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H.R. 302: PPSA Act of 2021

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H.R. 302: PPSA Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-01-13 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-01-13 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 431 (2022): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR302 (2022-09-15), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and 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.

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Official title

PPSA Act of 2021

Plain summary

Preventing a Patronage System Act of 2021 or the PPSA Act of 2021 This bill prohibits executive agency positions in the competitive service from being placed in the excepted service, unless such positions are placed in Schedules A through E as in effect on September 30, 2020. The bill also prohibits positions in the excepted service from being placed in any schedule other than the aforementioned schedules. On October 21, 2020, former President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service . The order placed 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, under a new schedule in the excepted service (Schedule F) instead of the competitive service. The order also required any such positions in the excepted service to be reclassified to Schedule F. The order was revoked by President Joe Biden on January 22, 2021.

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Official text

PPSA Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · 16 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 302, PPSA Act of 2021 (2021-06-24)

Cosponsors on this site

Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Jim Costa (D-CA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Dwight Evans (D-PA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr302 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117