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HR242119th CongressWALLET

MANAGER Act

Sponsored By: Representative Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17]

Introduced

Summary

Creates an annual manager survey that would collect managers' views on discipline, training, support, and leadership and would make agency results public unless doing so would harm national security.

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  • Managers: Federal managers would answer a prescribed set of standard questions about confidence in leadership and the disciplinary system, training on discipline, time to observe probationary employees, whether they avoided disciplining staff, input on labor negotiations, and effects on morale and turnover. Each question would include an option for narrative responses.
  • Agencies: Each executive agency would run the annual manager survey and post results on its website unless the agency head determines publication would harm national security.
  • Office of Personnel Management: The Office of Personnel Management would set the standard survey questions and must update implementing regulations within 180 days.
  • Scope: The measure targets "Federal managers" defined as supervisors or management officials at GS-13 or higher.

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New yearly survey for federal managers

If enacted, each Executive agency would run a yearly survey of its Federal managers. A Federal manager means a GS-13 or higher supervisor or management official. The survey would include ten set questions on discipline systems, leadership support, training, time during probation, input on labor talks, morale, and turnover. Each question would allow a written, narrative response. The same rules that apply to the employee survey would apply here. OPM would update the implementing rules within 180 days after enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17]

TX • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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