In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

February 29, 2016. 

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1580) entitled ‘‘An Act to allow additional appointing authorities to select individuals from competitive service certificates.’’, do pass 

with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Competitive Service Act 

3 of 2015’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL APPOINTING AUTHORITIES FOR COM5 PETITIVE SERVICE. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3318 of title 5, United 

7 States Code, is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 

9 subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and 

10 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(b) OTHER APPOINTING AUTHORITIES.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—During the 240-day period 

14 beginning on the date of issuance of a certificate of 

15 eligibles under section 3317(a), an appointing author-
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1 ity other than the appointing authority requesting the 

2 certificate (in this subsection referred to as the ‘other 

3 appointing authority’) may select an individual from 

4 that certificate in accordance with this subsection for 

5 an appointment to a position that is— 

6 ‘‘(A) in the same occupational series as the 

7 position for which the certification of eligibles 

8 was issued (in this subsection referred to as the 

9 ‘original position’); and 

10 ‘‘(B) at a similar grade level as the original 

11 position. 

12 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—An appointing authority 

13 requesting a certificate of eligibles may share the cer14 tificate with another appointing authority only if the 

15 announcement of the original position provided notice 

16 that the resulting list of eligible candidates may be 

17 used by another appointing authority. 

18 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—The selection of an indi19 vidual under paragraph (1)— 

20 ‘‘(A) shall be made in accordance with sub21 section (a); and 

22 ‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (4), may be made 

23 without any additional posting under section 

24 3327. 
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1 ‘‘(4) INTERNAL NOTICE.—Before selecting an in2 dividual under paragraph (1), and subject to the re3 quirements of any collective bargaining obligation of 

4 the other appointing authority, the other appointing 

5 authority shall— 

6 ‘‘(A) provide notice of the available position 

7 to employees of the other appointing authority; 

8 ‘‘(B) provide up to 10 business days for em9 ployees of the other appointing authority to 

10 apply for the position; and 

11 ‘‘(C) review the qualifications of employees 

12 submitting an application. 

13 ‘‘(5) COLLECTIVE BARGAINING OBLIGATIONS.— 

14 Nothing in this subsection limits any collective bar15 gaining obligation of an agency under chapter 71.’’. 

16 (b) ALTERNATIVE RANKING AND SELECTION PROCE17 DURES.—Section 3319 of title 5, United States Code, is 

18 amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(c) SELECTION.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An appointing official may 

22 select any applicant in the highest quality category 

23 or, if fewer than 3 candidates have been assigned to 

24 the highest quality category, in a merged category 
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1 consisting of the highest and the second highest qual2 ity categories. 

3 ‘‘(2) USE BY OTHER APPOINTING OFFICIALS.— 

4 Under regulations prescribed by the Office of Per5 sonnel Management, appointing officials other than 

6 the appointing official described in paragraph (1) (in 

7 this subsection referred to as the ‘other appointing of8 ficial’) may select an applicant for an appointment 

9 to a position that is— 

10 ‘‘(A) in the same occupational series as the 

11 position for which the certification of eligibles 

12 was issued (in this subsection referred to as the 

13 ‘original position’); and 

14 ‘‘(B) at a similar grade level as the original 

15 position. 

16 ‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY.—An appointing authority 

17 requesting a certificate of eligibles may share the cer18 tificate with another appointing authority only if the 

19 announcement of the original position provided notice 

20 that the resulting list of eligible candidates may be 

21 used by another appointing authority. 

22 ‘‘(4) REQUIREMENTS.—The selection of an indi23 vidual under paragraph (2)— 

24 ‘‘(A) shall be made in accordance with this 

25 subsection; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (5), may be made 

2 without any additional posting under section 

3 3327. 

4 ‘‘(5) INTERNAL NOTICE.—Before selecting an in5 dividual under paragraph (2), and subject to the re6 quirements of any collective bargaining obligation of 

7 the other appointing authority (within the meaning 

8 given that term in section 3318(b)(1)), the other ap9 pointing official shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) provide notice of the available position 

11 to employees of the appointing authority employ12 ing the other appointing official; 

13 ‘‘(B) provide up to 10 business days for em14 ployees of the other appointing authority to 

15 apply for the position; and 

16 ‘‘(C) review the qualifications of employees 

17 submitting an application. 

18 ‘‘(6) COLLECTIVE BARGAINING OBLIGATIONS.— 

19 Nothing in this subsection limits any collective bar20 gaining obligation of an agency under chapter 71. 

21 ‘‘(7) PREFERENCE ELIGIBLES.—Notwithstanding 

22 paragraphs (1) and (2), an appointing official may 

23 not pass over a preference eligible in the same cat24 egory from which selection is made, unless the re-
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1 quirements of section 3317(b) and 3318(c), as appli2 cable, are satisfied.’’. 

3 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Sec4 tion 9510(b)(5) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 

5 by striking ‘‘3318(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘3318(c)’’. 

6 (d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the 

7 date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 

8 Personnel Management shall issue an interim final rule 

9 with comment to carry out the amendments made by this 

10 section. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1580 

AMENDMENT