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Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2014-07-25 00:00:00

Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to permit employees of the Foreign Service and other executive branch employees to designate beneficiaries of their death benefits.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2014-07-29 00:00:00

Stop Wasteful Bonuses in Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 2014 or the VA Bonus Accountability Act - Prohibits a federal agency from awarding a bonus to any employee for five years after the end of a fiscal year in which the Inspector General of the agency or another senior ethics official or the Comptroller General (GAO) makes an adverse finding relating to the employee. Requires repayment of a bonus awarded in any year in which an adverse finding is made.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Date: 2014-07-30 00:00:00

Disabled Public Safety Officers Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for payment of disability benefits to public safety officers who became permanently and totally disabled prior to the enactment of such Act.

Allows a public safety officer seeking a benefit on the basis of having been permanently and totally disabled as the direct result of a catastrophic injury sustained in the line of duty before the enactment of such Act to file a claim during the same period that would be applicable to an officer disabled after the date of enactment, except that in lieu of such a period beginning on the date of the injury it shall begin on the date of the enactment of this Act.

Applies this Act to any public safety officer alive on or after enactment of this Act.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2014-07-31 00:00:00

Federal Employee Pension Fairness Act - Repeals provisions requiring federal employees, including foreign service employees, who began service after 2012 to pay an increased contribution (4.4%) for funding their annuities under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS).

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) treat certain foreign corporations managed and controlled primarily in the United States as domestic corporations for U.S. tax purposes; and (2) revise rules for the taxation of inverted corporations (i.e., U.S. corporations that acquire foreign companies to reincorporate in a foreign jurisdiction with lower income tax rates than the United States).
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Labor and employment
Date: 2014-07-31 00:00:00

Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to nondiscrimination requirements for tax-exempt employee pension, profit-sharing, and stock bonus plans, to include protections for older, longer service participants in such plans, including the grandfathering of such participants under defined benefit plans.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2014-09-16 00:00:00

Enhanced Security Clearance Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to implement a plan to eliminate backlogs of overdue periodic reinvestigations of individuals eligible for access to classified information or eligible to hold a sensitive position.

Sets forth time intervals within which periodic reinvestigations updating previously completed background investigations are to occur.

Requires the DNI to direct specified agencies (executive agencies, military departments, and elements of the intelligence community identified in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004) to implement enhanced personnel security programs for security reviews of such individuals. Requires implementation of such programs by the earlier of: (1) five years after enactment of this Act, or (2) the date on which the backlog is eliminated.

Requires agency programs to integrate information from government, publicly available, and commercial data sources, consumer reporting agencies, and social media. Permits information obtained from such sources to include: (1) security or counterintelligence information on any public online website that may suggest ill intent, vulnerability to blackmail, compulsive behavior, allegiance to another country, illegal drug use, criminal activity, material falsification, change in ideology, or a lack of good judgment, reliability, or trustworthiness; and (2) data maintained on any terrorist or criminal watch list maintained by any agency, state or local government, or international organization.

Requires automated record checks at least twice every five years to ensure continued eligibility of individuals employed or contracted with by such agencies.

Directs the DNI to issue guidance defining minor financial or mental health issues.

Requires inspectors general of such agencies to assess the effectiveness and fairness of agency programs.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2014-09-18 00:00:00

LEO Fair Retirement Act of 2014 - Provides that for purposes of computing the annuity of a federal law enforcement employee under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), the law enforcement availability pay and administratively uncontrollable overtime pay earned by such employee in excess of limitations imposed on such pay shall be included in the average pay of such employee.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Social welfare
Date: 2014-11-13 00:00:00

Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to replace the current windfall elimination provision (WEP) (that reduces the Social Security benefits of workers who also have pension benefits from employment not covered by Social Security) for individuals who: (1) become eligible for old-age insurance benefits after 2016 or would attain age 62 after 2016 and become eligible for disability insurance benefits after 2016, (2) subsequently become entitled to such benefits, and (3) have earnings derived from noncovered service performed after 1977.

Establishes a new formula for the treatment of noncovered earnings in determining Social Security benefits.

Prescribes a second formula to modify WEP for current beneficiaries.

Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to recover overpayments from certain individuals.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2014-11-20 00:00:00

Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, federal public safety officer death benefits or amounts paid under a state program to surviving dependents of a public safety officer who died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2014-12-11 00:00:00

Federal Protective Service Parity Act of 2014 - Includes Federal Protective Service (FPS) law enforcement officers within the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System. Defines "Federal Protective Service law enforcement officer" as an FPS employee who holds a position within specified General Schedule job series and is authorized to carry firearms and empowered to make arrests related to the protection of buildings, grounds, and property owned by the federal government and persons on the property.

Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to determine and fix the maximum age limit for an original appointment to a position as an FPS officer. Establishes a minimum annuity amount for individuals serving as FPS officers on the effective date of this Act.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-01-22 00:00:00

Congressional Pay Freeze Act of 2013 - Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 to prohibit the statutory pay adjustment made by the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 from taking effect on March 27, 2013, through December 31, 2013, for:

 employees in Senior Executive Service positions or levels I through V in Executive Schedule positions (including positions placed on level IV or V of the Executive Schedule by the President), and the Vice President or a Member of Congress. Prohibits a Member of Congress from receiving a cost-of-living adjustment to his or her salary under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 for any fiscal year in which the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) determines there is a federal budget deficit.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Congress
Date: 2013-01-23 00:00:00

Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Congress
Date: 2013-01-23 00:00:00

No Budget, No Pay Act - Prohibits the payment of any pay to any Member of Congress (excluding the Vice President): (1) if both houses of Congress have not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year before October 1 of that fiscal year and have not passed all the regular appropriations bills for the next fiscal year by such date, or (2) until both houses of Congress approve such a budget resolution and pass all such appropriations bills. Prohibits any retroactive pay for such a period.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-03-21 00:00:00

Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2013 - Expands the awards program for disclosures by federal employees of fraud, waste, or mismanagement that result in cost savings to the employee's agency to include identification of surplus funds or unnecessary budget authority. Directs that any savings resulting from the identification of such funds or budget authority be deposited in the Treasury and used to reduce a budget deficit or the federal debt.

Prohibits the payment of awards to: (1) federal officers who serve in a position at level I of the Executive Schedule; (2) the head of an agency; or (3) a commissioner, board member, or other voting member of an independent establishment.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-04-23 00:00:00

Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013 - Repeals provisions authorizing official time for any federal employee representing an exclusive representative in the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement, or in connection with other matters covered under federal government labor-management relations provisions.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Science, technology, communications
Date: 2013-05-08 00:00:00

Science Laureates of the United States Act of 2013 - Establishes the position of Science Laureate of the United States.

Requires the President to appoint a Science Laureate on the basis of: (1) merit, particularly the ability of such individual to foster and enhance public awareness and interest in science and to provide ongoing significant scientific contributions; and (2) recommendations received by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) based on those factors.

Encourages each Science Laureate to continue his or her scientific work and directs the NAS to facilitate his or her duties.

Requires each Science Laureate to serve a term of one or two years.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-05-08 00:00:00

Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to extend the requirement for participation in the American Health Benefit Exchange (a state health insurance exchange created by PPACA) to the President, Vice-President, executive branch political appointees, and employees of congressional committees and leadership offices of Congress (currently, this requirement applies to Members of Congress and their staff).
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-05-23 00:00:00

Makes an individual who has a seriously delinquent tax debt ineligible to continue serving as a federal employee or to be appointed as a federal employee. Defines "seriously delinquent tax debt" as an outstanding tax debt for which a notice of federal tax lien has been filed in public records, excluding a tax debt: (1) that is being paid in a timely manner under an approved installment payment agreement or an offer-in-compromise, (2) for which a collection due process hearing has been requested or is pending, (3) for which a tax levy has been issued, or (4) with respect to which relief has been granted due to economic hardship.

Gives a federal employee who has a seriously delinquent tax debt 150 days after receiving written notice from his or her employing agency to begin repaying such debt in a timely manner under an approved installment payment agreement or an offer-in-compromise. Requires the head of such employing agency to notify any employee who does not begin repaying a tax debt after receiving such notice that such employee must: (1) repay the total amount of the tax debt, or (2) begin repayment of the debt in a timely manner pursuant to an approved installment payment agreement or an offer-in-compromise. Requires the termination of the employment of an employee who does not comply, unless the head of the employing agency determines that the continued service of such employee is in the best interests of the United States.

Requires the head of an agency to: (1) take appropriate measure to ensure that applicants for employment certify under penalty of perjury that they do not have a seriously delinquent tax debt, and (2) establish an appeal process for applicants denied employment. Prohibits an agency head from employing any individual who does not make a certification.

Defines "agency" for purposes of this Act as an executive agency, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), the Postal Regulatory Commission, and an employing authority in the legislative branch.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Congress
Date: 2013-06-12 00:00:00

Pay Your Bills or Lose Your Pay Act of 2013 - Requires the appropriate payroll administrator of each house of Congress to deposit in an escrow account all mandatory payments for compensation of Members of Congress serving in that house during a specified period beginning when the federal government is unable to make payments or meet obligations because the public debt has been reached. Requires release of such payments to those Members only upon the earlier of: (1) the date on which both chambers present a bill to the President to increase the public debt, or (2) the last day of the 113th Congress.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-06-19 00:00:00

Commonsense Contractor Compensation Act of 2013 - Prohibits civilian or defense contracts from allowing compensation of contractor and subcontractor employees to exceed the annual amount payable under the aggregate limitation established by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (currently, $230,700). Allows an exception to such limitation for scientists, engineers, or other specialists who are needed to ensure that an executive agency has continued access to needed skills and capabilities.

