[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4957 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4957

 To apply the requirements of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 
  to a vacancy in the office of the Secretary of Labor, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2023

  Mr. Kiley (for himself and Ms. Foxx) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To apply the requirements of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 
  to a vacancy in the office of the Secretary of Labor, 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 ``Department of Labor Succession 
Act''.

SEC. 2. APPLYING VACANCIES ACT TO VACANCY IN OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF 
              LABOR.

    Section 1 of the Act of April 17, 1946 (60 Stat. 91; 29 U.S.C. 552) 
is amended by striking the second and third sentences and inserting the 
following: ``The Deputy Secretary is authorized to exercise the 
functions and perform the duties of the first assistant of the 
Secretary of Labor within the meaning of section 3345 of title 5, 
United States Code, and shall perform such other duties as may be 
required by law or prescribed by the Secretary of Labor.''.
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