H.R. 3257: Promote Accountability and Government Efficiency Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-07-14 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-07-14 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Promote Accountability and Government Efficiency Act

Plain summary

Promote Accountability and Government Efficiency Act This bill revises the status and rights of federal civil service employees. Specifically, the bill: provides that employees hired one year after the enactment of this bill shall be hired on an at-will basis (i.e., removal or suspension for good cause, bad cause, or no cause at all); allows the suspension of such employees for misconduct or poor performance; denies a pay increase to employees who do not achieve a certain performance rating; denies a retirement annuity to an employee convicted of a felony; permits the transfer of a Senior Executive Service employee to a position in the General Schedule; and prohibits an employee from carrying out the business of a labor organization unless such employee is in a non-duty status or from using any government property in carrying out union business.

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Official text

Promote Accountability and Government Efficiency Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4] · 3 cosponsors

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Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Jason Smith (R-MO)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr3257.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3257 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115