II Calendar No. 647 110th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 1433 [Report No. 110–295] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 21, 2007 Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources April 10, 2008 Reported by Mr. Bingaman, with an amendment Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic A BILL To amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to provide competitive status to certain Federal employees in the State of Alaska.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Thomas P. O’Hara Public Land Career Opportunity Act of 2007.

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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), respectively; and (2)by inserting after subsection (b) the following: (c)

Competitive Status

An individual appointed to a permanent position under subsection (a) shall be converted to competitive status after— (1)if the appointment is full time, the completion of 2 years of competitive and satisfactory full time service; or (2)if the appointment is less than full time, the period that is equivalent to 2 years of competitive and satisfactory full time service. .

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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 by adding at the end the following: (e)

Competitive status

(1)

In general

Nothing in subsection (a) provides that any person hired pursuant to the program established under that subsection is not eligible for competitive status in the same manner as any other employee hired as part of the competitive service. (2)

Redesignation of certain positions

(A)

Persons serving in original positions

Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, with respect to any person hired into a permanent position pursuant to the program established under subsection (a) who is serving in that position as of the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall redesignate that position and the person serving in that position as having been part of the competitive service as of the date that the person was hired into that position. (B)

Persons no longer serving in original positions

With respect to any person who was hired pursuant to the program established under subsection (a) that is no longer serving in that position as of the date of enactment of this subsection— (i)the person may provide to the Secretary a request for redesignation of the service as part of the competitive service that includes evidence of the employment; and (ii)not later than 90 days of the submission of a request under clause (i), the Secretary shall redesignate the service of the person as being part of the competitive service. .

April 10, 2008 Reported with an amendment