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H.R. 6186 · 114th Congress

Follow the Rules Act

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Passed the House without a recorded vote, then expired. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record how each member voted, but didn't become law before the 114th Congress ended.

SDR DuffySponsor
9 cosponsors · 4 D, 5 R
TCR Cole GCD Connolly LGR Gohmert BLD Lawrence MMR Meadows END Norton PVD Visclosky GGR Grothman MCR Coffman

7 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. House Introduced Sep 27, 2016
  2. House Passed Nov 30, 2016
What it does: CRS summary · Passed House without amendment · Nov 30, 2016

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Follow the Rules Act

(Sec. 2) This bill extends the prohibition (regarding employment in the federal government) against a person taking, failing to take, or threatening to take or fail to take a personnel action against any employee or applicant for employment for refusing to obey an order that would require the individual to violate a law to personnel actions against such an individual for refusing to obey an order that would violate a rule or regulation.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Follow the Rules Act

Latest action (Dec 1, 2016): Received in the Senate.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 27, 2016

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced Sep 27, 2016
  2. House Passed Nov 30, 2016

No recorded floor vote found.