US Congress House Bill 597 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-4)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-16 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Pending: House Oversight and Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendments Act

Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]	Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]	Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
2019-01-16	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/597/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr597/BILLS-116hr597ih.pdf