ZIPPO Act

Bill: 118-hr-3528
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5]
Introduced: 2023-05-18
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <html><body><p><b>Zero Increase in Personnel for Propagandistic Outreach Act or the ZIPPO Act </b></p> <p>This bill prohibits certain personnel actions within the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM).</p> <p>Specifically, the bill requires that within the USAGM </p> <ul> <li> no individual may be appointed to any position; </li> <li>no new position may be established; </li> <li>no officer or employee may be assigned any new duty; and </li> <li>no officer or employee may be assigned, detailed, or transferred to a new duty station.</li> </ul></body></html>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3528 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 18, 2023 Mr. Ogles (for himself and Mr. Perry ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To freeze hiring activities at the United States Agency for Global Media, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Zero Increase in Personnel for Propagandistic Outreach Act or the ZIPPO Act . 2. Hiring freeze and other limitations Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act— (1) no individual may be appointed to any position within the United States Agency for Global Media; (2) no new position may be established at the United States Agency for Global Media; (3) no officer or employee of the United States Agency for Global Media may be assigned any duty not assigned to that officer or employee as of the date of the enactment of this Act; and (4) no officer or employee of the United States Agency for Global Media may be assigned, detailed, or transferred to a duty station other than the duty station of such officer or employee as of the date of the enactment of this Act.