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Executive Appointments Reform Act

Introduced: January 13, 2012 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

Introduced

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Mar 29, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Feb 9, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.

Jan 17, 2012

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Jan 13, 2012

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Executive Appointments Reform Act - Eliminates exceptions to the prohibition against payment for services to an individual appointed to a federal position requiring confirmation by the U.S. Senate (advice and consent) during a recess of the Senate.

Prohibits any federal officer or employee serving in a position that requires Senate confirmation from providing voluntary or gratuitous services.

Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that a quorum required by the National Labor Relations Board to conduct its business shall not include any member of such Board who has not been confirmed by the Senate.

Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to: (1) provide that no rule, order, or other administrative action of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall be considered final if the Director of the Bureau was appointed during a recess of the Senate and the position of Director was vacant while the Senate was in session, until the Director has been confirmed by the Senate; (2) prohibit payment for services to any person appointed to the Bureau during a recess of the Senate to fill a vacancy in the Bureau requiring Senate confirmation, if the vacancy existed while the Senate was in session, until such appointee is confirmed by the Senate; and (3) prohibit an employee or officer of the Bureau serving in a position that requires Senate confirmation from providing voluntary or gratuitous services.

What's happening now March 29, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

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