3.0.0 8703 2023-01-11T13:44:27Z 2023-01-11T13:44:27Z House HR 2020-10-30 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 186 (Friday, October 30, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BUDD:H.R. 8703.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constituion.[Page H5715]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-10-30T14:01:00Z 2020-10-30 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2020-10-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-10-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001305 Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13] Ted Budd R NC 13 N Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Employee hiring Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Higher education Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-10-30 Introduced in House 2020-12-10T14:11:49Z Federal Skills Act

This bill provides statutory authority for the executive order titled Modernizing and Reforming the Assessment and Hiring of Federal Job Candidates, which was issued on June 26, 2020. The order generally prescribes certain limits as to the consideration and use of post-high school educational requirements for positions in the competitive service.

Among other things, the order specifies that an executive agency may only institute a minimum educational requirement for a position in the competitive service if it is legally required for the position, and may only consider a candidate's education with respect to other minimum requirements if it directly reflects the competencies necessary for the position.

The order requires the Office of Personnel Management to review and revise the classification and qualification standards for positions in the competitive service so as to comply with these requirements. The order also requires changes to be made public, and to take effect, within 120 days and 180 days of the date of the order, respectively. (The bill requires a similar timeline with respect to the date of enactment of the bill.)

]]> Federal Skills Act Display Title Federal Skills Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Federal Skills Act Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to revise job classification and qualification standards for positions within the competitive service regarding educational requirements for such positions, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr8703ih/xml/BILLS-116hr8703ih.xml 2020-10-30 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.