The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business.

Republican Legislators Push Ahead With Agenda. This week, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Ways and Means advanced—on a party-line 26–19 vote—a tax reform package that included Republicans’ top fiscal priorities. The bill makes permanent many provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and includes other measures, such as an expansion of the child tax credit. Of particular interest to the Buzz, the bill also provides temporary (2025 through 2028 tax years) above-the-line deductions for qualified tips and overtime premium pay. There is still quite a long way to go for this bill, and changes are expected, especially considering that some Republicans in the U.S. Senate have already expressed some reservations about the proposal.

OMB Approves EEO-1 Changes. On May 12, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved changes to the EEO-1 form that removes employers’ option to disclose non-binary employee data. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) requested the changes pursuant to President Trump’s Executive Order 14168, “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.” The proposed instruction booklet filed with OMB indicates that the 2024 EEO-1 filing period would begin on May 20, 2025. There has...

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