Fiscal Harms of Federal Firing Act

This bill would require the Comptroller General, who leads the Government Accountability Office (GAO), to study how federal reductions in force (large cuts to federal civil service jobs) affect the budgets of state and local governments. The study would look at changes in state and local spending on programs such as unemployment insurance, Medicaid, job retraining, and housing aid, along with changes in income, sales, and property tax revenue. It would also look at regional economic effects and at past job cuts from the previous 20 years. Within 18 months, the Comptroller General would send a report to four congressional committees, including an analysis of whether each studied reduction improved agency efficiency and policy options for Congress, and would post the report on the GAO website.

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Sponsors

• Angela D. Alsobrooks Democrat sponsor
• 3 cosponsors