# 116-hr-8687: Saving the Civil Service Act

116-hr-8687, Saving the Civil Service Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA); status Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8687
- Congress: 116
- Title: Saving the Civil Service Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- Introduced: 2020-10-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 49
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Saving the Civil Service Act This bill nullifies the executive order titled Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service, which was issued on October 21, 2020. The order places 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, in the excepted service instead of the competitive service.

## Cosponsors (49)

- Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2020-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] (D-MD), 2020-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] (D-MD), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wexton, Jennifer [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] (D-MI), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2020-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2020-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2020-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2020-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA), 2020-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] (D-MA), 2020-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2020-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2020-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2020-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2020-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2020-11-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2020-11-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2020-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] (D-CO), 2020-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2020-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2020-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2020-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2020-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA), 2020-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2020-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ), 2020-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2020-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2] (D-VA), 2020-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI), 2020-12-15T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-8687 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8687)

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