PPSA Act of 2022

Summary

Preventing a Patronage System Act of 2022 or the PPSA Act of 2022 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. On October 21, 2020, former President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service . 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 The order also required any such positions in the excepted service to be reclassified to Schedule F. The order was revoked by President Joe Biden on January 22, 2021.

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Timeline

1. 2 August 2022

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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2. 2 August 2022

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 2 August 2022 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Timothy Kaine · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] · D · Sponsor
• Chris Van Hollen · D · Sponsor
• Mark Warner · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
• Angus King · I · Cosponsor
• Richard Durbin · D · Cosponsor
• Elizabeth Warren · D · Cosponsor
• Tammy Duckworth · D · Cosponsor
• Brian Schatz · D · Cosponsor
• Jeanne Shaheen · D · Cosponsor
• Sheldon Whitehouse · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D · Cosponsor
• Edward Markey · D · Cosponsor
• Kirsten Gillibrand · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssga00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → PPSA Act of 2021