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H.R. 4257: Rebalance for an Effective Defense Uniform and Civilian Employees Act (REDUCE Act)

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H.R. 4257: Rebalance for an Effective Defense Uniform and Civilian Employees Act (REDUCE Act)

113th Congress · introduced 2014-03-14 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-03-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Rebalance for an Effective Defense Uniform and Civilian Employees Act (REDUCE Act)

Plain summary

Rebalance for an Effective Defense Uniform and Civilian Employees Act (REDUCE Act) - Limits full-time positions in the Department of Defense (DOD), in each of FY2021-FY2025, subject to specified adjustments to be made by the DOD Secretary, to a number not greater than 85% of the number of such positions at DOD as of September 30, 2015. Permits not more than 1,000 of such positions to be career appointees within the Senior Executive Service. Authorizes the DOD Secretary to offer voluntary separation incentive payments and voluntary early retirement payments to achieve the reductions required by this Act, but requires the Secretary to use involuntary measures, including reductions in force, beginning on October 1, 2015, to achieve required reductions in personnel levels if voluntary measures are inadequate.

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Official text

Rebalance for an Effective Defense Uniform and Civilian Employees Act (REDUCE Act)

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42] · 9 cosponsors

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Tom Cotton (R-AR), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42] reported raising $7.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr4257 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113