[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2541 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2541

 To allow additional appointing authorities to select individuals from 
                   competitive service certificates.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 26, 2014

Mr. Tester (for himself and Mr. Begich) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow additional appointing authorities to select individuals from 
                   competitive service certificates.

    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 ``Competitive Service Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL APPOINTING AUTHORITIES FOR COMPETITIVE SERVICE.

    (a) In General.--Section 3317 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at end the following:
    ``(c) Other Appointing Authorities.--
            ``(1) In general.--During the 240-day period beginning on 
        the date of issuance of a certificate of eligibles under 
        subsection (a), an appointing authority other than the 
        appointing authority requesting the certificate may select an 
        individual from that certificate in accordance with paragraph 
        (2) for an appointment to a position that is--
                    ``(A) in the same occupational series as the 
                position for which the certification of eligibles was 
                issued (in this subsection referred to as the `original 
                position'); and
                    ``(B) at a similar grade level as the original 
                position.
            ``(2) Requirements.--The selection of an individual under 
        paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) shall be made in accordance with this 
                subchapter; and
                    ``(B) may be made without any additional posting 
                under section 3327.
            ``(3) Applicability.--An appointing authority requesting a 
        certificate of eligibles may share the certificate with another 
        appointing authority only if the announcement of the original 
        position provided notice that the resulting list of eligible 
        candidates may be used by another appointing authority.
            ``(4) Collective bargaining obligations.--Nothing in this 
        subsection limits any collective bargaining obligation of an 
        agency under chapter 71.''.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall 
issue regulations to carry out the amendment made by subsection (a).
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