PLUM Act of 2020
Latest action · Nov 30, 2020 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597.
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 4, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Periodically Listing Updates to Management Act of 2020 or the PLUM Act of 2020
This bill replaces the congressional publication entitled United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, commonly known as the PLUM Book, with an online public directory.
The PLUM Book contains personnel information for federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment, including heads of agencies and policy executives. The book is used to identify presidentially appointed positions and is published every four years (after each presidential election) by certain congressional committees.
The bill requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to publish the information contained in the PLUM Book on a public website in a format that is easily searchable and that otherwise meets certain data standards. Agencies must upload updated information to the website on a biennial basis. OPM must verify the accuracy of the website's information 90 days after its creation, in coordination with the White House Office of Presidential Personnel.
The bill terminates publication of the PLUM Book in its current form on January 1, 2024.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Aug 4, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Aug 4, 2020 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 30, 2020Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 116-302.
- Nov 30, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597.
- Jul 22, 2020Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- Jun 4, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jun 4, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7107 | PLUM Act of 2020 | Related bill | Sep 16, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Books and print media
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional oversight
- Digital media
- Federal officials
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- Personnel records
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 30, 2020Reported to Senate
- Jun 4, 2020Introduced 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.