II 111th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3088 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 8, 2010 Mr. Feingold (for himself and Mr. McCain) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To reduce the number of executive branch political appointees.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Reduce Bureaucracy Act.

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Reduction in number of political appointees

(a)

Definition

In this section, the term political appointee means any individual who— (1)is employed in a position on the executive schedule under sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States Code; (2)is a limited term appointee, limited emergency appointee, or noncareer appointee in the senior executive service as defined under section 3132(a) (5), (6), and (7) of title 5, United States Code, respectively; or (3)is employed in a position in the executive branch of the Government of a confidential or policy-determining character under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (b)

Limitation

The President, acting through the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management, shall take such actions as necessary to ensure that the total number of political appointees shall not exceed 2,000. (c)

Effective date

This section shall take effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.