[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 657 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 657

  To amend title 5, United States Code, to reduce the number of civil 
 service positions within the executive branch, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2011

   Mrs. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Akin, Mr. 
     Lamborn, Mr. Heller, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Roe of 
Tennessee, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Posey, Mr. Olson, 
    Mr. Marchant, Mr. Schock, Mr. Kline, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Watt, Mrs. 
 Schmidt, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Flores, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. 
 Fleming, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Hall, Mr. Rigell, 
  Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Denham, and Mr. Gibbs) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
                                 Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 5, United States Code, to reduce the number of civil 
 service positions within the executive branch, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Federal Workforce Reduction Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. REDUCING THE NUMBER OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    Section 3101 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Each Executive agency'' and inserting 
        ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), each Executive 
        agency''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Reduction in Number of Employees.--
            ``(1) Hiring freeze.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        during fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal year for 
        which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (in 
        such manner as the Director determines to be appropriate) 
        projects a Federal budget deficit, the head of an Executive 
        agency may not appoint any individual to a position in the 
        agency.
            ``(2) Permitting appointments from federal workforce hiring 
        pool.--
                    ``(A) Establishment of pool.--The President shall 
                establish a Federal workforce hiring pool consisting of 
                positions which may be allocated among all Executive 
                agencies.
                    ``(B) Procedures.--The head of an Executive agency 
                may appoint an individual to a position in the agency 
                if--
                            ``(i) there is a position available in the 
                        Federal workforce hiring pool;
                            ``(ii) the head of the Executive agency 
                        submits a request to the President for the 
                        allocation of a position in the Federal 
                        workforce hiring pool to the agency for 
                        purposes of making an appointment; and
                            ``(iii) the President approves the request.
                    ``(C) Process and criteria for approving 
                requests.--The President shall promulgate regulations--
                            ``(i) setting forth the process by which 
                        the head of an Executive agency may make a 
                        request under this subsection; and
                            ``(ii) setting forth the criteria by which 
                        the President shall determine on a competitive 
                        basis whether to approve a request by the head 
                        of an Executive agency under this subsection.
                    ``(D) Number of positions in pool.--
                            ``(i) Initial number.--As of the first day 
                        of fiscal year 2012, the number of positions in 
                        the Federal workforce hiring pool shall equal 
                        zero.
                            ``(ii) Changes to initial number.--After 
                        the first day of fiscal year 2012, the number 
                        of positions in the Federal workforce hiring 
                        pool--
                                    ``(I) shall increase by .50 for 
                                each full-time-equivalent position in 
                                any Executive agency which subsequently 
                                becomes vacant; and
                                    ``(II) shall decrease by 1.0 for 
                                each request for a full-time equivalent 
                                position which is approved by the 
                                President under this subsection.
            ``(3) Waiver in case of emergency or need to protect 
        national security.--The President may waive this subsection 
        with respect to the hiring of an employee for a position upon a 
        determination by the President that--
                    ``(A) the existence of a state of war or other 
                national security concern so requires; or
                    ``(B) the existence of an extraordinary emergency 
                threatening life, health, safety, or property so 
                requires.
            ``(4) Action through opm.--The President shall carry out 
        this subsection through the Director of the Office of Personnel 
        Management, who shall consult with the Director of the Office 
        of Management and Budget.
            ``(5) Reports to congress.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
                end of each quarter of a fiscal year, the President 
                shall provide Congress with a report containing a list 
                of each appointment approved by the President under 
                this subsection during the quarter, broken down by 
                executive agency.
                    ``(B) Information included.--The list contained in 
                a report provided to Congress under subparagraph (A) 
                shall include a description of the position associated 
                with each approved appointment, but shall not provide 
                any information that may be used to identify the 
                individual appointed to the position.
                    ``(C) Public dissemination.--The President shall 
                make each report provided to Congress under 
                subparagraph (A) available to the public by posting the 
                report on the official public website of the Executive 
                Office of the President in a searchable, sortable, and 
                downloadable manner.
            ``(6) Exclusion of certain executive agencies.--This 
        subsection does not apply to--
                    ``(A) the Department of Defense;
                    ``(B) the Department of Homeland Security; or
                    ``(C) the Department of Veterans' Affairs.''.
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