,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cacf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #a1 #bjbe,ms4   
,barragn 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,matsui1    
,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,adams1 
,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,garca of  
,illinois1 and ,mr4 ,evans of           
,pennsylvania7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require the reinstatement of
 recently terminated ,centers for       
,disease ,control and ,prevention       
employees1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protect our ,public ,health        
,workforce ,act4  #b4 ,reinstatement and
 payment of affected employees  7a7 ,in 
general ,any ,federal employee who was  
involuntarily removed or otherwise      
dismissed without cause from the        
,centers for ,disease ,control and      
,prevention 7in this ,act referred to as
 the ,,cdc7 during the period beginning 
on ,january #bj1 #bjbe1 and ending on   

the date of the enactment of this ,act  
shall1 at the election of the           
individual1 be reinstated to the same   
position or an equivalent position with 
backpay in accordance with section #eeif
 of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4    
#c4 ,report  7a7 ,in general ,not later 
than #fj days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act and every three  
months thereafter1 the ,director of the 
,,cdc shall submit to the appropriate   
congressional committees a report on    
employees of ,,cdc who were removed or  
otherwise dismissed from the agency4    
7b7 ,contents ,any report submitted     
under subsection 7a7 shall include the  
following3  7#a7 ,the total number of   
,,cdc employees removed or otherwise    
dismissed from the agency during the    
period covered by the report4  7#b7 ,the
 title and job description for each such
 removal or dismissal4  7#c7 ,the reason
 for each such removal or dismissal4    
7c7 ,sunset ,the requirement to submit  
reports under this subsection shall     

terminate on ,january #bj1 #bjbi4  7d7  
,definition ,in this section1 the term  
appropriate congressional committees    
means-- 7#a7 the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform and  
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
and of the ,house of ,representatives2  
and  7#b7 the ,committee on ,homeland   
,security and ,government ,affairs and  
the ,committee on ,health1 ,education1  
and ,labor and ,pensions of the ,senate4