# 116-hr-8711: Federal Workforce Accountability and Modernization Act

116-hr-8711, Federal Workforce Accountability and Modernization Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Keller, Fred [R-PA-12] (R-PA); status Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8711
- Congress: 116
- Title: Federal Workforce Accountability and Modernization Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- Introduced: 2020-10-30
- Sponsor: Rep. Keller, Fred [R-PA-12] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Federal Workforce Accountability and Modernization Act This bill provides statutory authority for 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 (2)

- Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10] (R-PA), 2020-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2020-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8855: HERCULES Act
- 116-hr-7659: Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7632: Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7065: To require States to certify a process for distributing Coronavirus Relief Funds to local governments.
- 116-hr-6805: Getting Americans Back to Work Act
- 116-hr-6742: Protecting Life in Crisis Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-8711 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8711)

## Related
- [116-hr-8855: HERCULES Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8855)
- [116-hr-7659: Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7659)
- [116-hr-7632: Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7632)
- [116-hr-7065: To require States to certify a process for distributing Coronavirus Relief Fund…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7065)
- [116-hr-6805: Getting Americans Back to Work Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6805)
- [116-hr-6742: Protecting Life in Crisis Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6742)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8711 (as of 2025-11-18).