3.0.0 1990 2022-11-01T13:50:53Z 2022-11-01T13:50:53Z Senate S 2019-06-26 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-26T17:54:36Z Presidential Appointee Accountability Act of 2019 116 3499 HR 2019-06-26 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Identical bill CRS 2019-06-26 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-06-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N Government Operations and Politics Civil actions and liability Employee performance Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-06-26 Introduced in Senate 2020-04-07T14:34:17Z Presidential Appointee Accountability Act of 2019

This bill authorizes the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) to impose a fine on a presidentially appointed employee against whom the Special Counsel determines disciplinary action should be taken for (1) committing a prohibited personnel practice; (2) violating the provision of any law, rule, or regulation, or engaging in certain other conduct within the jurisdiction of the Special Counsel; or (3) knowingly and willfully refusing or failing to comply with an order of the MSPB.

If the Special Counsel determines that such disciplinary action should be taken, the Special Counsel must prepare a written complaint containing such determination and present it to the President. The President shall submit a written response explaining whether the President is taking the recommended disciplinary action and, if not, the reason for not doing so.

]]> Presidential Appointee Accountability Act of 2019 Display Title Presidential Appointee Accountability Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Presidential Appointee Accountability Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide additional authority to the Office of Special Counsel, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1990is/xml/BILLS-116s1990is.xml 2019-06-26 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.