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H.R. 1559

U.S. House•Introduced

Summary

H.R. 1559, the Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Feb 25, 2025 by Rep. Gerald Connolly (D) with 21 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Nov 20, 2025: 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.

Record

Text

H.R. 1559 has 21 co-sponsors.

hb1559/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 1559 IH: Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-25
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1559  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 Protection Board to certain employees of the United States Postal Service.
1.
Short title
 This Act may be cited as the   Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2025  .
2.
Right of appeal to Merit Systems Protection Board
Section 1005(a)(4)(A)(ii)(I) of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
(I)
is an officer or employee of the Postal Service who—
(aa)
is not represented by a bargaining representative recognized under section 1203; and
(bb)
is in a supervisory, professional, technical, clerical, administrative, or managerial position covered by the Executive and Administrative Schedule; and
   .

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-02-25
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

To extend the right of appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board to certain employees of the United States Postal Service.

Sponsors

Rep. Gerald Connolly (D) sponsors H.R. 1559, and 21 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 1559 went before 1 committee: Oversight and Government Reform.

Oversight and Government Reform
Oversight and Government Reform
Referred To · Feb 25, 2025 · 696 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1559 has taken 3 actions since Feb 25, 2025, the latest on Nov 20, 2025.

ChamberAction
Nov 20, 202517:41
House
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.
Feb 25, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Feb 25, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.Oversight and Government Reform Committee

Votes

H.R. 1559 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 1559 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To extend the right of appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board to certain employees of the United States Postal Service. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 1 registered lobbyist who named H.R. 1559 in 6 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Medicare/Medicaid, Postal, Retirement.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS—Virginia16—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS16—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ROBERT LEVI116

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS2026 second_quarter$28K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS2026 first_quarter$28K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS2025 fourth_quarter$27.3K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS2025 third_quarter$27.3K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS2025 second_quarter$27.3K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS2025 first_quarter$27.3K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1559 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 6 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1559’s is Government Operations and Politics.

hr1559/policy-areas.txt
Government Operations and PoliticsAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 1559 carries 6 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Administrative remedies to U.S. Postal Service.

hr1559/subjects.txt
Administrative remediesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementLabor-management relationsMerit Systems Protection BoardPostal serviceU.S. Postal Service

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 1559, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CONNOLLY:H.R. 1559.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8.[Page H837]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com