# 117-hr-302: PPSA Act of 2021

117-hr-302, PPSA Act of 2021, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-302
- Congress: 117
- Title: PPSA Act of 2021
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Introduced: 2021-01-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 16
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Preventing a Patronage System Act or the PPSA Act 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, the President issued an executive order titled Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service. 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, under a new schedule in the excepted service (Schedule F) instead of the competitive service. The order also requires any such positions in the excepted service to be reclassified to Schedule F.

## Cosponsors (16)

- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2021-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2021-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2021-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] (D-MD), 2021-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2021-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2021-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wexton, Jennifer [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2021-01-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2021-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2021-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2021-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2021-05-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2021-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2022-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2022-08-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3] (D-IA), 2022-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-18] (D-PA), 2022-08-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2022-09-15T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Passage | Passed | 225 | 204 |

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## Sources
- [117-hr-302 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/302)

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