Fiscal Harms of Federal Firings Act

This bill would require the Government Accountability Office (GAO), led by the Comptroller General, to study how federal reductions in force (layoffs or significant downsizing of federal civilian workers) affect the budgets of states and local governments. The study would look at changes in spending on programs like unemployment insurance, Medicaid, job retraining, and housing assistance, as well as changes in income, sales, and property tax revenue. It would also review regional economic effects, case studies from the past 20 years, and strategies states and localities have used in response. GAO would have to send a report to four congressional committees within 18 months and post it publicly on its website.

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Sponsors

• April McClain Delaney Democrat sponsor
• 13 cosponsors