Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · S

S. 576 (115th)

Follow the Rules Act

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

8 March 2017

Last action

24 April 2017 · Reported

Status

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39.

Sponsors

Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI], Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

5 December 2025

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

Follow the Rules Act This bill extends the prohibition (regarding employment in the federal government) against a person taking, failing to take, or threatening to take or fail to take a personnel action against any employee or applicant for employment for refusing to obey an order that would require the individual to violate a law to personnel actions against such an individual for refusing to obey an order that would violate a rule or regulation.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 8 March 2017

    Introduced

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

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 8 March 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 15 March 2017

    Reported

    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

    Source: Committee

  4. 24 April 2017

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39.

    Source: Calendars

  5. 24 April 2017

    Reported

    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 115-30.

    Source: Committee

  6. 24 April 2017

    Reported

    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 115-30.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

6 official files

Reported to Senate (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Reported to Senate (text)

    Reported to Senate · EN · 24 April 2017

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Reported to Senate (PDF)

    Reported to Senate · EN · 24 April 2017

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Reported to Senate without amendment

    summary · EN · 24 April 2017

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in Senate (text)

    Introduced in Senate · EN · 8 March 2017

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in Senate (PDF)

    Introduced in Senate · EN · 8 March 2017

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in Senate

    summary · EN · 8 March 2017

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.