[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6292 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6292

To provide for competitive status for certain employees of the Internal 
                            Revenue Service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2006

  Mr. Lynch introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for competitive status for certain employees of the Internal 
                            Revenue Service.

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

SECTION 1. COMPETITIVE STATUS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE INTERNAL 
              REVENUE SERVICE.

    (a) In General.--If the Internal Revenue Service reduces the number 
of Estate and Gift Tax Attorney positions (GS-905) in the excepted 
service below the number of such positions authorized for fiscal year 
2006, any employee described under subsection (b) shall acquire 
competitive status.
    (b) Employees.--An employee referred to under subsection (a) is any 
employee--
            (1) who is employed by the Internal Revenue Service in an 
        Estate and Gift Tax Attorney position (GS-905) in the excepted 
        service and would be separated from service as a result of a 
        reduction under subsection (a);
            (2) who is not serving a probationary or trial period;
            (3) who has completed 1 year of current continuous service 
        in that position; and
            (4) whose work performance for the past 12 months has been 
        satisfactory.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal year 2007 
and each fiscal year thereafter.
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