3.0.0 559 2023-01-11T13:34:22Z 2023-01-11T13:34:22Z House HR 2017-01-13 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LOUDERMILK:H.R. 559.Congress has the power to enact this legislationpursuantto the following:Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 18To make all laws which shall be necessasry and proper forcarrying intoExecution the foregoing Powers, and all otherPowers vested by this Constitution in the Government of theUnited States, or inany Department or Officer thereof.[Page H548]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Markup by 2018-07-17T14:28:36Z Referred to 2017-01-13T14:06:15Z MERIT Act of 2018 115 3200 S 2018-07-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15] Dennis Ross R FL A. 15 2018-07-31 False G000566 Rep. Gowdy, Trey [R-SC-4] Trey Gowdy R SC 4 2018-09-06 False H001077 Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] Clay Higgins R LA 3 2018-09-25 False B001305 Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13] Ted Budd R NC 13 2018-09-28 False 2018-09-07T20:22:00Z H.R. 559, MERIT Act of 2018 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54438 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 17, 2018 Government Operations and Politics Administrative remedies Employee performance Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government Operations and Politics 00 2017-01-13 Introduced in House 2017-09-11T19:57:02Z Modern Employment Reform, Improvement, and Transformation Act of 2017 or the MERIT Act of 2017

This bill establishes an alternative mechanism for the expedited removal by agency heads of federal employees for performance or misconduct by: (1) limiting an appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) to appeals made not later than 7 days after the date of such removal; and (2) making inapplicable to removals employee protections affording employees at least 30 days advance written notice of the proposed action and a reasonable time to answer the proposal orally and in writing, representation by an attorney, and a written decision.

Upon receipt of an appeal, the MSPB shall issue a decision not later than 30 days after the date of the appeal. In any case in which an MSPB judge cannot issue a decision in accordance with such 30-day requirement, the removal is final.

The MSPB: (1) shall uphold the decision of the agency head to remove an employee if the decision is supported by substantial evidence; and (2) may not stay any removal unless the basis for the appeal of such removal is related to certain prohibited personnel practices.

]]> MERIT Act of 2017 Display Title MERIT Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for an alternative removal for performance or misconduct for Federal employees. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced MERIT Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Modern Employment Reform, Improvement, and Transformation Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr559ih/xml/BILLS-115hr559ih.xml 2018-07-17 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 11. 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.