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Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act

USA115th CongressS-696| Senate 
| Updated: 7/11/2017
Deb Fischer

Deb Fischer

Republican Senator

Nebraska

Cosponsors (2)
Dean Heller (Republican)Claire McCaskill (Democratic)

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act This bill prohibits a federal agency from awarding a bonus to any employee for five years after the end of a fiscal year in which the agency makes an adverse finding relating to the employee. An "adverse finding" is a determination that an employee's conduct violated: (1) a policy of the agency for which the employee may be removed or suspended for at least 14 days, or (2) a law for which the employee may be imprisoned for more than one year. The bill requires an agency to issue an order directing an employee to repay a bonus awarded in any year in which an adverse finding is made. As a condition of receiving a bonus awarded after this bill's enactment, an employee must certify that he or she will repay the bonus in accordance with such an order.

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Timeline
Mar 22, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Mar 22, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
May 17, 2017
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Jul 11, 2017
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 115-127.
Jul 11, 2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 167.
  • March 22, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 22, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.


  • May 17, 2017
    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.


  • July 11, 2017
    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 115-127.


  • July 11, 2017
    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 167.

Government Operations and Politics

Administrative remediesCongressional oversightEmployee performanceExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment studies and investigationsMerit Systems Protection Board

Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act

USA115th CongressS-696| Senate 
| Updated: 7/11/2017
Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act This bill prohibits a federal agency from awarding a bonus to any employee for five years after the end of a fiscal year in which the agency makes an adverse finding relating to the employee. An "adverse finding" is a determination that an employee's conduct violated: (1) a policy of the agency for which the employee may be removed or suspended for at least 14 days, or (2) a law for which the employee may be imprisoned for more than one year. The bill requires an agency to issue an order directing an employee to repay a bonus awarded in any year in which an adverse finding is made. As a condition of receiving a bonus awarded after this bill's enactment, an employee must certify that he or she will repay the bonus in accordance with such an order.

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Timeline
Mar 22, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Mar 22, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
May 17, 2017
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Jul 11, 2017
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 115-127.
Jul 11, 2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 167.
  • March 22, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 22, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.


  • May 17, 2017
    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.


  • July 11, 2017
    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 115-127.


  • July 11, 2017
    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 167.
Deb Fischer

Deb Fischer

Republican Senator

Nebraska

Cosponsors (2)
Dean Heller (Republican)Claire McCaskill (Democratic)

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Government Operations and Politics

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative remediesCongressional oversightEmployee performanceExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment studies and investigationsMerit Systems Protection Board