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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
9/19/2022 • Senate
Summary
Preventing a Patronage System Act of 2021 or the PPSA Act of 2021
This bill prohibits executive agency positions in the competitive service from being placed in the excepted service, unless such positions are placed in Schedules A through E as in effect on September 30, 2020. The bill also prohibits positions in the excepted service from being placed in any schedule other than the aforementioned schedules.
On October 21, 2020, former President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service. The order placed executive agency positions that are of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character, and that are not normally subject to change as a result of a presidential transition, under a new schedule in the excepted service (Schedule F) instead of the competitive service. The order also required any such positions in the excepted service to be reclassified to Schedule F. The order was revoked by President Joe Biden on January 22, 2021.
Passed House • 9/15/2022
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Bill Journey
Originated in the House
Introduced
January 13, 2021
Committee Review
May 25, 2021
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 18.
Floor Debate
September 15, 2022
Passed Chamber
September 15, 2022
Other Chamber
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Enacted into Law
Text Versions (4)
Committee Reports (1)
Related Bills (4)
S. 4702
PPSA Act of 2022
H.Res. 1339
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 302) to impose limits on excepting competitive service positions from the competitive service, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2988) to amend title 5, United States Code, to modify and enhance protections for Federal Government whistleblowers, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8326) to amend title 13, United States Code, to improve the operations of the Bureau of the Census, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.
H.R. 5314
Protecting Our Democracy Act
H.R. 9052
PPS Act