[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2768 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2768

To provide competitive status to certain Federal employees in the State 
                               of Alaska.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 22, 2004

 Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide competitive status to certain Federal employees in the State 
                               of Alaska.

    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 ``Thomas P. O'Hara Public Land Career 
Opportunity Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. COMPETITIVE STATUS FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES IN THE STATE 
              OF ALASKA.

    Section 1308 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
(16 U.S.C. 3198) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
        (d) and (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Competitive Status.--An individual appointed to a permanent 
position under subsection (a) shall, after the completion of 1 year of 
service, be considered to have competitive status and shall enjoy the 
rights, privileges, and benefits of employees holding competitive 
status, including the rights, privileges, and benefits relating to 
promotion and transfer.''.
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