[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5354]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5886. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
Warner, Mr. Padilla, Mr. King, Ms. Warren, Mr. Schatz, and Ms. 
Duckworth) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment 
SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended 
to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. LIMITATIONS ON EXCEPTION OF COMPETITIVE SERVICE 
                   POSITIONS.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 5, 
     United States Code, no position in the competitive service 
     (as defined in section 2102 of that title) may be excepted 
     from the competitive service unless that position is placed--
       (1) in any of schedules A through E, as described in 
     section 6.2 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, as in 
     effect on September 30, 2020; and
       (2) under the terms and conditions under part 6 of title 5, 
     Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on September 30, 
     2020.
       (b) Subsequent Transfers.--Notwithstanding section 3302 of 
     title 5, United States Code, no position in the excepted 
     service (as defined in section 2103 of that title) may be 
     placed in any schedule other than a schedule described in 
     subsection (a)(1).
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