3.0.0 1753 2022-11-01T06:32:25Z 2022-11-01T06:32:25Z Senate S 2019-06-05 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-05T22:27:00Z 2019-06-05 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3259-3261) IntroReferral 2019-06-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT N H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO 2019-06-05 True C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2019-06-19 False Government Operations and Politics Congressional-executive branch relations Federal officials Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-06-05 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-22T17:52:10Z Take Care Act

This bill removes restrictions on the President's power to remove upper-level executive branch officers.

Specifically, the bill (1) eliminates existing for-cause removal protections for principal officers (officers required to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate), and (2) limits the creation of future removal restrictions by requiring Congress to expressly establish such restrictions by statute.

The bill provides that a federal statute that vests discretionary decision-making authority in an executive branch officer other than the President, or that designates an agency to be an independent agency or an independent establishment, shall not be construed as a limitation on the President's power to supervise and direct the exercise of such authority.

]]> Take Care Act Display Title Take Care Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Take Care Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote accountability and effective administration in the execution of laws by restoring the original understanding of the President's constitutional power to remove subordinates from office. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1753is/xml/BILLS-116s1753is.xml 2019-06-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3259-3261) 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.