,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hhee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #c1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,kevin ,hern of ,oklahoma 7for
 himself1 ,mr4 ,budd1 ,mr4 ,tiffany1    
,mr4 ,reschenthaler1 ,mr4 ,weber of     
,texas1 ,mr4 ,gaetz1 ,mr4 ,joyce of     
,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,perry1 ,mr4 ,banks1
 ,mr4 ,steube1 ,mr4 ,baird1 ,mr4        
,flores1 ,mr4 ,biggs1 ,mr4 ,keller1 ,mr4
 ,austin ,scott of ,georgia1 and ,mrs4  
,lesko7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
prohibit ,federal employees from making 
allegations or appeals with respect to  
an adverse action to more than one      
entity1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,help ,end ,redundant ,claims       
,unnecessarily ,leaving ,employers      
,suffering ,act or the ,,hercules ,act4 
#b4 ,limit ,federal employees adverse   
action appeal avenues  7a7 ,in general  
,notwithstanding any other provision of 

law1 an employee who alleges or appeals1
 as the case may be1 a covered matter to
 a reviewing entity that has authority  
to consider such allegation or appeal   
may not subsequently or simultaneously  
allege or appeal such covered matter to 
any other reviewing entity4  7b7 ,rules 
of construction ,subsection 7a7 shall   
not be construed as-- 7#a7 restricting  
to whom an employee may appeal for      
review of a decision of a reviewing     
entity with respect to a covered matter2
 and  7#b7 affecting or otherwise       
modifying the rights of employees-- 7,a7
 under any collective bargaining        
agreements2 or  7,b7 to seek judicial   
review of any matter4  7c7 ,definitions 
,in this section3 7#a7 ,covered matter  
,the term covered matter means-- 7,a7   
any action or final decision that an    
employee can appeal to the ,merit       
,systems ,protection ,board2  7,b7 any  
action or final decision that involves a
 complaint of discrimination of the type
 prohibited by any law administered by  

the ,equal ,employment ,opportunity     
,commission and for which the employee  
can seek review by such ,commission2    
7,c7 any matter with respect to which   
the procedures under section #gaba7;a7  
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1     
apply2  7,d7 prohibited personnel       
practices under section #bcjb of such   
title2 or  7,e7 unfair labor practices  
under section #gaaf of such title4  7#b7
 ,employee ,the term employee has the   
meaning given such term in section #baje
 of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4    
7#c7 ,reviewing entity ,the term        
reviewing entity means-- 7,a7 the ,merit
 ,system ,protection ,board2  7,b7 the  
,equal ,employment ,opportunity         
,commission2  7,c7 the ,office of       
,special ,counsel2 or  7,d7 the ,federal
 ,labor ,relations ,authority4  7d7     
,applicability ,subsection 7a7 shall    
apply only with respect to-- 7#a7       
covered matters for which the initial   
allegation or appeal to a reviewing     
entity occurs after the date of the     

enactment of this ,act2 and  7#b7       
contracts entered into after the date of
 the enactment this ,act4