[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6426 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6426

     To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a 2 year 
 prohibition on employment in a career civil service position for any 
          former political appointee, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 2, 2016

   Mr. Buck 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 provide for a 2 year 
 prohibition on employment in a career civil service position for any 
          former political appointee, 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. TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON EMPLOYMENT OF POLITICAL APPOINTEES 
              IN CAREER CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 31 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 3115. Employment of former political appointees; restrictions
    ``(a) An individual occupying a political position in the civil 
service may not be appointed to a career position in the civil service 
during the period of 2 years immediately following the date the 
individual separates from such political position.
    ``(b) In this section--
            ``(1) the term `political position' means--
                    ``(A) a position which has been excepted from the 
                competitive service by reason of its confidential, 
                policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating 
                character; or
                    ``(B) a position in the Senior Executive Service as 
                a limited term appointee, limited emergency appointee, 
                or noncareer appointee (as those terms are defined in 
                paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively, of section 
                3132(a)); and
            ``(2) the term `career position' means--
                    ``(A) a position in the competitive service; or
                    ``(B) a position in the the Senior Executive 
                Service as a career appointee (as that term is defined 
                in section 3132(a)(4)).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections of chapter 31 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item 
relating to section 3114 the following:

``3115. Employment of former political appointees; restrictions.''.
    (c) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply 
to any individual who separates from a political position (as that term 
is defined in section 3115 of title 5, United States Code, as added by 
such subsection) after the date of enactment of this Act.
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