S 4702 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

PPSA Act of 2022

Introduced Aug 2, 2022 Originated Senate Sponsor Tim Kaine D-VA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Aug 2, 2022 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.

  1. IntroducedAug 2, 2022
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Preventing a Patronage System Act of 2022 or the PPSA Act of 2022

This bill prohibits executive agency positions in the competitive service from being placed in the excepted service, unless such positions are placed in Schedules A through E as in effect on September 30, 2020. The bill also prohibits positions in the excepted service from being placed in any schedule other than the aforementioned schedules.

On October 21, 2020, former President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service. The order placed executive agency positions that are of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character, and that are not normally subject to change as a result of a presidential transition, under a new schedule in the excepted service (Schedule F) instead of the competitive service. The order also required any such positions in the excepted service to be reclassified to Schedule F. The order was revoked by President Joe Biden on January 22, 2021.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 2, 2022 to Sep 28, 2022, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlex PadillaOriginalAug 2, 2022
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalAug 2, 2022
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalAug 2, 2022
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalAug 2, 2022
D-VAMark R. WarnerOriginalAug 2, 2022
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.Sep 7, 2022
D-ILRichard J. DurbinSep 8, 2022
D-MAElizabeth WarrenSep 13, 2022
D-HIBrian SchatzSep 14, 2022
D-ILTammy DuckworthSep 14, 2022
D-NHJeanne ShaheenSep 21, 2022
D-RISheldon WhitehouseSep 22, 2022
D-MAEdward J. MarkeySep 27, 2022
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandSep 27, 2022
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.Sep 27, 2022
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 2, 2022Introduced in Senate
  2. Aug 2, 2022Read 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.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 302PPSA Act of 2021Related billSep 19, 2022

Subjects

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  1. Aug 2, 2022Introduced in Senate

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