Federal Merit System Reauthorization Act of 2007
Latest action · Sep 17, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11594-11596)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 17, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Federal Merit System Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Amends the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 to authorize appropriations for FY2008-FY2010 for the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and the Office of Special Counsel (OSC).
Repudiates assertions that federal employees are not protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Expresses the sense of Congress that discrimination on such basis against federal employees and applicants is currently prohibited. Prohibits any federal employee who has authority to take, direct, recommend, or approve any personnel action from discriminating for or against any federal employee or applicant on such basis.
Revises procedures of the MSPB and OSC, including by requiring the MSPB to use the National Labor Relations Board model for procedural due process and by requiring the OSC to prescribe regulations necessary to receive and investigate allegations of prohibited personnel practices.
Requires the Special Counsel to have professional experience that demonstrates an understanding of and a commitment to protecting the merit based civil service.
Requires the OSC to publish specified whistleblower disclosures and reports.
Sets forth MSPB and OSC reporting requirements with respect to incidences of prohibited personnel practices.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 17, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Sep 17, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11593-11594)
- Sep 17, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11594-11596)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S11593Text printed S11594–S11596 | Daniel K. Akaka D-HI (text) | Sep 17, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 7
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 7
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43352 | Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2014 Appropriations Archived | Report | Jul 2, 2014 |
| R42730 | Financial Services and General Government: FY2013 Appropriations Archived | Report | Jun 28, 2013 |
| R42008 | Financial Services and General Government: FY2012 Appropriations Archived | Report | Mar 6, 2012 |
| R41340 | Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2011 Appropriations Archived | Report | Jul 11, 2011 |
| R40801 | Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2010 Appropriations Archived | Report | Mar 10, 2010 |
| RL34523 | Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2009 Appropriations Archived | Report | May 12, 2009 |
| RL33998 | Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2008 Appropriations Archived | Report | Mar 18, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3551 | Federal Merit System Reauthorization Act of 2007 | Identical bill | Sep 18, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to reauthorize the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office of Special Counsel, to modify the procedures of the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office of Special Counsel, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Federal Merit System Reauthorization Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative procedure
- Authorization
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Disciplining of employees
- Discrimination in employment
- Due process of law
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal employees
- Government ethics
- Government Operations and Politics
- Homosexuality
- Law
- Merit Systems Protection Board
- Office of Special Counsel
- Whistle blowing
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2007Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
