End the Deep State Act

House Bill

H.R. 697

119th Congress

End the Deep State Act

In Committee

Introduced:Feb 4, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Lloyd Doggett

Representative

Democratic

TX-37

Cosponsors

8

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Government Operations and Politics

Summary

This bill would create a new employment category called "Schedule Policy/Career" (also known as "Schedule F") for federal employees who work in policy-related positions. It would make it easier for presidents to remove these employees from their jobs by exempting them from the standard civil service protections that currently apply to most career federal workers.

Latest Action

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

SponsorLloyd Doggett (D-TX)

Introduced2/4/2025

StatusReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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End the Deep State Act

This bill would create a new employment category called "Schedule Policy/Career" (also known as "Schedule F") for federal employees who work in policy-related positions. It would make it easier for presidents to remove these employees from their jobs by exempt

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This bill would create a new employment category called "Schedule Policy/Career" (also known as "Schedule F") for federal employees who work in policy-related positions. It would make it easier for presidents to remove these employees from their jobs by exempting them from the standard civil service protections that currently apply to most career federal workers.

Bill Number: 697
Sponsor: Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
Introduced: 2/4/2025
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Policy Area: Government Operations and Politics

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Fact Sheet

Title: End the Deep State Act
Bill Number: 697
Sponsor: Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced: 2/4/2025
Summary: This bill would create a new employment category called "Schedule Policy/Career" (also known as "Schedule F") for federal employees who work in policy-related positions. It would make it easier for presidents to remove these employees from their jobs by exempting them from the standard civil service

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill would create a new employment category called "Schedule Policy/Career" (also known as "Schedule F") for federal employees who work in policy-related positions. It would make it easier for presidents to remove these employees from their jobs by exempting them from the standard civil service protections that currently apply to most career federal workers.

Last updated: 3/4/2026

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

The bill would establish a new job classification for federal employees in positions involving policy decisions, policy-making, or policy advocacy.
Employees placed in this new category would lose standard civil service job protections, making them easier to remove from their positions.
Agency heads would be required to review their workforces and identify positions that should be moved into this new classification by specific deadlines in 2025.
The bill states that federal employees must be accountable to the President, who delegates authority to them as the elected head of the executive branch.
The changes would not apply to positions that already change with each new presidential administration, such as political appointees.

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

This bill would primarily affect career federal employees who work on policy matters across all executive branch agencies, potentially numbering in the tens of thousands. These workers would have reduced job security and could be removed more easily than under current civil service rules. The bill would give presidents and agency heads greater authority to hire and fire employees in policy-related positions without following the standard procedures that protect most federal workers from arbitrary dismissal.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Government Operations and Politics

Related Subjects

Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government information and archives

Labor-management relations

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

697, 119th Congress (2025). "End the Deep State Act". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-hr-697

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