Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2023
Latest action · Jan 27, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
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 27, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2023
This bill extends federal employee protections against adverse personnel actions, including the right to appeal such actions to the Merit Systems Protection Board, to additional categories of employees at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
Specifically, it extends such protections to any officer or employee of the USPS who is not represented by a bargaining representative and is in a supervisory, professional, technical, clerical, administrative, or managerial position covered by the Executive and Administrative Schedule.
Cosponsors 78
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 27, 2023 to Dec 16, 2024; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Original | Jan 27, 2023 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Jan 27, 2023 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Jan 27, 2023 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jan 27, 2023 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Jan 27, 2023 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Jan 27, 2023 |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Feb 21, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Mar 21, 2023 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Mar 28, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Mar 28, 2023 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 28, 2023 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Mar 29, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Apr 10, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Apr 10, 2023 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Apr 10, 2023 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Apr 17, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Apr 18, 2023 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Apr 24, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Apr 24, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | May 9, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | May 10, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Jun 6, 2023 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Jun 6, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Jun 9, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Jun 20, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Jun 20, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Jul 11, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Jul 13, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jul 19, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Aug 18, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Aug 29, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Sep 18, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Sep 26, 2023 | |
| D-NC | Wiley Nickel | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Oct 3, 2023 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Oct 12, 2023 | |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Nov 7, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Nov 28, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Dec 11, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Jan 5, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jan 22, 2024 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Mar 7, 2024 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Mar 7, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Mar 7, 2024 | |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Mar 13, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Mar 21, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Mar 21, 2024 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Mar 21, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Mar 29, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Apr 9, 2024 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Apr 16, 2024 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | May 15, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | May 15, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | May 21, 2024 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | May 31, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | May 31, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | May 31, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Jun 13, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Jun 25, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Jul 10, 2024 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Jul 30, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Aug 2, 2024 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Oct 22, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Oct 22, 2024 | |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Dec 4, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Dec 4, 2024 | |
| D-OH | Emilia Strong Sykes | Dec 4, 2024 | |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Dec 4, 2024 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Dec 4, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Dec 4, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Dec 4, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Dec 4, 2024 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Dec 11, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Dec 16, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Dec 16, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Dec 16, 2024 |
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 Jan 27, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 27, 2023Introduced in House
- Jan 27, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 18, January 27, 2023, page H490.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1624 | Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendments Act | Reintroduction of | Mar 8, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To extend the right of appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board to certain employees of the United States Postal Service.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 27, 2023Introduced 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.
