S 576
115th Congress
Senate
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
Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 24, 2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39.
Apr 24, 2017
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 115-30.
Mar 15, 2017
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 8, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Mar 8, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
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
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39.
Committees of jurisdiction
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