A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize the establishment of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service, and for other purposes.
Public Law 100-325 · H.R. 4083 · 100th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on May 30, 1988 · Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Rep. Don Edwards (D-CA-10)
Cosponsors (22): Rep. Patricia Schroeder, Rep. Charles Pashayan,
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Authorizes the Attorney General to establish the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service for career employees in the civil service. Requires the Attorney General to prescribe by regulation the meaning of "career employees in the civil service". Limits the annual pay for such positions to level I of the Executive Schedule.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Post Office and Civil Service Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Civil Service Subcommittee
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 13 actions.
- May 30, 1988Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 100-325.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- May 20, 1988PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- May 13, 1988FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- May 9, 1988FloorFloor · Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- May 5, 1988CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- Apr 27, 1988CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- Apr 21, 1988CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Civil Service Subcommittee of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Civil Service Subcommittee of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Civil Service Subcommittee of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- Mar 11, 1988CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Civil Service Subcommittee of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- Mar 3, 1988CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.