On March 25, the House Oversight and Government Reform passed several bills aimed at streamlining government operations and supporting President Trump’s reorganization efforts. Following the hearing, Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said, “Today’s markup shows the House Oversight Committee is continuing to fulfill its responsibility to ensure a more efficient, effective, and accountable federal government. Republicans are advancing commonsense solutions that improve government operations for all Americans and protect hardworking taxpayers.”

Among the bills that were reported favorably, and cleared for consideration on the House floor are:

• Paycheck Protection Act (H.R. 2174)
  • Sponsor: Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO)
  • This bill prohibits federal agencies, including the U.S. Postal Service, from withholding union dues, fees, and political contributions from employee paychecks.
  • “Recent years have shown a growing public appetite for civil service reforms to enhance government efficiency and bring accountability to the federal workforce. Fortunately, we now have a chief executive who is determined to see his mission through. It should not be the responsibility of federal agency resources to facilitate public sector union membership dues collection, which is why I support Mr. Burlison’s bill to remedy this problem,” said Chairman Comer.
  • “This is about freedom of choice. This is common sense. If DOGE has taught us anything over the past few months, it is that we are better off without the government making decisions about our money. The Paycheck Protection Act is going to help unions be more accountable to their members and give federal workers greater control over their finances,” said Rep. Burlison.
• Protecting Taxpayers’ Wallet Act (H.R. 1210)
  • Sponsor: Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA)
  • This bill charges federal labor organizations for their use of agency resources as well as official time. Specifically, federal agencies would assess public sector labor organizations a fee to utilize agency resources and any official union time used by all labor representative federal employees.
  • “American taxpayers would be shocked to learn that federal employees are paid for supporting public sector unions rather than the agency missions. Unions are involved in party politics and attempting to influence national elections. Look, that’s fine if you want to do that on your own time with your own money. But it’s not fine when you’re doing it with taxpayer money. That is just outrageous and absurd. If federal employees and resources are going to be used for union tasks, the union should have to foot the bill,” said Rep. Perry.
• Reorganizing Government Act of 2025 (H.R. 1295)
  • Sponsor: Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R—KY)
  • This bill amends the Reorganization Act Amendments of 1984 to renew and extend through December 2026 the authority of the President to propose a government reorganization plan of which Congress must consider via an up or down vote on a joint resolution of approval within 90 calendar days. Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama have all asked Congress to renew presidential reorganization authority.
  • “Renewing this special reorganization authority -- requiring Congress to take an up or down vote on reorganizations proposed by the President -- will help facilitate needed improvements in government operations,” said Chairman Comer.

To track the status of these bills, click here.