Key Votes
HR 2751 - GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004 - Key Vote
National Key Votes
John Carter voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- July 7, 2004 Executive Signed
- June 24, 2004 Senate Bill Passed
- Feb. 25, 2004 House Bill Passed
- July 16, 2003 Introduced
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Legislation - Signed (Executive) - Became Public Law No. 108-271 - July 7, 2004
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) - June 24, 2004
NOTE: THIS VOTE PASSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MEANING NO MEMBER OBJECTED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE VOTE. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE THAT ALL MEMBERS FAVORED THE VOTE'S OUTCOME.
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (382-43) - Feb. 25, 2004 (Key vote)
Title: GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004
Vote to pass a bill to modify policies concerning the General Accounting Office.
- Modifies federal law to make permanent the agency's authority to offer early retirement and voluntary separation incentive payments (Sec. 2).
- Empowers the Comptroller General with the authority to adjust annually the basic rates of GAO and Senior Executive Service officers and employees and the authority to create an executive exchange program between the GAO and private sector organizations (Sec. 3).
- Requires the Comptroller General to prescribe regulations regarding pay retention, reimbursements for certain relocation programs, and accruement of annual leave for GOA officers and employees (Secs. 4-6).
- Renames the General Accounting Office as the 'Government Accountability Office' (Sec. 8).
- Requires the Comptroller General to include in GAO's annual report to Congress, during the five-year period beginning on the enactment of this act, a summary of all the modifications (Sec. 11).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - July 16, 2003
Title: GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004
Sponsors
- Jo Ann S. Davis (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Thomas M. 'Tom' Davis III (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Adam H. Putnam (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
