Joni Ernst (R-IA)
Non-Essential Workers Transparency Act
A Republican bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Non-Essential Workers Transparency Act requires Executive agencies to provide specific data regarding employees who are furloughed during a lapse in appropriations. Following a covered period, an agency's Under Secretary must submit a report to appropriate congressional committees and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. This report must include details on total employees, total salaries expended in the previous fiscal year, and specific data regarding both furloughed and non-furloughed employees. The bill also establishes procedures for the classification and publication of these reports. Congressional committees and the Office of Personnel Management are tasked with making this information public on their respective websites.
Yes
- Scored +8
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The bill mandates the publication of detailed agency employee and salary data regarding furloughs on public websites.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Increased Transparency (Section 2, subsection b and c): By requiring agencies to report the total number of employees, salary expenditures, and the specific pay rates of those furloughed versus those not furloughed, the bill provides detailed data regarding how a lapse in appropriations affects agency staffing.
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Public Access to Information (Section 2, subsection c): The bill mandates that appropriate congressional committees publish the reports on their websites within 30 days of receipt, and requires the Office of Personnel Management to publish a consolidated report on its website within 60 days of a covered period ending.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No specific negative impacts are explicitly stated in the text provided.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill mandates the publication of detailed agency employee and salary data regarding furloughs on public websites.
- 11/4/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 10/14/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Marsha BlackburnRepublican · Tennessee