PPSA Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4702
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2022-08-02
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-08-02
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Preventing a Patronage System Act of 2022 or the PPSA Act</b> <b>of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits executive agency positions in the competitive service from being placed in the excepted service, unless such positions are placed in Schedules A through E as in effect on September 30, 2020. The bill also prohibits positions in the excepted service from being placed in any schedule other than the aforementioned schedules.</p> <p>On October 21, 2020, former President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled <i>Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service</i>. The order placed executive agency positions that are of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character, and that are not normally subject to change as a result of a presidential transition, under a new schedule in the excepted service (Schedule F) instead of the competitive service. The order also required any such positions in the excepted service to be reclassified to Schedule F. The order was revoked by President Joe Biden on January 22, 2021.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4702 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 2, 2022 Mr. Kaine (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Warner , and Mr. Padilla ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To impose limits on excepting competitive service positions from the competitive service, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing a Patronage System Act of 2022 or the PPSA Act of 2022 . 2. Limitations on exception of competitive service positions (a) In general Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 5, United States Code, no position in the competitive service (as defined in section 2102 of that title) may be excepted from the competitive service unless that position is placed— (1) in any of schedules A through E, as described in section 6.2 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on September 30, 2020; and (2) under the terms and conditions under part 6 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on September 30, 2020. (b) Subsequent transfers Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 5, United States Code, no position in the excepted service (as defined in section 2103 of that title) may be placed in any schedule other than a schedule described in subsection (a)(1).