3.0.0 1619 2023-01-11T13:50:14Z 2023-01-11T13:50:14Z Senate S 2021-05-13 117 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-05-13T18:37:12Z 2021-05-13 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-05-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA N Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Government Operations and Politics 00 2021-05-13 Introduced in Senate 2021-10-25T14:31:19Z Reduce Bureaucracy Act

This bill prohibits certain political appointees from serving in career positions in federal agencies.

Specifically, the bill prohibits current and former presidential appointees, cabinet officials, and other senior officials from serving in career-appointment (i.e., permanent) positions in executive agencies without the approval of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Agencies must certify that the appointment is necessary in order for the agency to meet its mission and the OPM must determine that the appointment process was fair, open, and free from political influence in order to approve a request. OPM must also transmit approved requests to specified congressional committees before issuing final approval to agencies.

The bill also prohibits political appointees from serving in career positions for two years after their departure, and directs the OPM and the Office of Management and Budget to take any actions necessary so as to limit the number of political appointees to 2,000.

]]> Reduce Bureaucracy Act Display Title Reduce Bureaucracy Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a 2-year prohibition on employment in a career civil service position for any former political appointee, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Reduce Bureaucracy Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1619is/xml/BILLS-117s1619is.xml 2021-05-13 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.