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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2082

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the establishment

of priority placement programs for Federal employees affected by a

reduction in force, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 20, 1995

Ms. NORTON (for herself, Mr. DAVIS, Mrs. MORELLA, and Mr. WYNN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

A BILL

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the

establishment of priority placement programs for Federal

employees affected by a reduction in force, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Service Prior5 ity Placement Program Act of 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PRIORITY PLACEMENT PROGRAMS FOR FEDERAL

2 EMPLOYEES AFFECTED BY A REDUCTION IN

3 FORCE.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 33 of title

5 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end

6 the following:

7 ‘‘§ 3329b. Priority placement programs for employees

8 affected by a reduction in force

9 ‘‘(a) Not later than 6 months after the date of the

10 enactment of this section, the Office of Personnel Manage11 ment shall establish a Governmentwide priority placement

12 program, and each agency shall establish an agencywide

13 priority placement program, to facilitate employment

14 placement for employees who—

15 ‘‘(1) are scheduled to be separated from service

16 due to a reduction in force under—

17 ‘‘(A) regulations prescribed under section

18 3502; or

19 ‘‘(B) procedures established under section

20 3595; or

21 ‘‘(2) are separated from service due to such a

22 reduction in force.

23 ‘‘(b)(1) Each agencywide priority placement program

24 shall include provisions under which a vacant position

25 shall not be filled by the appointment or transfer of any

26 individual from outside of that agency if—
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1 ‘‘(A) there is then available any individual de2 scribed in paragraph (2) who is qualified for the po3 sition; and

4 ‘‘(B) the position—

5 ‘‘(i) is at the same grade (or pay level) or

6 not more than 1 grade (or pay level) below that

7 of the position last held by such individual be8 fore placement in the new position; and

9 ‘‘(ii) is within the same commuting area as

10 the individual’s last-held position (as referred to

11 in clause (i)) or residence.

12 ‘‘(2) For purposes of an agencywide priority place13 ment program, an individual shall be considered to be de14 scribed in this paragraph if such individual is—

15 ‘‘(A) an employee of such agency who is sched16 uled to be separated, as described in subsection

17 (a)(1); or

18 ‘‘(B) an individual who became a former em19 ployee of such agency as a result of a separation, as

20 described in subsection (a)(2).

21 ‘‘(c)(1) The Governmentwide priority placement pro22 gram shall be conducted in coordination with the various

23 agencywide priority placement programs, and shall include

24 provisions under which a vacant position in an agency

25 which cannot be filled through such agency’s priority
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1 placement program shall not be filled by the appointment

2 or transfer of any individual from outside of that agency

3 if—

4 ‘‘(A) there is then available any individual de5 scribed in paragraph (2) who is qualified for the po6 sition; and

7 ‘‘(B) with respect to such individual, the posi8 tion satisfies the criteria set forth in subparagraph

9 (B) of subsection (b)(1).

10 ‘‘(2) An individual shall be considered to be described

11 in this paragraph if such individual is—

12 ‘‘(A) an employee of an agency who is sched13 uled to be separated, as described in subsection

14 (a)(1); or

15 ‘‘(B) an individual who became a former em16 ployee of an agency as a result of a separation, as

17 described in subsection (a)(2).

18 ‘‘(d)(1) The Governmentwide priority placement pro19 gram shall not affect the priority of placement of individ20 uals under any agencywide priority placement program.

21 ‘‘(2) Nothing in this section shall affect any priority

22 placement program of the Department of Defense which

23 is in operation as of the date of the enactment of this

24 section.’’.
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1 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

2 (1) Title 5, United States Code, is amended by redesignat3 ing the second section which is designated as section 3329

4 as section 3329a.

5 (2) The table of sections for chapter 33 of title 5,

6 United States Code, is amended by striking the item relat7 ing to the second section which is designated as section

8 3329 and inserting the following:

‘‘3329a. Government-wide list of vacant positions.

‘‘3329b. Priority placement programs for employees affected by a reduction

in force.’’.

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