[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 125 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 125

     To reduce the number of executive branch political appointees.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 19, 1999

  Mr. Feingold (for himself and Mr. McCain) introduced the following 
      bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                          Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
     To reduce the number of executive branch political appointees.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF POLITICAL APPOINTEES.

    (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``political appointee'' 
means any individual who--
            (1) is employed in a position on the executive schedule 
        under sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States 
        Code;
            (2) is a limited term appointee, limited emergency 
        appointee, or noncareer appointee in the senior executive 
        service as defined under section 3132(a) (5), (6), and (7) of 
        title 5, United States Code, respectively; or
            (3) is employed in a position in the executive branch of 
        the Government of a confidential or policy-determining 
        character under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 
        of the Code of Federal Regulations.
    (b) Limitation.--The President, acting through the Office of 
Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management, shall 
take such actions as necessary (including reduction in force actions 
under procedures established under section 3595 of title 5, United 
States Code) to ensure that the total number of political appointees 
shall not exceed 2,000.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on October 1, 
1999.
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