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Calendar No. 647 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1433 

[Report No. 110–295] 

To amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to provide 

competitive status to certain Federal employees in the State of Alaska. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 21, 2007 

Ms. MURKOWSKI introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

APRIL 10, 2008 

Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, with an amendment 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation 

Act to provide competitive status to certain Federal employees in the State of Alaska. 

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 ‘‘Thomas P. O’Hara 

5 Public Land Career Opportunity Act of 2007’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COMPETITIVE STATUS FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL EM2 PLOYEES IN THE STATE OF ALASKA. 

3 Section 1308 of the Alaska National Interest Lands 

4 Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3198) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

6 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(c) COMPETITIVE STATUS.—An individual ap10 pointed to a permanent position under subsection (a) shall 

11 be converted to competitive status after— 

12 ‘‘(1) if the appointment is full time, the comple13 tion of 2 years of competitive and satisfactory full 

14 time service; or 

15 ‘‘(2) if the appointment is less than full time, 

16 the period that is equivalent to 2 years of competi17 tive and satisfactory full time service.’’. 

18 SEC. 2. COMPETITIVE STATUS FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL EM19 PLOYEES IN THE STATE OF ALASKA. 

20 Section 1308 of the Alaska National Interest Lands 

21 Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3198) is amended by adding 

22 at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(e) COMPETITIVE STATUS.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in subsection (a) 

25 provides that any person hired pursuant to the pro26 gram established under that subsection is not eligible 


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1 for competitive status in the same manner as any 

2 other employee hired as part of the competitive serv3 ice. 

4 ‘‘(2) REDESIGNATION OF CERTAIN POSITIONS.— 

5 ‘‘(A) PERSONS SERVING IN ORIGINAL POSI6 TIONS.—Not later than 60 days after the date of 

7 enactment of this subsection, with respect to any 

8 person hired into a permanent position pursuant 

9 to the program established under subsection (a) 

10 who is serving in that position as of the date of 

11 enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall 

12 redesignate that position and the person serving 

13 in that position as having been part of the com14 petitive service as of the date that the person was 

15 hired into that position. 

16 ‘‘(B) PERSONS NO LONGER SERVING IN

17 ORIGINAL POSITIONS.—With respect to any per18 son who was hired pursuant to the program es19 tablished under subsection (a) that is no longer 

20 serving in that position as of the date of enact21 ment of this subsection— 

22 ‘‘(i) the person may provide to the Sec23 retary a request for redesignation of the 

24 service as part of the competitive service 


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1 that includes evidence of the employment; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(ii) not later than 90 days of the sub4 mission of a request under clause (i), the 

5 Secretary shall redesignate the service of the 

6 person as being part of the competitive serv7 ice.’’. 


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Calendar No. 647 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1433 

[Report No. 110

–295] 

A BILL 

To amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Concertain Federal employees in the State of Alaska. servation Act to provide competitive status to 

APRIL 10, 2008 

Reported with an amendment 


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