Capping Appointed Positions Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9714 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9714

To limit the total number of schedule C and schedule G positions in the
              Federal Government, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2026

 Ms. Scholten (for herself, Mr. Walkinshaw, and Ms. Norton) introduced
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight
                         and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL

To limit the total number of schedule C and schedule G positions in the
              Federal Government, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Capping Appointed Positions Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON SCHEDULE C AND SCHEDULE G POSITIONS IN FEDERAL
              GOVERNMENT.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 2027 and
each fiscal year thereafter, the total number of positions in the
executive branch of the Government of a confidential or policy-
determining character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of
title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), and
in schedule G in the excepted service (established by Executive Order
14317 relating to Creating Schedule G in the Excepted Service) may not
exceed 1,600.
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