The House has approved HR-5169, to give agencies wider latitude in taking disciplinary actions against SES members. Provisions include: allowing discipline the agency believes promotes the efficiency of the service, rather than just in currently specified misconduct or poor performance grounds; increasing the SES probationary period from one year to two; requiring agencies to follow a series of time limits for taking disciplinary actions; and requiring reimbursement of any pay or leave an SES member received while an appeal was pending if MSPB rules in favor of the agency. The measure would apply government-wide, unlike an earlier enacted bill that limits and shortens the appeal rights of SES members only at the VA.