[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3960 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3960

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 27, 2006

  Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


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

    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 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
              EMPLOYEES.

    (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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