I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3029 
To reduce the size of the Federal workforce through attrition, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 
Mr. MULVANEY (for himself, Mr. ISSA, Mr. ROSS of Florida, Mr. CHAFFETZ, 
Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. FLORES, 
Mr. GARRETT, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. HUELSKAMP, 
Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. LANDRY, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. ROKITA, 
Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. WALSH of Illinois, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, 
and Mr. YODER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To reduce the size of the Federal workforce through attrition, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reducing the Size of 
the Federal Government Through Attrition Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN FEDERAL WORKFORCE. 
(a) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this section— 
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(1) the term ‘‘total number of Federal employ-
ees’’ means the total number of Federal employees 
in all agencies; 
(2) the term ‘‘Federal employee’’ means an em-
ployee as defined by section 2105 of title 5, United 
States Code; and 
(3) the term ‘‘agency’’ means an Executive 
agency as defined by section 105 of title 5, United 
States Code, excluding the Government Account-
ability Office. 
(b) LIMITATION.—The President, through the Office 
of Management and Budget (in consultation with the Of-
fice of Personnel Management), shall take appropriate 
measures to ensure that, effective beginning in fiscal year 
2015, the total number of Federal employees (as deter-
mined under subsection (c)) shall not exceed 90 percent 
of the total number of Federal employees as of September 
30, 2011 (as so determined). 
(c) MONITORING AND NOTIFICATION.—The Office of 
Management and Budget (in consultation with the Office 
of Personnel Management)— 
(1) shall continuously monitor all agencies and 
make a determination, as of September 30, 2011, 
and the last day of each quarter of each fiscal year 
beginning thereafter, as to whether or not the total 
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number of Federal employees exceeds the maximum 
number allowable under subsection (b); and 
(2) whenever a determination under paragraph 
(1) is made that the total number of Federal em-
ployees exceeds the maximum number allowable 
under subsection (b), shall provide written notice to 
that effect to the President and Congress within 14 
days after the last day of the quarter to which such 
determination relates. 
(d) COMPLIANCE.—Whenever, with respect to the 
quarter ending on September 30, 2014, or any subsequent 
quarter, the Office of Management and Budget provides 
written notice under subsection (c)(2) that the total num-
ber of Federal employees exceeds the maximum number 
allowable under subsection (b), no agency may thereafter 
appoint any employee to fill any vacancy within such agen-
cy until the Office of Management and Budget provides 
written notice to the President and Congress of a deter-
mination under subsection (c)(1) that the total number 
of Federal employees no longer exceeds the maximum 
number allowable under subsection (b). Any notice under 
the preceding sentence shall be provided within 14 days 
after the last day of the quarter to which the determina-
tion relates. 
(e) WAIVER.— 
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(1) EMERGENCIES.—This section may be 
waived upon a determination by the President 
that— 
(A) the existence of a state of war or other 
national security concern so requires; or 
(B) the existence of an extraordinary 
emergency threatening life, health, public safe-
ty, property, or the environment so requires. 
(2) AGENCY
EFFICIENCY
OR
CRITICAL
MIS-
SION.—This section may be waived, with respect to 
a particular position or category of positions in an 
agency, upon a determination by the President that 
the efficiency of the agency or the performance of a 
critical agency mission so requires. 
(f) REPLACEMENT RATE.—To the extent necessary 
to achieve the workforce reduction required by subsection 
(b), the Office of Management and Budget (in consulta-
tion with the Office of Personnel Management) shall take 
appropriate measures to ensure that agencies shall ap-
point no more than 1 employee for every 3 employees retir-
ing or otherwise separating from Government service after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. This subsection 
shall cease to apply after September 30, 2014. 
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(g) COUNTING RULE.—For purposes of this Act, any 
determination of the number of employees in an agency 
shall be expressed on a full-time equivalent basis. 
(h) LIMITATION
ON PROCUREMENT
OF SERVICE 
CONTRACTS.—The President, through the Office of Man-
agement and Budget (in consultation with the Office of 
Personnel Management), shall take appropriate measures 
to ensure that there is no increase in the procurement of 
service contracts by reason of the enactment of this Act, 
except in cases in which a cost comparison demonstrates 
that such contracts would be to the financial advantage 
of the Government. 
(i) REGULATIONS.—Any regulations necessary to 
carry out this Act may be prescribed by the President or 
his designee. 
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