Administrative Leave Reform Act
Latest action · Apr 27, 2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedJan 11, 2016
- Passed HouseApr 26, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Administrative Leave Reform Act
(Sec. 2) This bill prohibits placing a federal employee on administrative leave, or any other paid non-duty status without charge to leave, for more than 14 total days for reasons relating to misconduct or performance.
After an employee has been placed on administrative leave for 14 days, the employing agency: (1) shall return the employee to duty status, utilizing telework if available, and assign the employee to duties if such employee is not a threat to safety, the agency mission, or government property; or (2) may place an employee who is found to be such a threat on extended administrative leave for additional periods of not more than 30 days each.
For any additional period of 30 days granted to the employee after the initial 30-day extension, the agency shall submit a report containing:
- the title, position, office or agency subcomponent, job series, pay grade, and salary of the employee;
- a description of the employee's work duties;
- the reason for the administrative leave;
- an explanation as to why the employee is such a threat;
- an explanation as to why the employee is not able to telework or be reassigned to another position within the agency;
- the status of any pending related investigation and a certification that such additional time is needed; and
- the results of a completed investigation and the reason that the employee remains on administrative leave.
An investigative entity must certify to the applicable agency that such additional time is needed and include an estimate of the length of such additional time.
An agency may not grant such additional period of administrative leave to an employee on or after 30 days following the completion of a related investigation.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
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 Jan 11, 2016Markup Mar 1, 2016Reported Apr 25, 2016 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 27, 2016 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2016Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Apr 26, 2016Mr. Chaffetz moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Apr 26, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1981-1983)
- Apr 26, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4359.
- Apr 26, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1981)
- Apr 26, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 25, 2016Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-520.
- Apr 25, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 400.
- Mar 1, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 1, 2016Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jan 11, 2016Introduced in House
- Jan 11, 2016Referred 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 H1981–H1983Text printed H1981 | Jason Chaffetz R-UT, Stacey E. Plaskett D-VI | Apr 26, 2016 |
| House | Lists H280H.R. 4359–4364 | — | Jan 11, 2016 |
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
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 24, 2016H.R. 4359, Administrative Leave Reform ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 1, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 6, January 11, 2016, page H281.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4909 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 | Related bill | May 26, 2016 |
| HR 4953 | No Work, No Pay Act of 2016 | Related bill | Apr 14, 2016 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Federal employees may not be placed on administrative leave for more than 14 days during any year for misconduct or poor performance, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Administrative Leave Reform Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Administrative Leave Reform Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Administrative Leave Reform Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2016Referred in Senate
- Apr 26, 2016Engrossed in House
- Apr 25, 2016Reported in House
- Jan 11, 2016Introduced in House
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.
