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H.R. 1198 114th Congress House

Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendments Act

Official title: To extend the right of appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board to certain employees of the United States Postal Service.

Introduced: March 17, 2015 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Administrative remediesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementLabor-management relationsMerit Systems Protection Board
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Postal serviceU.S. Postal Service
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Mar 2, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Mar 2, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 2, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendments Act

Extends federal employee protections against adverse personnel actions, including the right to appeal such actions to the Merit Systems Protection Board, to any officer or employee of the U.S. Postal Service who is not represented by a bargaining representative and is in a supervisory, professional, technical, clerical, administrative, or managerial position covered by the Executive and Administrative Schedule.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 5714 Postal Service Reform Act of 2016
  • S 606 Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendments Act of 2015
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 20
All 20 Democratic 18 Republican 1
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Aguilar, Pete
California · Sep 26, 2016
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Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · May 24, 2016
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Norcross, Donald
New Jersey · Apr 11, 2016
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Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Feb 1, 2016
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 28, 2015
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Apr 28, 2015
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Castor, Kathy
Florida · Mar 23, 2015
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DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Mar 23, 2015
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Huffman, Jared
California · Mar 23, 2015
Pierluisi, Pedro
· Mar 23, 2015
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Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Mar 23, 2015
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Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Mar 17, 2015
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 17, 2015
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 17, 2015
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Thompson, Mike
California · Mar 17, 2015
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Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Mar 2, 2015
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Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Mar 2, 2015
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Mar 2, 2015
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Tonko, Paul
New York · Mar 2, 2015
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Mar 2, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1198: Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendments Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1198/
MLA
"H.R. 1198: Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendments Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1198/.
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H.R. 1198, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1198/.
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