[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1671 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1671

To provide for Federal budgetary savings through reducing the number of 
                         political appointees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 1995

  Ms. Furse introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for Federal budgetary savings through reducing the number of 
                         political appointees.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Political Appointees Budgetary 
Savings Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. BUDGETARY SAVINGS; REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF POLITICAL APPOINTEES.

    (a) In General.--Effective October 1, 1995, the number of Federal 
political appointees may not exceed 2,000.
    (b) Definition.--For purposes of subsection (a), the term ``Federal 
political appointee'' means--
            (1) an employee described in paragraph (1) or (2) of 
        section 7511(b) of title 5, United States Code; and
            (2) an individual described in section 3132(a)(7) of such 
        title.
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