United States HR 1559: Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2025

Status: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Walkinshaw asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1559, a bill originally introduced by Representative Connolly, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection. (as of 2025-11-20)

State: United States · Session: 119 · Bill: HR 1559

Sponsors: Gerald E. Connolly, Andrew R. Garbarino, April McClain Delaney, Chellie Pingree, Dwight Evans, Eugene Simon Vindman, Frank J. Mrvan, Ilhan Omar, Jared F. Golden, Jared Moskowitz, Jasmine Crockett, Mary Gay Scanlon, Melanie A. Stansbury, Michael Lawler, Robin L. Kelly, Seth Magaziner, Shri Thanedar, Stephen F. Lynch, Steve Cohen, Suzan K. DelBene, Thomas R. Suozzi, Val T. Hoyle

Bill Text

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119TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1559
To extend the right of appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board to
certain employees of the United States Postal Service.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself and Mr. GARBARINO) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform
A BILL
To extend the right of appeal to the Merit Systems Protec-
tion Board to certain employees of the United States
Postal Service.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Employee Ap-4
peal Rights Amendment Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. RIGHT OF APPEAL TO MERIT SYSTEMS PROTEC-6
TION BOARD. 7
Section 1005(a)(4)(A)(ii)(I) of title 39, United States 8
Code, is amended to read as follows: 9
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‘‘(I) is an officer or employee of 1
the Postal Service who— 2
‘‘(aa) is not represented by a 3
bargaining representative recog-4
nized under section 1203; and 5
‘‘(bb) is in a supervisory, 6
professional, technical, clerical, 7
administrative, or managerial po-8
sition covered by the Executive 9
and Administrative Schedule; 10
and’’. 11
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