US Congress Senate Bill 3896 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on June 4 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-11-30 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Replaces the congressional publication entitled United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, commonly known as the PLUM Book, with an online public directory. The PLUM Book contains personnel information for federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment, including heads of agencies and policy executives. The book is used to identify presidentially appointed positions and is published every four years (after each presidential election) by certain congressional committees. The bill requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to publish the information contained in the PLUM Book on a public website in a format that is easily searchable and that otherwise meets certain data standards. Agencies must upload updated information to the website on a biennial basis. OPM must verify the accuracy of the website's information 90 days after its creation, in coordination with the White House Office of Presidential Personnel. The bill terminates publication of the PLUM Book in its current form on January 1, 2024.

PLUM Act of 2020 Periodically Listing Updates to Management Act of 2020

Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]

Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-30	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597.
2020-11-30	Senate	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 116-302.
2020-07-22	Senate	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
2020-06-04	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

HB7107 (Related) 2020-09-16 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3896/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3896/BILLS-116s3896is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3896/BILLS-116s3896rs.pdf