A discharge petition signed by U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan secured enough signatures to trigger a vote in the House of Representatives on a bill that would restore collective bargaining rights for federal workers, Bresnahan’s office announced Monday.

The House discharge rule allows members to bring a bill or resolution to the floor for consideration even if the measure has not been reported by committee or is not supported by the majority party leadership should it secure 218 signatures.

Bresnahan, R-8, Dallas Twp. — who signed Discharge Petition 6 on Sept. 2 — was one of only five Republicans among the 218 House members to back the effort.

“From the workers at (USP) Canaan, the most dangerous federal prison on the East Coast, to those at the Wilkes-Barre Social Security Office who answer all the calls from across the nation, to those at Tobyhanna Army Depot, our VA facilities, IRS centers, and all in between, our district is home to 10,000 federal workers who serve our communities every single day,” Bresnahan said in a news release. “I support the right to collectively bargain and proudly stand with union members. It’s a cornerstone of fair labor and a strong middle class. Union rights are workers’ rights, and I’ll always fight for the hardworking men and women of northeastern Pennsylvania.”

The Protect America’s Workforce Act — co-sponsored by Bresnahan — would reverse an executive order by President Donald Trump that stripped collective bargaining protections from union workers across federal agencies including the Department of Veterans Affairs, Bureau of Prisons and the Social Security Administration, according to a news release from Bresnahan’s office. The order affected roughly 67% of the federal workforce. The bipartisan bill was first introduced in April.

In late March, Trump moved to end collective bargaining with federal labor unions in agencies with national security missions across the federal government, citing authority granted him under a 1978 law.

In April, a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from implementing the executive order as U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman ruled that a key part of the order can’t be enforced at roughly three dozen agencies and departments where employees are represented by the National Treasury Employees Union.

An appeals court in May allowed the executive order to move forward while a lawsuit plays out after Trump’s administration asked for an emergency pause on a judge’s order blocking enforcement.

In August, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced plans to strip thousands of federal health agency employees of their collective bargaining rights.

It is unclear when the House will vote on the measure.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.