Follow the Rules Act
- Last Action
- 4/24/2017
Actions
- 2017-04-24Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39.
- 2017-04-24Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 115-30.
- 2017-04-24Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 115-30.
- 2017-03-15Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 2017-03-08Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 2017-03-08Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-04-24 (80)
(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.
Cosponsors (4)
- Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
- Charles Grassley (R-IA)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Employee performance
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
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