Protect our Public Health Workforce Act
This bill provides reinstatement and backpay for CDC employees who were involuntarily removed without cause between January 20, 2025, and the bill's enactment date. Affected employees can choose to return to their original position or an equivalent role. The CDC must submit quarterly reports to specified congressional committees detailing all removed employees, their positions, and dismissal reasons, with this reporting requirement ending January 20, 2029. The bill directly affects CDC staff dismissed during the covered period and mandates transparency through regular reporting.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
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Introduced May 1, 2025
Last action May 1, 2025
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Committee
1
May 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
lower
May 1, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Nanette Diaz Barragán
DDemocratic
Co
Alma S. Adams
DDemocratic
Co
Bonnie Watson Coleman
DDemocratic
Co
Doris O. Matsui
DDemocratic
Co
Dwight Evans
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Jesús G. "Chuy" García
DDemocratic
Co
John B. Larson
DDemocratic
Co
Rashida Tlaib
DDemocratic
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