HR 6793 · 119th Congress

Public Shipyard Workforce Protection Act of 2025

This bill protects workers at U.S. Navy shipyards from sudden job losses or hiring freezes. Right now, the Department of Defense can use its budget to freeze hiring, lay off workers, or leave job openings unfilled at public shipyards without having to justify why. This bill stops that. It says the Pentagon cannot us…

Sponsor

Goodlander, Maggie (D-New Hampshire)

Introduced

2025-12-17

Policy area

Armed Forces and National Security

Latest action

Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.