To provide certain reforms to promote accountability and efficiency in the civil service, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressHR-3257House of Representatives
Updated: Jul 14, 2017

Summary

Promote Accountability and Government Efficiency Act This bill revises the status and rights of federal civil service employees. Specifically, the bill: provides that employees hired one year after the enactment of this bill shall be hired on an at-will basis (i.e., removal or suspension for good cause, bad cause, or no cause at all); allows the suspension of such employees for misconduct or poor performance; denies a pay increase to employees who do not achieve a certain performance rating; denies a retirement annuity to an employee convicted of a felony; permits the transfer of a Senior Executive Service employee to a position in the General Schedule; and prohibits an employee from carrying out the business of a labor organization unless such employee is in a non-duty status or from using any government property in carrying out union business.

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Timeline

  1. Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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  2. Introduced in House

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