HR 597
116th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Administrative remedies
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
Merit Systems Protection Board
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendments Act
Introduced: January 16, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 16, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Jan 16, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendments Act
This bill extends federal employee protections against adverse personnel actions, including the right to appeal such actions to the Merit Systems Protection Board, to additional categories of employees at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
Specifically, it extends such protections to any officer or employee of the USPS 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Committees of jurisdiction
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