Civil Service Reform Act of 1978

Civil Service Reform Act of 1978

Long title	An Act to reform the civil service laws.
Enacted by	the 95th United States Congress
Effective	October 13, 1978
Citations
Public law	95-454
Statutes at Large	92 Stat. 1111
Codification
Titles amended	Title 5—Government Organization and Employees
U.S.C. sections created	5 U.S.C. ch. 11
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 2640 by Abraham A. Ribicoff (D–CT) on March 3, 1978 Committee consideration by Senate Governmental Affairs Passed the Senate on August 24, 1978 (87-1) Reported by the joint conference committee on October 4, 1978; agreed to by the Senate on October 4, 1978 (agreed) and by the House on October 6, 1978 (365-8) Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on October 13, 1978
United States Supreme Court cases
United States v. Fausto, 484 U.S. 439 (1988) Elgin v. Department of Treasury, 567 U.S. 1 (2012) Kloeckner v. Solis, 568 U.S. 41 (2012) Ohio Adjutant General's Department v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, No. 21-1454, 598 U.S. ___ (2023)

The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, (October 13, 1978, Pub.L. 95–454, 92 Stat. 1111) (CSRA), reformed the civil service of the United States federal government, partly in response to the Watergate scandal. The Act abolished the U.S. Civil Service Commission and distributed its functions primarily among three new agencies: the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), and the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA).