1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Take Care Act . 2. Definitions As used in this Act: (1) At-will removal The term at-will removal means the power to remove a Principal officer with or without cause. (2) For-cause removal protection The term for-cause removal protection means any limitation on the President’s power to remove a Principal officer, without regard to whether the limitation is derived or inferred from express statutory text, the structure of an agency, the functions and responsibilities assigned to an agency, historical practice, judicial precedent, or regulation. (3) Principal officer The term Principal officer means an officer who is required by article II, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 3. Eliminating existing for-cause removal protections Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to any Principal officer for whom for-cause removal protection is in effect immediately before this Act takes effect— (1) such for-cause removal protection shall cease to have force or effect; and (2) such officer shall be subject to at-will removal by the President, effective in accordance with section 7. 4. Prospectively limiting for-cause removal protections (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all Principal officers, whether the office was established before this Act takes effect or is created or otherwise authorized on or after this Act takes effect, shall be subject to at-will removal by the President, unless an Act of Congress enacted after this Act takes effect establishes for-cause removal protection in accordance with subsection (b). (b) Rule of construction No Principal officer shall have for-cause removal protection unless an Act of Congress enacted after this Act takes effect— (1) expressly establishes for-cause removal protection for such officer