Federal Personnel and Personal Services Contract Management Act
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Federal Personnel and Personal Services Contract Management Act - Prohibits the total number of civilian employees in the executive branch in any fiscal year from exceeding the number of such employees on September 30, 1977. Requires the President to publish in the Federal Register any finding that an increase in such personnel ceiling would service the public interest. Prohibits the amount expended by all executive agencies for personal service contracts during any fiscal year from exceeding the total amount expended by all agencies during fiscal year 1977. Authorizes the President to increase such amount, not to exceed a specified limit, upon publishing a finding that: (1) such increase serves the public interest; (2) an increase is necessary to assure the good administration of the agency; and (3) the contracts involved are not being used to circumvent any personnel ceiling. Precludes an agency from obligating or expending more than 20 percent of the total funds provided to the agency by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for such contracts during the last two months of a fiscal year. Declares that no such contract ceiling shall apply during a time of war or a period of national emergency. Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to submit to Congress annual reports concerning the administration of personnel ceilings and agency contracts for personal services. Requires that such report on contracts specify the number of Federal employees who were separated from the civil service during any period in which a contract for personal services similar to the services performed by such an employee was in effect. Directs the OPM to submit to each House of Congress an annual report which: (1) describes the utilization of temporary employees in each agency during the fiscal year; and (2) recommends ways to enforce personnel ceilings for such employees. Requires the OMB to establish a personnel ceiling and a contract ceiling for each executive agency. Terminates the provisions of this Act on January 31, 1985. Requires certain individuals receiving compensation under personnel service contracts to file financial disclosure reports with the contracting agency. Directs the OPM to implement a system providing annual cash awards to employees for outstanding service, emphasizing responsiveness to public needs at the local level. States that only members of the public may nominate candidates for such awards. Directs an agency to consider performance in administering personnel and contract ceilings and in following contracting procedures when evaluating the performance of senior executives and managers.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on November 2, 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 November 2, 1979: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
- 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?
JIM LEACH (R-IA) introduced it on November 2, 1979, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 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 November 2, 1979, 17114 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17114 days ago, on November 2, 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