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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2190

To direct the Office of Personnel Management to establish an interagency

placement program for Federal employees affected by reduction in force

actions, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 14 (legislative day, JUNE 7), 1994

Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and Mr. WOFFORD) introduced the following

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

A BILL

To direct the Office of Personnel Management to establish

an interagency placement program for Federal employees

affected by reduction in force actions, 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 1994’’.
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1 SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY PLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR FED2 ERAL EMPLOYEES AFFECTED BY REDUCTION

3 IN FORCE ACTIONS.

4 (a) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section the

5 term ‘‘agency’’ means an ‘‘Executive agency’’ as defined

6 under section 105 of title 5, United States Code, and—

7 (1) includes the United States Postal Service

8 and the Postal Rate Commission; and

9 (2) does not include the General Accounting Of10 fice.

11 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—No later than

12 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the

13 Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall es14 tablish a Government-wide demonstration program to fa15 cilitate employment placement for Federal employees

16 who—

17 (1) are scheduled to be separated from service

18 under a reduction in force pursuant to—

19 (A) regulations prescribed under section

20 3502 of title 5, United States Code; or

21 (B) procedures established under section

22 3595 of title 5, United States Code; or

23 (2) are separated from service under such a re24 duction in force.
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1 (c) INTERAGENCY PLACEMENT PROGRAM.—The

2 placement program established under subsection (b)

3 shall—

4 (1) coordinate with programs established by

5 agencies for the placement of agency employees af6 fected by a reduction in force action within such

7 agency; and

8 (2) provide a system to require the offer of a

9 position in an agency to an employee of another

10 agency affected by a reduction in force action, if—

11 (A) the position cannot be filled through

12 the placement program of the agency in which

13 the position is located;

14 (B) the employee to whom the offer is

15 made is well qualified for the offered position;

16 (C)(i) the classification of the offered posi17 tion is equal to the classification of the employ18 ee’s present or last held position; or

19 (ii) the basic rate of pay of the offered po20 sition is equal to the basic rate of pay of the

21 employee’s present or last held position; and

22 (D) the geographic location of the offered

23 position is within the commuting area of—

24 (i) the residence of the employee; or
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1 (ii) the location of the employee’s

2 present or last held position.

3 (d) AGENCY PROGRAMS UNAFFECTED.—The inter4 agency placement program established under this section

5 shall not affect the priority of placement of any employee

6 under the agency placement program of such employee’s

7 employing agency.

8 (e) TERMINATION OF DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—

9 The demonstration program established under subsection

10 (b) shall terminate 5 years after the date on which the

11 Director of the Office of Personnel Management deter12 mines such program is first operable.

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