This is a request from the House of Representatives asking the President to hand over documents and information about what happened to federal employees during a government shutdown that started on October 1, 2025. Specifically, Congress wants to know about three things: whether any federal agencies planned to lay off workers because of the shutdown, whether the administration tried to argue that furloughed employees don't automatically get paid for the time they were sent home, and whether there were any plans to withhold paychecks from federal workers during the shutdown.

The resolution also asks for all communications about these topics between major government offices—including the President's office, the Vice President's office, and various agencies that handle federal employee matters. Essentially, Congress is trying to get a complete picture of the administration's decisions and reasoning regarding federal employee pay and jobs during the shutdown. This matters because federal workers are often caught in the middle when Congress and the President can't agree on a budget, and there are laws meant to protect them—like requiring them to be paid back for furlough periods. Congress appears to be investigating whether the administration tried to get around those protections.

Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to the House of Representatives referring to the firings, dismissal, reduction in force, or withholding of pay for the period of the lapse in appropriations of furloughed employees of the United States Government.

Mfume, Kweisi

This resolution requests that the President submit certain information to Congress regarding a reduction in force or the withholding of pay due to the lapse in appropriations (i.e., government shutdown) that began on October 1, 2025.Specifically, the resolution requests that the President submit to Congress any and all documents and communications related to<ul><li>any proposed reduction in force at a federal agency related to the lapse in appropriations,</li><li>efforts to create a legal determination at the Office of Management and Budget finding or suggesting that the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 does not create a self-executing requirement that furloughed federal employees must receive pay for the period in which they were furloughed during a lapse in appropriations immediately after the lapse in appropriations ends, and</li><li>efforts or plans to withhold pay for the period of the lapse of appropriations for excepted or furloughed federal or District of Columbia&nbsp;employees.</li></ul>The resolution also requests that the President submit to Congress any documents or communications between the President's office, the Vice President's office, the Office of Personnel Management, the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Special Counsel, and the Merit System Protection Board regarding these topics.&nbsp;