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S 396 116th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Merit Systems Protection Board

A bill to amend section 1202 of title 5, United States Code, to modify the continuation of service provision for members of the Merit Systems Protection Board.

Introduced: February 7, 2019 Introduced by: Johnson, Ron Republican · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill revises the continuation of service provision for Merit Systems Protection Board members.

If a member is the sole member appointed to the board on the date such member's term would expire, the member may not continue to serve on and after the earlier of (1) the date on which another member is appointed and has qualified, or (2) the date that is two years after the date on which the member's term would otherwise expire.

What's happening now February 7, 2019

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

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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Feb 7, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 396: A bill to amend section 1202 of title 5, United States Code, to modify the continuation of service provision for members of the Merit Systems Protection Board.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-396/
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"S. 396: A bill to amend section 1202 of title 5, United States Code, to modify the continuation of service provision for members of the Merit Systems Protection Board.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-396/.
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S. 396, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-396/.
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[S. 396: A bill to amend section 1202 of title 5, United States Code, to modify the continuation of service provision for members of the Merit Systems Protection Board.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-396/)
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