3.0.0 362 2023-01-11T13:28:24Z 2023-01-11T13:28:24Z Senate S 2015-02-04 114 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-02-04T17:35:55Z Government Employee Accountability Act 114 722 HR 2015-02-04 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government. Related bill CRS 2015-02-04 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-02-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2015-02-04 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2015-02-04 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2015-02-04 True C000542 Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] DANIEL COATS R IN RAY 2015-02-04 True S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2015-02-04 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2015-02-04 True A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2015-02-23 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Congressional oversight Employee leave Federal officials Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Government Operations and Politics 00 2015-02-04 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-09T20:42:46Z Government Employee Accountability Act

Sets forth guidelines for placing career employees of the Senior Executive Service (SES) on investigative leave. Defines "investigative leave" as a temporary absence without duty for disciplinary reasons, for not more than 90 days.

Authorizes a federal agency to: (1) place an SES employee on investigative leave, without loss of pay and without charge to annual or sick leave, only for alleged misconduct, neglect of duty, malfeasance, or misappropriation of funds; (2) place such employee on leave without pay if such employee's alleged conduct is determined to be serious or flagrant; or (3) remove such employee if such employee acted in a manner that endangers the interest of the agency mission.

Requires an agency to periodically review the investigation into the conduct of an SES employee placed on investigative leave and take certain actions with respect to such employee at the end of a period of investigative leave, including removal, suspension without pay, or reinstatement to duty. Grants an employee placed on investigative leave certain rights, including: (1) advance written notice of, and a reasonable time (not less than seven days) to answer, charges; (2) the right to be represented by an attorney; and (3) the right to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board.

Includes misappropriation of funds as a ground in suspending or reinstating an SES employee or placing such employee in another civil service position.

]]> Government Employee Accountability Act Display Title Government Employee Accountability Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for investigative leave requirements with respect to Senior Executive Service employees, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Government Employee Accountability Act Introduced in Senate 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s362is/xml/BILLS-114s362is.xml 2015-02-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.