,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bhaf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #af1
 #bjbe,mr4 ,murphy introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the             
administration of any political loyalty 
test as a condition of ,federal         
employment1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,stop ,sycophants in ,government   
,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,prohibition on     
political loyalty tests  7a7            
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,employee ,the term employee-- 7,a7 has 
the meaning given the term in section   
#baje of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code2 and  7,b7 includes-- 7i7 any     
individual serving in a position for    
which appointment is made by the        
,president1 by and with the advice and  
consent of the ,senate1 including an    
individual serving as the head of an    

,executive department2  7ii7 an employee
 of the ,united ,states ,postal         
,service2 and  7iii7 an employee of the 
,postal ,regulatory ,commission4  7#b7  
,executive department ,the term         
,executive department has the meaning   
given the term in section #aja of title 
#e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7b7         
,prohibition ,no ,federal official1     
including the ,president1 may administer
 a political loyalty test to any        
employee or with respect to any position
 as an employee1 including-- 7#a7 as a  
condition of employment as an employee2 
or  7#b7 as part of-- 7,a7 the          
application process for a position as an
 employee2  7,b7 the process of         
appointing an employee2  7,c7 the       
decision whether to promote an employee2
 or  7,d7 any contract renewal process  
with respect to an employee4