CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Herbert Conaway (D-NJ)

To provide for the continued operation of the Hatch Act Unit of the Office of Special Counsel during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.

H.R. 5998 · House bill Government Operations and Politics

A Democratic bill with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See the cosponsor

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is designed to keep the Hatch Act Unit of the Office of Special Counsel running during a lapse in appropriations. It classifies the duties of officers and employees related to alleged violations of sections 7323 and 7324 of title 5, United States Code, as emergency services. This allows these specific operations to continue even during a government shutdown.

Yes

  • Scored +2

    Does this make elections run better?

    Ensures continued enforcement of the Hatch Act during shutdowns to prevent political misuse of government resources.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.