Skip to main content
S 3896 116th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Books and print media Congressional agencies Congressional oversight Digital media Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Personnel records Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

PLUM Act of 2020

Introduced: June 4, 2020 See on congress.gov
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 30, 2020
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597.
Nov 30, 2020
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 116-302.
Jul 22, 2020
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Jun 4, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jun 4, 2020
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Periodically Listing Updates to Management Act of 2020 or the PLUM Act of 2020

This bill replaces the congressional publication entitled United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, commonly known as the PLUM Book, with an online public directory.

The PLUM Book contains personnel information for federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment, including heads of agencies and policy executives. The book is used to identify presidentially appointed positions and is published every four years (after each presidential election) by certain congressional committees.

The bill requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to publish the information contained in the PLUM Book on a public website in a format that is easily searchable and that otherwise meets certain data standards. Agencies must upload updated information to the website on a biennial basis. OPM must verify the accuracy of the website's information 90 days after its creation, in coordination with the White House Office of Presidential Personnel.

The bill terminates publication of the PLUM Book in its current form on January 1, 2024.

What's happening now November 30, 2020

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1