S 1809
113th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Administrative remedies
Due process and equal protection
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Merit Systems Protection Board
A bill to amend chapter 77 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify certain due process rights of Federal employees serving in sensitive positions, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 12, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Dec 12, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Grants authority to the Merit Systems Protection Board to review on the merits an appeal by an employee or applicant for employment of a determination of ineligibility for employment in a sensitive position if: (1) the sensitive position does not require a security clearance or access to classified information, and (2) the determination is otherwise appealable.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1809: A bill to amend chapter 77 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify certain due process rights of Federal employees serving in sensitive positions, and for other purposes.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1809/
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S. 1809, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1809/.
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