[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1066 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1066

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that an individual who 
   receives a passing grade in an examination for entrance into the 
 competitive service shall, if such individual is a welfare recipient, 
   be granted additional points above the individual's earned rating.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 1997

Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas 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 that an individual who 
   receives a passing grade in an examination for entrance into the 
 competitive service shall, if such individual is a welfare recipient, 
   be granted additional points above the individual's earned rating.

    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 Jobs Opportunity Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL POINTS FOR WELFARE RECIPIENTS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3309 the following:
``Sec. 3309a. Welfare recipients; examinations; additional points for
    ``(a) For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) the term `welfare recipient' means an individual 
        receiving any welfare benefit, including, in the case of any 
        welfare benefit furnished with respect to a family, household, 
        or other similar unit, individuals identified in accordance 
        with provisions which shall be prescribed under subsection (e); 
        and
            ``(2) the term `welfare benefit' means any of the 
        following:
                    ``(A) Assistance under a State program funded under 
                part A of title IV of the Social Security Act.
                    ``(B) Supplemental security income benefits under 
                title XVI of the Social Security Act.
                    ``(C) Benefits under the food stamp program (as 
                defined in section 3(h) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977.
                    ``(D) Food assistance (including commodities) 
                distributed to low-income individuals under any program 
                for which Federal financial assistance is provided.
                    ``(E) Assistance provided under the National School 
                Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 
                including the special supplemental nutrition program 
                for women, infants, and children under section 17 of 
                such Act.
                    ``(F) Services for the benefit of low-income 
                individuals provided under any program for which 
                Federal financial assistance is provided.
                    ``(G) Housing assistance under a program 
                administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
                Development or the Secretary of Agriculture under which 
                eligibility is determined based on the income of the 
                family applying (excluding assistance under any 
                mortgage insurance or loan guarantee program).
    ``(b) An individual who receives a passing grade in an examination 
for entrance into the competitive service, and, on the date of taking 
such examination or at any time within the 14-day period immediately 
preceding such date, is a welfare recipient, is entitled to 3 
additional points above the rating earned by such individual.
    ``(c) If, besides the additional points under subsection (b), an 
individual would also be entitled to any number of additional points 
(above the rating earned by such individual) on the same examination 
under any other authority, the additional points under subsection (b) 
shall be in addition to the additional points to which such individual 
would otherwise have been entitled if this section had not been 
enacted.
    ``(d) Any entitlement of an individual to additional points under 
subsection (b) in connection with a particular examination shall 
terminate--
            ``(1) upon the termination of the individual's entitlement 
        to welfare benefits (or within such reasonable period 
        thereafter as may be provided for under subsection (e)); or
            ``(2) if later, upon the expiration of the 12-month period 
        beginning on the date of the examination.
Paragraph (2) shall not apply if the welfare benefits are terminated by 
reason of fraud or for other similar reasons.
    ``(e) The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe any 
regulations necessary to carry out this section. Such regulations shall 
include provisions relating to--
            ``(1) how an individual may demonstrate that such 
        individual qualifies for being considered a welfare recipient 
        for purposes of this section; and
            ``(2) procedures under which the Office, an appointing 
        authority, or another official or agency shall be notified in 
        the event of a termination of welfare benefits.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 33 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 3309 the following:

``3309a. Welfare recipients; examinations; additional points for.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply as soon as practicable, but in no event later than with respect 
to examinations held after the end of the 6-month period beginning on 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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