[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2082 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 2082

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the establishment 
  of priority placement programs for Federal employees affected by a 
              reduction in force, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 20, 1995

    Ms. Norton (for herself, Mr. Davis, Mrs. Morella, and Mr. Wynn) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                    Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the establishment 
  of priority placement programs for Federal employees affected by a 
              reduction in force, and for other purposes.
    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 ``Federal Service Priority Placement 
Program Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. PRIORITY PLACEMENT PROGRAMS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AFFECTED BY A 
              REDUCTION IN FORCE.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 3329b. Priority placement programs for employees affected by a 
              reduction in force
    ``(a) Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of 
this section, the Office of Personnel Management shall establish a 
Governmentwide priority placement program, and each agency shall 
establish an agencywide priority placement program, to facilitate 
employment placement for employees who--
            ``(1) are scheduled to be separated from service due to a 
        reduction in force under--
                    ``(A) regulations prescribed under section 3502; or
                    ``(B) procedures established under section 3595; or
            ``(2) are separated from service due to such a reduction in 
        force.
    ``(b)(1) Each agencywide priority placement program shall include 
provisions under which a vacant position shall not be filled by the 
appointment or transfer of any individual from outside of that agency 
if--
            ``(A) there is then available any individual described in 
        paragraph (2) who is qualified for the position; and
            ``(B) the position--
                    ``(i) is at the same grade (or pay level) or not 
                more than 1 grade (or pay level) below that of the 
                position last held by such individual before placement 
                in the new position; and
                    ``(ii) is within the same commuting area as the 
                individual's last-held position (as referred to in 
                clause (i)) or residence.
    ``(2) For purposes of an agencywide priority placement program, an 
individual shall be considered to be described in this paragraph if 
such individual is--
            ``(A) an employee of such agency who is scheduled to be 
        separated, as described in subsection (a)(1); or
            ``(B) an individual who became a former employee of such 
        agency as a result of a separation, as described in subsection 
        (a)(2).
    ``(c)(1) The Governmentwide priority placement program shall be 
conducted in coordination with the various agencywide priority 
placement programs, and shall include provisions under which a vacant 
position in an agency which cannot be filled through such agency's 
priority placement program shall not be filled by the appointment or 
transfer of any individual from outside of that agency if--
            ``(A) there is then available any individual described in 
        paragraph (2) who is qualified for the position; and
            ``(B) with respect to such individual, the position 
        satisfies the criteria set forth in subparagraph (B) of 
        subsection (b)(1).
    ``(2) An individual shall be considered to be described in this 
paragraph if such individual is--
            ``(A) an employee of an agency who is scheduled to be 
        separated, as described in subsection (a)(1); or
            ``(B) an individual who became a former employee of an 
        agency as a result of a separation, as described in subsection 
        (a)(2).
    ``(d)(1) The Governmentwide priority placement program shall not 
affect the priority of placement of individuals under any agencywide 
priority placement program.
    ``(2) Nothing in this section shall affect any priority placement 
program of the Department of Defense which is in operation as of the 
date of the enactment of this section.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--(1) Title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by redesignating the second section which is 
designated as section 3329 as section 3329a.
    (2) The table of sections for chapter 33 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking the item relating to the second section 
which is designated as section 3329 and inserting the following:

``3329a.    Government-wide list of vacant positions.
``3329b.    Priority placement programs for employees affected by a 
                            reduction in force.''.
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