# 116-hr-6689: Accountability for Acting Officials Act

116-hr-6689, Accountability for Acting Officials Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] (D-CA); status Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6689
- Congress: 116
- Title: Accountability for Acting Officials Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- Introduced: 2020-05-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Accountability for Acting Officials Act This bill makes a series of changes with respect to the appointment, tenure, and qualifications of acting officials of executive agencies. Among other things, the bill specifies that, for a position that requires an appointment by the President (by and with the advice and consent of the Senate), the first assistant to the office may temporarily fill the position only if the individual has been the first assistant for at least 30 days during the preceding year; an officer or employee of the agency who is directed by the President to temporarily fill the position may only do so if the officer or employee has served at the agency for at least the entire preceding year (rather than 90 days); and an individual who is a presidential appointee and is directed by the President to temporarily fill the position, including an acting Inspector General, must possess the requisite qualifications for the position as provided by law or regulation. The bill also limits the tenure of acting heads of agencies to no more than 120 days (rather than 210 days).

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7197: RESTAURANTS Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act
- 116-hr-6820: Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act of 2020
- 116-hr-4104: Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-6689 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6689)

## Related
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- [116-hr-7197: RESTAURANTS Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7197)
- [116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7120)
- [116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7092)
- [116-hr-6820: Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6820)
- [116-hr-4104: Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4104)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6689 (as of 2025-11-18).