[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[H.R. 4906 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 467
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4906

                          [Report No. 114-601]

  To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility of 
employees of a land management agency in a time-limited appointment to 
  compete for a permanent appointment at any Federal agency, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 12, 2016

  Mr. Connolly (for himself and Mr. Meadows) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
                                 Reform

                              May 31, 2016

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed


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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility of 
employees of a land management agency in a time-limited appointment to 
  compete for a permanent appointment at any Federal agency, 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. ELIGIBILITY OF EMPLOYEES IN A TIME-LIMITED APPOINTMENT TO 
              COMPETE FOR A PERMANENT APPOINTMENT AT ANY FEDERAL 
              AGENCY.

    Section 9602 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``any land management 
        agency or any other agency (as defined in section 101 of title 
        31) under the internal merit promotion procedures of the 
        applicable agency'' and inserting ``such land management agency 
        when such agency is accepting applications from individuals 
        within the agency's workforce under merit promotion procedures, 
        or any agency, including a land management agency, when the 
        agency is accepting applications from individuals outside its 
        own workforce under the merit promotion procedures of the 
        applicable agency''; and
            (2) in subsection (d) by inserting ``of the agency from 
        which the former employee was most recently separated'' after 
        ``deemed a time-limited employee''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 467

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4906

                          [Report No. 114-601]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility of 
employees of a land management agency in a time-limited appointment to 
  compete for a permanent appointment at any Federal agency, and for 
                            other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 31, 2016

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed