HR 4152
112th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Administrative remedies
District of Columbia
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Merit Systems Protection Board
State and local government operations
Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012
Introduced: March 7, 2012
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 7, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Mar 7, 2012
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012 - Amends the Hatch Act to: (1) eliminate the prohibition against state and local employees seeking partisan elective office; (2) make employees of the District of Columbia subject to the provisions applicable to state and local employees (currently, District employees are subject to the provisions applicable to federal employees); and (3) revise penalties for violations to allow penalties other than termination of employment.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Committees of jurisdiction
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