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H. R. 7819 — To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes.
March 26, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:1,058
H.R. 7819 aims to ensure that wage increases for prevailing wage employees, who work in various government jobs, are equal to those given to other Federal employees in the same geographic area. The bill stipulates that, starting from late 2024, these increases cannot exceed...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 7819 is a plan to make sure that workers doing certain jobs for the government get the same pay increases as other government workers in the same area. This is to keep things fair so everyone who works hard gets the same chance for a pay raise.
S. 3636 — To require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish a pilot program to identify and refer veterans for potential employment with Federal land management agencies, and for other purposes.
January 23, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:1,567
S. 3636 aims to help veterans find employment with federal land management agencies by creating a pilot program overseen by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. The program will identify veterans’ strengths and potential for roles in outdoor and environmental...
Simple Explanation
The bill wants to help veterans get jobs in nature and land care jobs with the government by creating a special program that matches their skills with these roles. It lasts for five years and checks each year how well it's working.
S. 4043 — To amend title 5, United States Code, to make executive agency telework policies transparent, to track executive agency use of telework, and for other purposes.
March 21, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:3,934
S. 4043, named the "Telework Transparency Act of 2024," aims to make teleworking more transparent and accountable within U.S. executive agencies. It revises the telework policy in title 5 of the United States Code by requiring agencies to publicize their telework policies and...
Simple Explanation
The Telework Transparency Act of 2024 is a plan to help government offices work from home while being open and clear about how they do it. It wants these offices to tell everyone their work-from-home rules and see how it affects their work and use of office buildings.
H. R. 5862 — An Act To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 relating to authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to consolidate, modify, or reorganize Customs revenue functions.
January 18, 2024
Status:Referred in Senate
Congress:118
Words:461
H.R. 5862 aims to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to address the authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regarding customs revenue functions. The bill allows the CBP Commissioner to reorganize or modify these functions, like altering job positions or...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 5862 lets the people in charge of Customs officers change how they do their jobs, like deciding who works where, but they have to talk it over with another office to make sure it's fair. This is to help them do their job better without making things complicated.
S. 59 — To implement merit-based reforms to the civil service hiring system that replace degree-based hiring with skills- and competency-based hiring.
December 02, 2024
Status:Reported to Senate
Congress:118
Words:7,208
The bill, titled the "Chance to Compete Act of 2024," aims to reform the federal civil service hiring system by shifting from a degree-based approach to a skills- and competency-based model. It emphasizes the use of technical assessments created by subject matter experts to evaluate...
Simple Explanation
The bill wants to hire government workers based on what they can do and what they know instead of what degree or diploma they have. It plans to use tests to check people's skills and asks different agencies to work together to do this better.
S. 4711 — To limit the consideration of marijuana use when making an employment suitability or security clearance determination, and for other purposes.
July 11, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:1,006
The bill, known as the “Dismantling Outdated Obstacles and Barriers to Individual Employment Act of 2024” or the “DOOBIE Act of 2024,” aims to limit the impact of past marijuana use on employment suitability and security clearance decisions. It prohibits federal agencies from denying a...
Simple Explanation
Imagine if you couldn’t get a cool job because you ate a candy a long time ago; this bill tries to make sure that the people deciding if you can have certain jobs, like working for the government, can’t say no just because someone used a certain type of candy (marijuana) in the past.
S. 4043 — To amend title 5, United States Code, to make executive agency telework policies transparent, to track executive agency use of telework, and for other purposes.
December 19, 2024
Status:Reported to Senate
Congress:118
Words:8,121
The Telework Transparency Act of 2024 aims to improve the transparency and accountability of telework policies in U.S. executive agencies. It requires agencies to report their telework policies and track telework usage, making the information publicly available online. The...
Simple Explanation
The Telework Transparency Act of 2024 is like a new rulebook that makes sure people who work from home in government jobs tell everyone how they do it and keep track of it. It's like when you need to clean your room and show your parents, so everyone knows the house is tidy and works well.
H. R. 6917 — To modify the Standard Form 86 questionnaire used for national security eligibility determinations to include questions regarding an individual’s membership in, or association with, organizations spreading conspiracy theories regarding the Government and participation in the activities occurring at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and for other purposes.
January 09, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:483
H.R. 6917, titled the “Security Clearance Improvement Act of 2024,” aims to update the questions on the Standard Form 86 questionnaire used for national security clearances. The bill requires the addition of questions about an individual's membership in organizations that spread conspiracy...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 6917 wants to add new questions to a government form used to check if someone is safe to work with top-secret stuff. These questions would ask if a person belongs to groups that spread strange stories about the government or if they were at the big event in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021.
