S. 4702: PPSA Act of 2022
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S. 4702: PPSA Act of 2022
117th Congress · introduced 2022-08-02 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2022-08-02 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- 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.
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Official title
PPSA Act of 2022
Plain summary
Preventing a Patronage System Act of 2022 or the PPSA Act of 2022 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 The order also required any such positions in the excepted service to be reclassified to Schedule F. The order was revoked by President Joe Biden on January 22, 2021.
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Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] · 16 cosponsors
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Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] reported raising $903,436 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s4702.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>
Record fed-us-cong117-s4702 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117