S. 3896: PLUM Act of 2020
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S. 3896: PLUM Act of 2020
116th Congress · introduced 2020-06-04 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-06-04 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
PLUM Act of 2020
Plain summary
Periodically Listing Updates to Management Act of 2020 or the PLUM Act of 2020 This bill replaces the congressional publication entitled United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions , commonly known as the PLUM Book , with an online public directory. The PLUM Book contains personnel information for federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment, including heads of agencies and policy executives. The book is used to identify presidentially appointed positions and is published every four years (after each presidential election) by certain congressional committees. The bill requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to publish the information contained in the PLUM Book on a public website in a format that is easily searchable and that otherwise meets certain data standards. Agencies must upload updated information to the website on a biennial basis. OPM must verify the accuracy of the website's information 90 days after its creation, in coordination with the White House Office of Presidential Personnel. The bill terminates publication of the PLUM Book in its current form on January 1, 2024.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] · 1 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 3896, PLUM Act of 2020 (2020-11-17)
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Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s3896.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>
Record fed-us-cong116-s3896 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116