[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1495 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1495

To amend section 7703 of title 5, United States Code, to strengthen the 
ability of the Office of Personnel Management to obtain judicial review 
          to protect the merit system, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 9, 1997

 Mr. Levin (by request) introduced the following bill; which was read 
      twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 7703 of title 5, United States Code, to strengthen the 
ability of the Office of Personnel Management to obtain judicial review 
          to protect the merit system, 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. MERIT SYSTEM JUDICIAL REVIEW.

    Section 7703 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ``provision of law,'' 
        and inserting ``provision of law except subsection (d),''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by inserting after 
                ``filing'' the following: ``, within 60 days after the 
                date the Director received notice of the final order or 
                decision of the Board,''; and
                    (B) by striking the last sentence.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 1 shall take effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act, and apply to any suit, action, or other 
administrative or judicial proceeding pending on such date or commenced 
on or after such date.
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