Preventing a Patronage System Act of 2021 or the PPSA Act of 2021
This bill prohibits executive agency positions in the competitive service from being placed in the excepted service, unless such positions are placed in Schedules A through E as in effect on September 30, 2020. The bill also prohibits positions in the excepted service from being placed in any schedule other than the aforementioned schedules.
On October 21, 2020, former President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service. The order placed executive agency positions that are of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character, and that are not normally subject to change as a result of a presidential transition, under a new schedule in the excepted service (Schedule F) instead of the competitive service. The order also required any such positions in the excepted service to be reclassified to Schedule F. The order was revoked by President Joe Biden on January 22, 2021.
To impose limits on excepting competitive service positions from the 
              competitive service, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing a Patronage System Act of 
2021'' or the ``PPSA Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON EXCEPTION OF COMPETITIVE SERVICE POSITIONS.

    (a) In General.--No position in the competitive service (as defined 
under section 2102 of title 5, United States Code) may be excepted from 
the competitive service unless such position is placed--
            (1) in any of the schedules A through E as described in 
        section 6.2 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, as in 
        effect on September 30, 2020; and
            (2) under the terms and conditions under part 6 of such 
        title as in effect on such date.
    (b) Subsequent Transfers.--No position in the excepted service (as 
defined under section 2103 of title 5, United States Code) may be 
placed in any schedule other than a schedule described in subsection 
(a)(1).

            Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 2022.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.
PPSA Act of 2021
To impose limits on excepting competitive service positions from the competitive service, and for other purposes.
PPSA Act of 2021
Preventing a Patronage System Act of 2021
PPSA Act of 2021
Preventing a Patronage System Act of 2021
PPSA Act
Preventing a Patronage System Act
Rep. Connolly, Gerald E.