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S. 576: Follow the Rules Act

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S. 576: Follow the Rules Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-08 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-08 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Follow the Rules Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Follow the Rules Act (Sec. 2) 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.

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Official text

Follow the Rules Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] · 4 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 576, Follow the Rules Act (2017-03-21)

Cosponsors on this site

Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Ron Wyden (D-OR)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] reported raising $1.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-s576 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115