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<item congress="113" measure-type="s" measure-number="1809" measure-id="id113s1809" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2013-12-12" update-date="2014-01-10">
<title>A bill to amend chapter 77 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify certain due process rights of Federal employees serving in sensitive positions, and for other purposes.</title>
<summary summary-id="id113s1809v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2014-01-10">
<action-date>2013-12-12</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Grants authority to the Merit Systems Protection Board to review on the merits an appeal by an employee or applicant for employment of a determination of ineligibility for employment&nbsp;in a sensitive position if: (1) the sensitive position does not require a security clearance or access to classified information, and (2) the determination is otherwise appealable.</p>]]></summary-text>
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