H.R. 1433

Referred to Committee

DHS MORALE Act

Introduced 2/28/2019•116th Congress•House

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

4/2/2019 • Senate

Summary

Department of Homeland Security Morale, Recognition, Learning and Engagement Act of 2019 or the DHS MORALE Act

This bill addresses workforce morale at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The bill expands the duties of the Chief Human Capital Officer to address morale, including through

leader development and employee engagement,
maintaining a catalogue of available employee development opportunities, and
issuing a DHS-wide employee engagement action plan.

DHS (1) must establish an employee engagement steering committee, and (2) may establish an annual employee award program.

DHS shall report to the congressional homeland security committees regarding the impacts of the lapse in appropriations between December 22, 2018, and January 25, 2019, on (1) DHS human resources operations; (2) DHS's ability to meet hiring benchmarks; and (3) retention, attrition, and morale of DHS personnel.

Passed House • 4/1/2019

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Topics & Subjects

Policy Area: Government Operations and Politics

Administrative remediesCongressional oversightDepartment of Homeland SecurityDue process and equal protectionEmployee performanceEmployment discrimination and employee rightsFederal officialsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment studies and investigations