S. 662 119th Congress Senate

MERIT Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for an alternative removal for performance or misconduct for Federal employees.

Introduced: February 20, 2025 Introduced by: Tim Sheehy Republican · Montana See on congress.gov

Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesCriminal justice information and recordsEmployee benefits and pensions

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Employee performanceEmployment discrimination and employee rightsFamily relationshipsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionIncome tax deferralMerit Systems Protection BoardOffice of Personnel Management (OPM)Personnel recordsUnemploymentWages and earnings

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Feb 20, 2025

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

Feb 20, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
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Lobbying activity 7

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
7 filings
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
7 filings
Energy, Dept of
7 filings
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
7 filings
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
7 filings
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
7 filings
General Services Administration (GSA)
7 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
7 filings

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Cosponsors 2

Cramer, Kevin

North Dakota · Feb 20, 2025

Hyde-Smith, Cindy

Mississippi · Feb 20, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 662: MERIT Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-662/

MLA

"S. 662: MERIT Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-662/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. 662, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-662/.

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