S 3200 115th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics

MERIT Act of 2018

Introduced: July 12, 2018 See on congress.gov

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Jul 12, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Jul 12, 2018

Introduced in Senate

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Modern Employment, Reform, Improvement, and Transformation Act of 2018 or the MERIT Act of 2018

This bill provides new, alternative authority for an agency to remove a federal civil service employee based on performance or misconduct.

What's happening now July 12, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 2

Grassley, Chuck

Iowa · Dec 5, 2018

Cotton, Tom

Arkansas · Jul 30, 2018

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3200: MERIT Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3200/

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