S. 3530 — To retain Federal employees who are spouses of a member of the Armed Forces or the Foreign Service when relocating due to an involuntary transfer, and for other purposes.
December 14, 2023
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:1,011
The READINESS Act (S. 3530) aims to help federal employees who are married to members of the Armed Forces or Foreign Service when they have to move because their spouse is reassigned. The bill requires federal agencies to allow these employees to work remotely, transfer them...
Simple Explanation
The READINESS Act is a rule to help workers who have to move because their husband or wife works in the military or foreign service. It says the government should let them work from home, find them a new job at their new place, or keep their job open for a while if they can't do the other options.
H. R. 10053 — To require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to develop and implement mandatory training for covered Federal employees regarding compliance with directives from the President, Vice President, and other political appointees, and for other purposes.
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October 25, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:1,253
H.R. 10053, known as the "Stop Resistance Activities by Federal Employees Act" or the "STRAFE Act," mandates the Office of Personnel Management to create mandatory training for certain federal employees. This training aims to ensure compliance with lawful directives from political appointees,...
Simple Explanation
The STRAFE Act is a new rule that makes sure government workers follow the instructions from important leaders like the President. If they don't, they might have to pay money or stop working for the government for some time.
S. 4035 — To require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to take certain actions with respect to the health insurance program carried out under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, and for other purposes.
March 21, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:788
The FEHB Protection Act requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement stricter verification processes for the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program. This includes verifying life events that allow enrollees to add family members to their...
Simple Explanation
The FEHB Protection Act is a rule that makes sure the people who get health coverage through a special program for government workers actually qualify for it. It does this by checking their family details more closely to stop anyone who shouldn't be covered from sneaking in.
H. R. 9593 — To require annual surveys of Federal employee managers, and for other purposes.
September 16, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:747
The H.R. 9593 bill, also known as the "Manager Attitudes and Notions According to Government Employee Responses Act" or the "MANAGER Act," seeks to implement annual surveys for managers who work for federal agencies. These surveys will ask questions about their confidence in...
Simple Explanation
The bill wants to ask bosses at government jobs what they think about their work and how they feel about their teams each year. It also plans to change some rules to make sure these questions are asked and answered properly.
H. R. 9346 — To provide that persons having seriously delinquent tax debts shall be ineligible for employment by the Internal Revenue Service.
August 13, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:496
H. R. 9346 proposes that individuals with seriously delinquent tax debts are deemed ineligible for employment at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The bill defines such debts as those which have a lien under the Internal Revenue Code, with exceptions for debts under timely...
Simple Explanation
H. R. 9346 says that people who owe a lot of taxes can't work at the IRS. It makes sure the IRS checks every year that their workers don't owe too much in taxes.
H. R. 7868 — To require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to take certain actions with respect to the health insurance program carried out under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, and for other purposes.
April 05, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:786
H.R. 7868, titled the "FEHB Protection Act," proposes improvements to the health insurance program for federal employees, known as the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program. The bill requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement verification processes...
Simple Explanation
The "FEHB Protection Act" is a plan to make sure that only eligible family members are covered by health insurance for government workers. It says that important papers, like marriage or birth certificates, should be checked to see if someone should be on the plan, and if they're not supposed to be there, they should be removed.
H. R. 7490 — To require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish a pilot program to identify and refer veterans for potential employment with Federal land management agencies, and for other purposes.
February 29, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:1,616
H.R. 7490, titled the "Hire Veterans Act", aims to create a pilot program led by the Office of Personnel Management to help veterans find jobs with federal land management agencies. The program will assess veterans' strengths and skills for various environmental and...
Simple Explanation
The "Hire Veterans Act" is like setting up a special club to help veterans find jobs taking care of nature and parks, where they don't always need a college diploma, and they can learn new skills if needed. This club will try out for five years, and every year they'll tell grown-ups how it's going.
H. R. 10158 — To extend the break-in-service consideration for firefighter retirements, and other purposes.
November 18, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:1,141
H.R. 10158 proposes changes to the federal retirement system for firefighters. It aims to allow breaks in service while still counting previous service towards retirement, under specific conditions. The bill offers a chance for firefighters who had breaks in service since...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 10158 is a bill that helps firefighters have a chance to count all the years they worked towards their retirement, even if they took a break from working, as long as they pay back some money for those break times.
