# 114-hr-4358: Senior Executive Service Accountability Act

114-hr-4358, Senior Executive Service Accountability Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] (R-MI); status Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 369. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4358
- Congress: 114
- Title: Senior Executive Service Accountability Act
- Status: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 369.
- Introduced: 2016-01-08
- Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] (R-MI)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Senior Executive Service Accountability Act This bill revises personnel requirements for employees in the Senior Executive Service (SES) to: require each federal agency to include in its biennial report to the Office of Personnel Management a justification for certain SES positions and the specific result expected from each position, including the impact of such result on the agency mission; extend the probationary period for SES employees from one year to two years; eliminate the authority for allowing an SES employee removed for a less than fully successful executive performance to retain an SES pay grade level if appointed to a civil service position; require a written description of employee performance requirements to be provided to SES employees by 30 calendar days before each rating period; make SES employees subject to the same 14-day (or less) suspension period, without duties and pay, as is applicable to other federal employees; expand the grounds for suspension or termination of an SES employee to include such cause as would promote the efficiency of the SES; allow an agency to place an SES employee on mandatory leave for misconduct, neglect of duty, malfeasance, or such cause as would promote the efficiency of the SES; provide for expedited removal of SES employees for performance or misconduct and for an expedited appeals process for removals; and require mandatory reassignments of SES employees at least once every five years.

## Related bills

- 114-hr-6433: Protect the Flag Act
- 114-hr-6327: Main Street Input Opportunity Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6326: Regulatory Impact on Employment and Wages Act
- 114-hr-6325: Workforce Regulatory Review Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6176: Export Control Reform Act
- 114-hr-6100: Protect Family Farms and Businesses Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-4358 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4358)

## Related
- [114-hr-6433: Protect the Flag Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6433)
- [114-hr-6327: Main Street Input Opportunity Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6327)
- [114-hr-6326: Regulatory Impact on Employment and Wages Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6326)
- [114-hr-6325: Workforce Regulatory Review Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6325)
- [114-hr-6176: Export Control Reform Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6176)
- [114-hr-6100: Protect Family Farms and Businesses Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6100)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4358 (as of 2025-11-18).