S 5133 United States Senate · 118th Congress

Improving Senate Confirmation and Vacancy Oversight Act of 2024

This bill creates a public online tracker (the "Senate Confirmed Position Tracker") managed by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to monitor Senate-confirmed executive branch roles. It requires weekly updates showing, for each covered position (policy/support roles needing Senate confirmation), whether it's filled by a confirmed official, an acting official, or vacant, broken down by agency, Senate committee, and position type. Executive agencies must report data on new positions, acting appointments, and vacancy timelines to the GAO, while the tracker will display trends and analyze long-term vacancies. The system aims to improve transparency about staffing gaps in federal agencies, with annual reports to Congress on agency compliance and biennial reviews assessing implementation.
Tags: Government Transparency
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Sep 2024
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Introduced Sep 19, 2024 Last action Dec 19, 2024
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Dec 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-325.
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Sep 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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Sep 19, 2024
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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Sep 19, 2024
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