H. R. 5862 — An Act To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 relating to authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to consolidate, modify, or reorganize Customs revenue functions.
January 17, 2024
Status:Engrossed in House
Congress:118
Words:479
H. R. 5862 proposes changes to the Homeland Security Act of 2002 regarding the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) authority over customs revenue functions. The bill allows the Commissioner of CBP to reorganize and modify these functions, including staffing and job classifications,...
Simple Explanation
The bill lets the leader of U.S. Customs and Border Protection change how money duties are handled, kind of like being able to shuffle and change teams around in a game, to make sure there are enough people in the right jobs for collecting money from things brought into the country.
S. 4889 — To remove educational barriers to Federal employment for workers who are skilled through alternative routes, and for other purposes.
July 31, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:721
S. 4889, titled the “Federal Jobs for STARs Act of 2024,” aims to remove educational barriers to Federal employment for workers who have gained skills through alternative routes instead of traditional college degrees. The bill directs the Office of Personnel Management to...
Simple Explanation
S. 4889 is like a rule book for making sure people who learn skills in special ways, not just by going to college, can get government jobs. This bill wants to check if these people can have training and help, just like those who go to college.
S. 4035 — To require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to take certain actions with respect to the health insurance program carried out under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, and for other purposes.
September 10, 2024
Status:Reported to Senate
Congress:118
Words:1,842
S. 4035, also known as the “FEHB Protection Act,” requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to improve the verification process for adding family members to federal health insurance plans. The bill mandates stricter checks on eligibility when new family...
Simple Explanation
The bill wants to make sure that only the right family members get added to their parent's health insurance plan, so they will check carefully and do some math to make sure everything is correct.
H. J. RES. 187 — Disapproving the rule submitted by the Office of Personnel Management relating to Postal Service Reform Act; Establishment of the Postal Service Health Benefits Program.
July 11, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:167
H. J. RES. 187 is a joint resolution that expresses Congress's disapproval of a rule put forward by the Office of Personnel Management concerning the Postal Service Reform Act, specifically regarding the creation of the Postal Service Health Benefits Program. If passed, this...
Simple Explanation
H. J. RES. 187 is like Congress saying they don't agree with a new rule about health benefits for postal workers, and they want that rule to stop and not happen.
H. R. 7225 — To restore administrative law judges to the competitive service, and for other purposes.
February 05, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:912
H.R. 7225, titled the "Administrative Law Judges Competitive Service Restoration Act," seeks to change how administrative law judges (ALJs) are appointed in the United States. It would require ALJs to be selected from a list of eligible candidates, have at least seven years...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 7225 is a plan to make sure that judges who help decide rule-related issues for the government are picked from a special list and have lots of experience as lawyers. It also says these judges should be treated a bit differently from other government workers, like skipping certain tests and rules.
S. 4183 — To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 relating to authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to consolidate, modify, or reorganize Customs revenue functions.
April 18, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:501
S. 4183 seeks to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to give the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection more authority over customs revenue functions. This includes allowing the Commissioner to reorganize and modify job roles and staffing related to these...
Simple Explanation
S. 4183 is a bill that wants to let a special leader in charge of border and customs work change and organize how things are done with collecting money from imported goods, but it needs to make sure everything is clear and fair so nobody gets confused.
H. R. 8755 — To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish Eid Days as Federal holidays, and for other purposes.
June 14, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:561
H.R. 8755 proposes to amend title 5 of the United States Code to recognize the first day of Eid al-Adha and the first day of Eid al-Fitr as federal holidays in the United States. The bill acknowledges the significance of these Islamic holidays for millions of Muslim Americans...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 8755 wants to make two big celebrations for Muslims called Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr into official holidays where everyone gets a day off in the United States, and a special person will pick the exact days each year.
S. 59 — An Act To implement merit-based reforms to the civil service hiring system that replace degree-based hiring with skills- and competency-based hiring.
December 18, 2024
Status:Enrolled Bill
Congress:118
Words:3,719
S. 59, titled the "Chance to Compete Act of 2024," aims to reform the federal civil service hiring system by moving from a degree-based hiring approach to one based on skills and competencies. The bill mandates the use of technical assessments to evaluate job applicants'...
Simple Explanation
The "Chance to Compete Act of 2024" wants to change how the government hires people for jobs by focusing more on what they can do (skills) instead of just what degrees they have, using tests to see how good they are.

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