S. 2816

Summary

S. 2816, the Stop Sycophants in Government Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Sep 16, 2025 by Sen. Christopher Murphy (D). It was referred to Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs, and last saw action on Sep 16, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Record

Text

S. 2816 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 S2816 IS: Stop Sycophants in Government Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-09-16
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 2816  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   September 16, 2025   Mr. Murphy  introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs    A BILL
To prohibit the administration of any political loyalty test as a condition of Federal employment, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Stop Sycophants in Government Act of 2025  .
2.
Prohibition on political loyalty tests
(a)
Definitions
In this section:
(1)
Employee
The term  employee —
(A)
has the meaning given the term in section 2105 of title 5, United States Code; and
(B)
includes—
(i)
any individual serving in a position for which appointment is made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, including an individual serving as the head of an Executive department;
(ii)
an employee of the United States Postal Service; and
(iii)
an employee of the Postal Regulatory Commission.
(2)
Executive department
The term  Executive department  has the meaning given the term in section 101 of title 5, United States Code.
(b)
Prohibition
No Federal official, including the President, may administer a political loyalty test to any employee or with respect to any position as an employee, including—
(1)
as a condition of employment as an employee; or
(2)
as part of—
(A)
the application process for a position as an employee;
(B)
the process of appointing an employee;
(C)
the decision whether to promote an employee; or
(D)
any contract renewal process with respect to an employee.

Tracker

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A bill to prohibit the administration of any political loyalty test as a condition of Federal employment, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sen. Christopher Murphy (D) sponsors S. 2816 alone.

Christopher Murphy

Sen. · D–CT · Sponsor

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Committees

S. 2816 went before 1 committee: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Referred To · Sep 16, 2025 · 444 Bills

Actions

S. 2816 has taken 2 actions since Sep 16, 2025.

Votes

S. 2816 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 2816 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Stop Sycophants in Government Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Stop Sycophants in Government Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to prohibit the administration of any political loyalty test as a condition of Federal employment, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 9 registered lobbyists who named S. 2816 in 4 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 2816 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 2816’s is Government Operations and Politics.

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