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HR 6186 114th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Employee performance Employment discrimination and employee rights Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Follow the Rules Act

Introduced: September 27, 2016 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 1, 2016
Received in the Senate.
Nov 30, 2016
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 30, 2016
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text of measure as passed: CR H7012)
Nov 30, 2016
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text of measure as passed: CR H7012)
Nov 30, 2016
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6186.
Nov 30, 2016
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7012-7014)
Nov 30, 2016
Mr. Gosar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Nov 30, 2016
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 660.
Nov 30, 2016
Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-842.
Nov 16, 2016
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Nov 16, 2016
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 27, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Sep 27, 2016
Introduced in House
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Follow the Rules Act

(Sec. 2) This bill extends the prohibition (regarding employment in the federal government) against a person taking, failing to take, or threatening to take or fail to take a personnel action against any employee or applicant for employment for refusing to obey an order that would require the individual to violate a law to personnel actions against such an individual for refusing to obey an order that would violate a rule or regulation.

What's happening now December 1, 2016

Received in the Senate.

 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Sep 28, 2016
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Sep 27, 2016
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 27, 2016
VISCLOSKY, PETER
· Sep 27, 2016
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6186: Follow the Rules Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6186/
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"H.R. 6186: Follow the Rules Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6186/.
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H.R. 6186, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6186/.
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[H.R. 6186: Follow the Rules Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6186/)
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