HR 2579 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Government Employee Accountability Act

Introduced Jun 28, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Mike Kelly R-PA

Latest action · Aug 1, 2013 Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 322, H.R. 2579 is laid on the table.

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.

IntroducedJun 28, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Government Employee Accountability Act - Sets forth guidelines for placing career employees of the Senior Executive Service (SES) on investigative leave. Defines "investigative leave" as a temporary absence without duty for disciplinary reasons, of a period not greater than 90 days.

Authorizes a federal agency to: (1) place an SES employee on investigative leave, without loss of pay and without charge to annual or sick leave, only for misconduct, neglect of duty, malfeasance, or misappropriation of funds; (2) place such employee on leave without pay if such employee's conduct is flagrant and such employee intentionally engaged in such conduct; or (3) remove such employee if such employee acted in a manner that endangers the interest of the agency mission and the removal is deemed necessary or advisable in the interests of the United States.

Requires an agency head to periodically review the investigation into the conduct of an SES employee placed on investigative leave and take certain actions with respect to such employee at the end of a period of investigative leave, including removal, suspension without pay, or reinstatement to duty. Grants an employee placed on investigative leave certain rights, including: (1) advance written notice of, and the right to answer, charges; (2) the right to be represented by an attorney; and (3) the right to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB).

Includes misappropriation of funds as a ground in suspending or reinstating an SES employee or placing such employee in another civil service position.

Cosponsors 41

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 28, 2013 to Jul 31, 2013; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-GA	Austin Scott	Original	Jun 28, 2013
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	Jun 28, 2013
R-TX	Blake Farenthold	Original	Jun 28, 2013
R-MI	Dan Benishek	Original	Jun 28, 2013
R-MN	Erik Paulsen	Original	Jun 28, 2013
R-PA	Glenn Thompson	Original	Jun 28, 2013
R-OH	James B. Renacci	Original	Jun 28, 2013
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling	Original	Jun 28, 2013
R-CA	Jeff Denham	Original	Jun 28, 2013
R-PA	Jim Gerlach	Original	Jun 28, 2013
R-CA	Ken Calvert	Original	Jun 28, 2013
R-PA	Lou Barletta	Original	Jun 28, 2013
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei	Original	Jun 28, 2013
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Jun 28, 2013
R-AL	Mo Brooks	Original	Jun 28, 2013

Show all 41 cosponsors

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Jun 28, 2013Markup Jul 24, 2013Reported Jul 31, 2013

Actions 11

Everything that happened, newest first.

Aug 1, 2013Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 322, H.R. 2579 is laid on the table.
Jul 31, 2013Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 113-186.
Jul 31, 2013Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 134.
Jul 31, 2013Mr. Meadows moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 31, 2013Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5196-5202; text of measure as reported in House: CR H5196-5197)
Jul 31, 2013DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2579.
Jul 31, 2013At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Jul 24, 2013Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 24, 2013Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jun 28, 2013Introduced in House
Jun 28, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

In the Congressional Record 2

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
House	Debate and remarks H5269, H5298	Darrell Issa R-CA, K. Michael Conaway R-TX	Aug 1, 2013
House	Debate and remarks H5185, H5191, H5196–H5202Text printed H5196	Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC, Elijah E. Cummings D-MD, Gerald E. Connolly D-VA, Jackie Walorski R-IN, Mark Meadows R-NC, Mike Kelly R-PA, Phil Gingrey R-GA, Stephen F. Lynch D-MA	Jul 31, 2013

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.

Committee report

H. Rept. 113-186

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Jul 31, 2013H.R. 2579, Government Employee Accountability ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 24, 2013

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4176.

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HRES 322	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 367) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2009) to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from enforcing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; providing for proceedings during the period from August 3, 2013, through September 6, 2013; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2879) to provide limitations on bonuses for Federal employees during sequestration, to provide for investigative leave requirements for members of the Senior Executive Service, to establish certain procedures for conducting in-person or telephonic interactions by Executive branch employees with individuals, and for other purposes.	Procedurally related	Aug 1, 2013
S 1378	Government Employee Accountability Act	Related bill	Jul 25, 2013
HR 2879	Stop Government Abuse Act	Related bill	Sep 9, 2013

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for investigative leave requirements with respect to Senior Executive Service employees, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Government Employee Accountability Act
Short Titles as Reported to House: Government Employee Accountability Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 31, 2013Reported in House
Jun 28, 2013Introduced in House

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