Requires the Director of OMB to report to specified congressional committees on contractor compensation, including the number of contractor employees hired in the preceding fiscal year who are exempt from the limitation on compensation imposed by this Act.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-07-17 00:00:00

Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013 - Repeals provisions: (1) authorizing a federal employee representing an exclusive representative in the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement official time for such purpose during the time such employee otherwise would be in a duty status; and (2) requiring the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to determine whether any employee participating for, or on behalf of, a labor organization in any phase of proceedings before it shall be authorized official time for that purpose.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-07-23 00:00:00

Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to submit an annual report to Congress on the use of official time by federal employees. Defines "official time" as any period of time granted to a federal employee to perform representational or consultative functions and during which the employee would otherwise be in a duty status.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-07-25 00:00:00

Verifying Agency Conduct and Needs Through (VACANT) Inspectors General Act - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to: (1) require the President to fill a vacancy at the head of an Office of Inspector General at any agency or department defined as an establishment by such Act within 210 days after the declaration of such vacancy by the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency; and (2) require the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate, after considering recommendations from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Council, to appoint an Inspector General to fill a vacancy the President fails to fill within such 210-day period.

Establishes a similar procedure for filling a vacant Inspector General position at any agency defined as a designated agency by such Act.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-07-25 00:00:00

Government Employee Accountability Act - Sets forth guidelines for placing career employees of the Senior Executive Service (SES) on investigative leave. Defines "investigative leave" as a temporary absence without duty for disciplinary reasons, for not more than 90 days.

Authorizes a federal agency to: (1) place an SES employee on investigative leave, without loss of pay and without charge to annual or sick leave, only for alleged misconduct, neglect of duty, malfeasance, or misappropriation of funds; (2) place such employee on leave without pay if such employee's alleged conduct is determined to be serious or flagrant; or (3) remove such employee if such employee acted in a manner that endangers the interest of the agency mission.

Requires an agency to periodically review the investigation into the conduct of an SES employee placed on investigative leave and take certain actions with respect to such employee at the end of a period of investigative leave, including removal, suspension without pay, or reinstatement to duty. Grants an employee placed on investigative leave certain rights, including: (1) advance written notice of, and a reasonable time (not less than seven days) to answer, charges; (2) the right to be represented by an attorney; and (3) the right to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB).

Includes misappropriation of funds as a ground in suspending or reinstating an SES employee or placing such employee in another civil service position.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-09-12 00:00:00

No Exemption for Washington from Obamacare Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to extend the requirement for participation in the American Health Benefit Exchange (a state health insurance exchange created by PPACA) to the President, Vice-President, executive branch political appointees, and employees of congressional committees and leadership offices of Congress (currently, this requirement applies to Members of Congress and their staff). Prohibits any government contribution to or subsidy for the health insurance coverage of such officials and employees.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2013-09-27 00:00:00

Repeals federal provisions that prohibit collective bargaining and related grievance procedures provided under a collective bargaining agreement for certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from covering any matter or question concerning or arising out of: (1) professional conduct or competence; (2) peer review; or (3) the establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee compensation.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-10-30 00:00:00

Enhanced Security Clearance Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of National Intelligence to develop and implement a plan to eliminate the backlog of overdue periodic reinvestigations of individuals determined eligible for access to classified information or eligible to hold a sensitive position (covered individuals). Requires such plan to: (1) use a risk-based approach to identify high-risk populations and prioritize reinvestigations that are due or overdue to be conducted, and (2) use random automated record checks of covered individuals that shall include all covered individuals in the pool of individuals subject to a one-time check.

Requires the Director to direct each executive agency, military department, and element of the intelligence community to implement a program to provide enhanced security review of covered individuals not later than the earlier of five years after the enactment date of this Act or the date on which the backlog of overdue periodic reinvestigations of covered individuals is eliminated. Requires such agency program to integrate relevant information from various sources to obtain information relating to any criminal or civil legal proceeding, financial and credit information, public information, publicly available electronic information on social media, and data maintained on any terrorist or criminal watch list.

Requires an agency enhanced personnel security program to conduct periodic reviews, not less than two times every five years, of information to ensure the continued eligibility of covered individuals or agency contractors for a security clearance or access to classified information.

Requires the head of each agency to ensure that each covered individual is adequately advised of the types of relevant security or counterintelligence information he or she is required to report.

Requires the Director to issue guidance defining minor financial or mental health issues.

Requires an Inspector General of an agency implementing an enhanced personnel security program to conduct at least one audit to assess the effectiveness and fairness of the program and to submit the results of the audit to the Director.
Topic: Government Operations — Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics
Date: 2013-11-12 00:00:00

Public-Private Employee Retirement Parity Act - Excludes as creditable service under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) any service performed by an federal employee or Member of Congress (including military service) after the date that is six months after enactment of this Act, if that individual did not perform any period of creditable service (including military service) before such date. Prohibits an employing agency from making any deduction or withholding from the basic pay of, or any contribution for, any employee or Member for such excluded service.

Modifies the reporting requirements of the Board of Actuaries of the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to require: (1) its annual reports on the actuarial status of CSRS and FERS submitted after the enactment of this Act to be made available online, and (2) all previous reports prepared on or after June 6, 1986, to be made available online.