employees, and for other purposes.
Bill History
3/4/2025
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
3/4/2025
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(3/4/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Oversight And Government Reform(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Democrat: 101
Primary Sponsor
LaMonica McIver
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (100)
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
Democrat
Bonnie Coleman
Democrat
Dina Titus
Democrat
Juan Vargas
Democrat
Eleanor Norton
Democrat
Nanette Barragan
Democrat
Valerie Foushee
Democrat
Shri Thanedar
Democrat
Ro Khanna
Democrat
John Mannion
Democrat
Raul Grijalva
Democrat
Adam Smith
Democrat
Rashida Tlaib
Democrat
Robert Garcia
Democrat
Jill Tokuda
Democrat
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democrat
Sylvester Turner
Democrat
Greg Landsman
Democrat
Suzanne Bonamici
Democrat
Nydia Velazquez
Democrat
Jonathan Jackson
Democrat
Yassamin Ansari
Democrat
Glenn Ivey
Democrat
Henry Johnson
Democrat
Troy Carter
Democrat
Danny Davis
Democrat
Bennie Thompson
Democrat
Lateefah Simon
Democrat
Jimmy Panetta
Democrat
Jasmine Crockett
Democrat
Don Beyer
Democrat
Andre Carson
Democrat
Dwight Evans
Democrat
Ayanna Pressley
Democrat
Delia Ramirez
Democrat
Betty McCollum
Democrat
Timothy Kennedy
Democrat
Shontel Brown
Democrat
Mark Pocan
Democrat
Lauren Underwood
Democrat
Steve Cohen
Democrat
Emanuel Cleaver
Democrat
Sanford Bishop
Democrat
Grace Meng
Democrat
Gregory Meeks
Democrat
Paul Tonko
Democrat
James McGovern
Democrat
Summer Lee
Democrat
Nikema Williams
Democrat
Johnny Olszewski
Democrat
Yvette Clarke
Democrat
Alma Adams
Democrat
Jesus Garcia
Democrat
Mary Gay Scanlon
Democrat
Gerald Connolly
Democrat
Madeleine Dean
Democrat
Norma Torres
Democrat
Wesley Bell
Democrat
George Latimer
Democrat
Adriano Espaillat
Democrat
Lori Trahan
Democrat
Jennifer McClellan
Democrat
Frederica Wilson
Democrat
Herbert Conaway Jr.
Democrat
Pablo Jose Hernandez
Democrat
Judy Chu
Democrat
Robin Kelly
Democrat
Pramila Jayapal
Democrat
Maxine Waters
Democrat
Brittany Pettersen
Democrat
Cleo Fields
Democrat
Suzan DelBene
Democrat
Veronica Escobar
Democrat
Stephen Lynch
Democrat
Luis Correa
Democrat
Darren Soto
Democrat
Jahana Hayes
Democrat
Elizabeth Fletcher
Democrat
Daniel Goldman
Democrat
Janice Schakowsky
Democrat
Deborah Ross
Democrat
Eric Sorensen
Democrat
Stacey Plaskett
Democrat
Jerrold Nadler
Democrat
Brendan Boyle
Democrat
Julie Johnson
Democrat
Robert Menendez
Democrat
Eric Swalwell
Democrat
Mark DeSaulnier
Democrat
Greg Stanton
Democrat
Gil Cisneros
Democrat
Teresa Fernandez
Democrat
Shomari Figures
Democrat
Terri Sewell
Democrat
Debbie Dingell
Democrat
Frank Pallone
Democrat
Mike Quigley
Democrat
Raja Krishnamoorthi
Democrat
Joseph Neguse
Democrat
Sarah Elfreth
Democrat