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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5328 

To grant certain Library of Congress employees the same competitive status 

for appointment granted to certain employees of the judicial branch, 

and to extend to displaced Library employees the same career-transition 

assistance extended to employees of the executive branch. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 9, 2006 

Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CUMMINGS, and 

Mr. WYNN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 

Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To grant certain Library of Congress employees the same 

competitive status for appointment granted to certain 

employees of the judicial branch, and to extend to displaced Library employees the same career-transition assistance extended to employees of the executive branch. 

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 ‘‘Library of Congress 

5 Employee Transition Assistance Act of 2006’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. APPOINTMENTS IN COMPETITIVE SERVICE. 

2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any em3 ployee of the Library of Congress who at any time prior 

4 to or after the date of the enactment of this Act has satis5 factorily completed a probationary period with the Library 

6 under a nontemporary appointment acquires a competitive 

7 status for appointment to any position in the competitive 

8 service for which the employee possesses the required 

9 qualifications. An employee who acquires a competitive 

10 status under this section shall not be required to complete 

11 a probationary period upon appointment to a position in 

12 the competitive service. 

13 SEC. 3. SPECIAL SELECTION PRIORITY UNDER CAREER 

14 TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

15 (a) SPECIAL SELECTION PRIORITY STATUS.—Not16 withstanding any other provision of law, a displaced Li17 brary of Congress employee shall be treated as an em18 ployee of an Executive Department, Government corpora19 tion, or independent establishment who is eligible for a 

20 special selection priority under the career transition assist21 ance plans administered by the Director of the Office of 

22 Personnel Management under subpart F of part 330 of 

23 title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor pro24 gram under which surplus and displaced Federal employ25 ees are given special selection priority for other positions 

26 in the Federal Government). 


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1 (b) DISPLACED LIBRARY OF CONGRESS EMPLOYEE

2 DEFINED.—In this section, a ‘‘displaced Library of Con3 gress employee’’ is an individual— 

4 (1) who is an employee of the Library of Con5 gress or a former employee who was separated from 

6 employment with the Library of Congress not more 

7 than 90 days prior to the date of the enactment of 

8 this Act; 

9 (2) who has received a reduction-in-force notice 

10 of separation or a notice of proposed removal for de11 clining a transfer of function or directed reassign12 ment outside of the local commuting area, or who 

13 was separated or removed under any such notice; 

14 (3) whose appointment as an employee of the 

15 Library at the time of receiving the notice described 

16 in paragraph (2) or at the time of separation or re17 moval as described in paragraph (2) (as the case 

18 may be) was without time limit; and 

19 (4) whose salary at the time of receiving the no20 tice described in paragraph (2) or at the time of sep21 aration or removal as described in paragraph (2) (as 

22 the case may be) was at grade level GS–15 or below. 

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