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H.R. 2229 (115th): All Circuit Review Act

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The text of the bill below is as of Jun 12, 2018 (Passed the Senate with an Amendment).

Summary of this bill

Source: Republican Policy Committee

H.R. 2229 provides permanent authority for judicial review of certain Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) decisions relating to whistleblowers. Specifically, the legislation makes permanent the all circuit review pilot program, which allows whistleblowers to appeal decisions of the MSPB to any Federal Circuit.

Among the provisions of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 (WPEA), which became law on November 27, 2012, a 2-year pilot program was established to allow the appeal of whistleblower cases from the Merit Systems Protection Board to any federal circuit court of appeals. Prior to the WPEA, exclusive jurisdiction over all appeals from the MSPB resided with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal …

115th CONGRESS

2d Session

H.R. 2229

In the Senate of the United States,

June 12, 2018.

Amendment:

That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 2229) entitled An Act to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide permanent authority for judicial review of certain Merit Systems Protection Board decisions relating to whistleblowers, and for other purposes., do pass with the following

On page 2, after line 16, insert the following:

(c)

Retroactive effective date

The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if enacted on November 26, 2017.

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