Civil Service Authorization Act of 1979
Latest action. Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
(Measure passed House, amended) Civil Service Authorization Act of 1979 - Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1981 and 1982 to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), the Special Counsel of the MSPB, and the Federal Labor Relations Authority. Authorizes the appropriation to such agencies of such additional sums as necessary for increased expenses resulting from: (1) statutorily mandated pay raises; (2) payments to the General Services Administration for increased charges for space and services; and (3) increases in postal rates. Requires appropriations to such bodies to be considered authorized only to the extent expressly provided by statute. Requires the OPM to submit to Congress an annual report describing each contract entered into by an executive agency for the performance of a personnel management function or a related activity. Specifies the contents of such report, including: (1) the authority and reason for entering into any contract the cost of which exceeds the estimated cost of agency performance of contracted functions; (2) an explanation of whether the resources required to perform such functions were available in the OPM or another agency; (3) the total number and cost of all such contracts; and (4) the number of full-time employees which would have been required for the agency to perform the contracted functions.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed House amended" stage on December 3, 1979. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on December 4, 1979: Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
PATRICIA SCHROEDER (D-CO) introduced it on August 2, 1979, and 6 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 5 Democrats, 1 Republican.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on August 2, 1979, 17253 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17129 days ago, on December 4, 1979.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers