[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5328 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5328

  To grant certain Library of Congress employees the same competitive 
  status for appointment granted to certain employees of the judicial 
 branch, and to extend to displaced Library employees the same career-
  transition assistance extended to employees of the executive branch.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 2006

Ms. Millender-McDonald (for herself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Cummings, and Mr. 
    Wynn) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To grant certain Library of Congress employees the same competitive 
  status for appointment granted to certain employees of the judicial 
 branch, and to extend to displaced Library employees the same career-
  transition assistance extended to employees of the executive branch.

    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 ``Library of Congress Employee 
Transition Assistance Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. APPOINTMENTS IN COMPETITIVE SERVICE.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any employee of the 
Library of Congress who at any time prior to or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act has satisfactorily completed a probationary 
period with the Library under a nontemporary appointment acquires a 
competitive status for appointment to any position in the competitive 
service for which the employee possesses the required qualifications. 
An employee who acquires a competitive status under this section shall 
not be required to complete a probationary period upon appointment to a 
position in the competitive service.

SEC. 3. SPECIAL SELECTION PRIORITY UNDER CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Special Selection Priority Status.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, a displaced Library of Congress employee shall be 
treated as an employee of an Executive Department, Government 
corporation, or independent establishment who is eligible for a special 
selection priority under the career transition assistance plans 
administered by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
under subpart F of part 330 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
any successor program under which surplus and displaced Federal 
employees are given special selection priority for other positions in 
the Federal Government).
    (b) Displaced Library of Congress Employee Defined.--In this 
section, a ``displaced Library of Congress employee'' is an 
individual--
            (1) who is an employee of the Library of Congress or a 
        former employee who was separated from employment with the 
        Library of Congress not more than 90 days prior to the date of 
        the enactment of this Act;
            (2) who has received a reduction-in-force notice of 
        separation or a notice of proposed removal for declining a 
        transfer of function or directed reassignment outside of the 
        local commuting area, or who was separated or removed under any 
        such notice;
            (3) whose appointment as an employee of the Library at the 
        time of receiving the notice described in paragraph (2) or at 
        the time of separation or removal as described in paragraph (2) 
        (as the case may be) was without time limit; and
            (4) whose salary at the time of receiving the notice 
        described in paragraph (2) or at the time of separation or 
        removal as described in paragraph (2) (as the case may be) was 
        at grade level GS-15 or below.
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