The Federal Freeze Act would impose a one-year hiring freeze on federal agencies, preventing them from increasing their workforce beyond current staffing levels while also prohibiting salary increases for existing federal employees. After this initial year, the legislation requires agencies to reduce their workforces by two percent within two years and five percent within three years of the bill's enactment. The law includes exceptions for employees involved in law enforcement, public safety, national security, or emergency response operations, allowing agencies to hire or retain these personnel even during the freeze. The bill does not specify any new funding and would primarily restrict federal workforce spending rather than appropriate new resources. This legislation would affect all federal agencies and their employees across the government.
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