A bill to amend chapter 77 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify certain due process rights of Federal employees serving in sensitive positions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-1809
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2013-12-12
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Due process and equal protection

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Merit Systems Protection Board
Latest action: action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-12-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Grants authority to the Merit Systems Protection Board to review on the merits an appeal by an employee or applicant for employment of a determination of ineligibility for employment&nbsp;in a sensitive position if: (1) the sensitive position does not require a security clearance or access to classified information, and (2) the determination is otherwise appealable.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1809 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 12 (legislative day, December 11), 2013 Mr. Tester (for himself, Mr. Grassley , and Mrs. McCaskill ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To amend chapter 77 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify certain due process rights of Federal employees serving in sensitive positions, and for other purposes.

1. Amendments Section 7701 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (l); and (2) by inserting after subsection (j) the following: (k) (1) The Board has authority to review on the merits an appeal by an employee or applicant for employment of an action arising from a determination that the employee or applicant for employment is ineligible for a sensitive position if— (A) the sensitive position does not require a security clearance or access to classified information; and (B) such action is otherwise appealable. (2) In this subsection, the term sensitive position means a position designated as a sensitive position under Executive Order 10450 ( 5 U.S.C. 7311 note), or any successor thereto. . 2. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall apply to any appeal that is pending on, or commenced on or after, the date of enactment of this Act.