S 4702 117th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics

PPSA Act of 2022

Introduced: August 2, 2022 Introduced by: Kaine, Tim Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov

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Aug 2, 2022

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

Aug 2, 2022

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Preventing a Patronage System Act of 2022 or the PPSA Act of 2022

This bill prohibits executive agency positions in the competitive service from being placed in the excepted service, unless such positions are placed in Schedules A through E as in effect on September 30, 2020. The bill also prohibits positions in the excepted service from being placed in any schedule other than the aforementioned schedules.

On October 21, 2020, former President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service. The order placed executive agency positions that are of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character, and that are not normally subject to change as a result of a presidential transition, under a new schedule in the excepted service (Schedule F) instead of the competitive service. The order also required any such positions in the excepted service to be reclassified to Schedule F. The order was revoked by President Joe Biden on January 22, 2021.

What's happening now August 2, 2022

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

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