Hill Heat

Full committee markup.

Hearing memo

Legislation:

• Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Reconciliation Committee Print providing for reconciliation pursuant to H. Con. Res. 14
• H.Res. 264: Of inquiry requesting the President transmit certain documents in his possession to the House of Representatives relating to the security clearances held by Elon Musk, members of the United States Department of Government Efficiency Service, and any other individual considered to be a member of the DOGE team.
• H.Res. 286: Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain documents relating to the dangerous, unaccountable use of AI by the United States DOGE Service to jeopardize the private information and essential services of the American people.
• H.Res. 316: “Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain documents relating to the use of insecure electronic communication platforms, including Signal, for official communications and to the compliance of the Administration with all Federal records laws.

And Postal Office namings.

Markup of House Oversight Committee legislative proposals (“Committee Print”) to comply with the reconciliation directive included in section 2001 of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025, H. Con. Res. 14. The Committee Print would achieve $30.716 billion in revenue increases by raising the FERS retirement contribution rate for certain existing federal civilian employees and postal employees up to the new rate of 4.4% of their salary. The Committee Print would save $10.113 billion by eliminating the additional retirement annuity payment for new federal retirees that are eligible to retire before age 62 which they currently receive until they reach the age of Social Security retirement eligibility (exempted from this reform are those in federal occupations subject to mandatory early separation). The Committee Print would save $4.750 billion by reducing federal pension benefit spending by basing a retiree’s annuity payment on their average highest five earning years (instead of highest three). The Committee Print would achieve $4.541 billion in net savings by giving new Federal employee hires the option to elect to serve “at will” in exchange for higher take-home pay. The Committee Print would raise $2 million in revenue by charging a modest fee for Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) filings that would be refunded to employees who win their appeals. The Committee Print would achieve $1.5 billion in net savings by requiring a comprehensive audit of employee dependents currently enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program plans—such as verifying marriage certificates and birth certificates—and require any ineligible individual found to be receiving FEHB coverage be disenrolled.