H.R. 917 — A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to extend to certain employees in the excepted service the same procedural and appeal rights as are afforded to employees in the competitive service with respect to certain adverse personnel actions. | PoliFocus

H.R. 91799th Congress

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to extend to certain employees in the excepted service the same procedural and appeal rights as are afforded to employees in the competitive service with respect to certain adverse personnel actions.

Subjects

Government Operations and Politics

Summary

(Measure passed House, amended)

Makes certain employees in the excepted service (civilian positions in the executive branch specifically excepted from civil service requirements) subject to adverse personnel action provisions respecting removal, suspension for more than 14 days, reduction in grade or pay, or furlough for 30 days or less.

Excludes the following persons from such provisions: (1) presidential appointees; (2) retirees receiving an annuity from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund or the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (3) National Guard technicians; (4) members of the Foreign Service; (5) employees of the Central Intelligence Agency, the General Accounting Office, or the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans Administration; and (6) employees who are not preference eligibles in the U.S. Postal Service, the Postal Rate Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or the National Security Agency.

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Legislative Actions

1985-02-04
Introduced in House
1985-02-04
Introduced in House
1985-02-04
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
1985-03-07
Referred to Subcommittee on Civil Service.
1985-03-12
Executive Comment Requested from OMB, OPM.
1985-06-12
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
1985-06-12
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From GAO.
1985-06-19
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
1985-06-25
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From OPM.
1986-03-04
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
1986-03-04
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
1986-03-12
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
1986-03-12
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
1986-03-25
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Report No: 99-506.
1986-03-25
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Report No: 99-506.
1986-03-25
Placed on Union Calendar No: 296.
1986-04-08
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
1986-04-08
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
1986-04-08
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
1986-04-09
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

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