,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjbe,ms4 ,tenney introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
impose restrictions on ,federal agencies
 with respect to appointments1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,federal       
,freeze ,act4  #b4 ,freeze on ,federal  
hiring and salaries  7a7 ,definitions   
,in this section3 7#a7 ,agency ,the term
 agency has the meaning given the term  
in section #eea of title #e1 ,united    
,states ,code4  7#b7 ,baseline number   
,the term baseline number means1 with   
respect to an agency1 the number of     
employees employed by the agency        
7including individuals occupying        
full-time equivalent positions in the   
agency71 as of the date of enactment of 
this ,act4  7#c7 ,employee ,the term    
employee means an employee of an agency4

  7b7 ,general prohibitions             
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or regulation1 during the #a-year   
period beginning on the date of         
enactment of this ,act1 the following   
shall apply3 7#a7 7,a7 ,except as       
provided in subparagraph 7,b71 the head 
of an agency may not increase the number
 of employees employed by the agency    
beyond the baseline number4  7,b7       
,during the #a-year period beginning on 
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
head of an agency may appoint an        
individual to a position within the     
agency1 even if appointing that         
individual would increase the number of 
employees employed by the agency beyond 
the baseline number1 if the agency head 
determines that making that appointment 
serves the interest of law enforcement1 
public safety1 or the national security 
of the ,united ,states4  7#b7 ,the      
annual rate of basic pay of an employee1
 as in effect on the date of enactment  
of this ,act1 may not be increased4  7c7

 ,reduction in force ,the head of each  
agency shall take such measures1 without
 regard to any other provision of law or
 regulation1 to ensure that-- 7#a7 as of
 the date that is #b years after the    
date of enactment of this ,act1 the     
number of employees employed by the     
agency is #b percent less than the      
baseline number2 and  7#b7 as of the    
date that is #c years after the date of 
enactment of this ,act1 the number of   
employees employed by the agency is #e  
percent less than the baseline number4