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S. 4907: A bill to nullify Executive Order 13957, entitled "Creating Schedule F In The Excepted Service".

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S. 4907: A bill to nullify Executive Order 13957, entitled "Creating Schedule F In The Excepted Service".

116th Congress · introduced 2020-11-18 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2020-11-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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

A bill to nullify Executive Order 13957, entitled "Creating Schedule F In The Excepted Service".

Plain summary

This bill nullifies the executive order titled Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service , which was issued on October 21, 2020. The order places 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, in the excepted service instead of the competitive service.

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Official text

A bill to nullify Executive Order 13957, entitled "Creating Schedule F In The Excepted Service".

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] · 42 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Patty Murray (D-WA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] reported raising $303,094 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-s4907 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116