S. 696 · 115th Congress
Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Deb Fischer
- Introduced
- 2017-03-22
- Latest action
- 2017-07-11 · Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 115-127.
Summary
Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act
This bill prohibits a federal agency from awarding a bonus to any employee for five years after the end of a fiscal year in which the agency makes an adverse finding relating to the employee. An "adverse finding" is a determination that an employee's conduct violated: (1) a policy of the agency for which the employee may be removed or suspended for at least 14 days, or (2) a law for which the employee may be imprisoned for more than one year.
The bill requires an agency to issue an order directing an employee to repay a bonus awarded in any year in which an adverse finding is made. As a condition of receiving a bonus awarded after this bill's enactment, an employee must certify that he or she will repay the bonus in accordance with such an order.