Title: Interim Stay Authority To Protect Whistleblowers Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Interim Stay Authority To Protect Whistleblowers Act
This bill authorizes the general counsel of the Merit Systems Protection Board to temporarily act as a member of the board when dealing with matters related to the staying of certain personnel actions, and it authorizes a single member of the board to carry out certain board duties in the event of a lack of quorum.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2530 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2530

  To provide temporary authority to the general counsel of the Merit 
 Systems Protection Board to grant stays of personnel actions, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2019

 Mr. Connolly (for himself and Mr. Cummings) introduced the following 
   bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide temporary authority to the general counsel of the Merit 
 Systems Protection Board to grant stays of personnel actions, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Interim Stay Authority To Protect 
Whistleblowers Act''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY FOR MSPB GENERAL COUNSEL TO ISSUE STAYS OF 
              PERSONNEL ACTIONS.

    During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act and ending on the first date after such date of enactment that an 
individual is confirmed by the Senate as a member of the Merit Systems 
Protection Board under section 1201 of title 5, United States Code, the 
general counsel of the Board shall carry out the functions and 
authorities relating to stays of personnel actions provided to a member 
of the Board under subparagraph (A), or to the Board under subparagraph 
(B), (C), or (D), of section 1214(b)(1) of such title.

SEC. 3. AUTHORITY FOR MSPB MEMBER TO CARRY OUT DUTIES OF THE BOARD IN 
              THE EVENT OF A LACK OF QUORUM.

    Section 1214(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C), by inserting after ``The Board'' 
        the following: ``, or, if the Board lacks the number of members 
        appointed under section 1201 required to constitute a quorum, 
        any remaining member of the Board,''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (D), in the matter preceding clause 
        (i), by striking ``A stay may be terminated by the Board at any 
        time, except that a stay may not be terminated by the Board'' 
        and inserting the following: ``A stay may be terminated by the 
        Board, or, if the Board lacks the number of members appointed 
        under section 1201 required to constitute a quorum, any 
        remaining member of the Board, at any time, except that a stay 
        may not be terminated by the Board or any remaining member of 
        the Board (as the case may be)''.
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