S. 3896 116th Congress Senate

PLUM Act of 2020

Official title: A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish and maintain a public directory of the … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish and maintain a public directory of the individuals occupying Government policy and supporting positions, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 4, 2020 See on congress.gov

Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory proceduresBooks and print mediaCongressional agenciesCongressional oversight

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Digital mediaFederal officialsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsOffice of Personnel Management (OPM)Personnel recordsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

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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

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Latest action November 30, 2020

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

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.

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