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Stop Wasteful Federal Bonuses Act of 2015

Introduced: March 16, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Mar 14, 2016
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 386.
Mar 14, 2016
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-226.
Jun 24, 2015
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Mar 16, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Mar 16, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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Stop Wasteful Federal Bonuses Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) This bill prohibits a federal agency from awarding a bonus to any employee for five years after the end of a fiscal year in which the agency makes an adverse finding relating to the employee. An "adverse finding" is a determination that an employee's conduct violated: (1) a policy of the agency for which the employee may be removed or suspended for at least 14 days, or (2) a law for which the employee may be imprisoned for more than one year.

The bill requires an agency to issue an order directing an employee to repay a bonus awarded in any year in which such a finding is made. As a condition of receiving a bonus awarded after this Act's enactment, an employee must certify that he or she shall repay the bonus in accordance with such an order.

An employee deemed to be ineligible for a bonus or against whom a repayment order is issued may appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board.

What's happening now March 14, 2016

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 386.

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Fischer, Deb
Nebraska · Mar 16, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 742: Stop Wasteful Federal Bonuses Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-742/
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"S. 742: Stop Wasteful Federal Bonuses Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-742/.
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S. 742, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-742/.
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