# 119-hr-1559: Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2025

119-hr-1559, Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-23).

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- As of: 2026-09-23
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1559
- Congress: 119
- Title: Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-25
- Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 22
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-23

## Summary

**Expands MSPB appeal rights to certain nonunion Postal Service EAS employees.** This bill would let supervisors and other Executive and Administrative Schedule staff who are not represented by a bargaining representative appeal adverse personnel actions to the Merit Systems Protection Board. - Nonunion EAS postal employees: Would gain a formal route to challenge adverse personnel actions through MSPB procedures. - USPS human resources and managers: Would face expanded MSPB review for personnel decisions affecting covered EAS positions.

## Cosponsors (22)

- Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] (R-NY), 2025-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] (D-ME), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30] (D-TX), 2026-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23] (D-FL), 2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1] (D-IN), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2026-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2026-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2026-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Appeal rights for Postal EAS staff without unions: benefit, medium. This bill would let certain Postal Service employees appeal major job actions to the Merit Systems Protection Board. It would apply only if you are not represented by a bargaining representative recognized under section 1203. You must be in a supervisory, professional, technical, clerical, administ…

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- 119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act
- 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act
- 119-hres-70: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service remains…
- 119-hr-2550: Protect America's Workforce Act
- 119-hr-1661: SAFE Act of 2025
- 119-hjres-80: Establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

## Sources
- [119-hr-1559 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1559)

## Related
- [119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2086)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
- [119-hres-70: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should take…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-70)
- [119-hr-2550: Protect America's Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2550)
- [119-hr-1661: SAFE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1661)
- [119-hjres-80: Establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hjres-80)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1559 (as of 2026-09-23).