S 2119 · 116th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act

Introduced 2019-07-15· Sponsored by Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]· Senate

Bill Progress

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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 273.(2019-10-24)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act This bill prohibits a federal agency from awarding a bonus to any employee for five years after the end of a fiscal year in which the agency makes an adverse finding relating to the employee. An adverse finding is a determination that an employee's conduct violated (1) a policy of the agency for which the employee may be removed or suspended for at least 14 days, or (2) a law for which the employee may be imprisoned for more than one year. The bill requires an agency to issue an order directing an employee to repay a bonus awarded in any year in which an adverse finding is made, and the agency must allow such employee to repay such bonus using a repayment plan. As a condition of receiving a bonus awarded after this bill's enactment, an employee must certify that he or she will repay the bonus in accordance with such an order.…

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Congressional Budget Office

S. 2119, Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act

Aug 12, 2019

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 24, 2019

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Republican