such employee may not receive any pay, awards, bonuses, 
incentives, allowances, differentials, student loan repay-
ments, special payments, or benefits.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter VI of chapter 75 
of title 5, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a), shall not apply to any personnel action 
against a career appointee (as that term is defined 
in section 3132(a)(4) of title 5, United States Code) 
that was commenced before the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(2) RELATION TO OTHER AUTHORITIES.—The 
authority provided by such subchapter is in addition 
to the authority provided under section 3592 or sub-
chapter V of chapter 75 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) TITLE 5.—Title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) in section 3592(b)(2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A); 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
of subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
and 
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(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) any removal under subchapter VI of 
this title or section 713 of title 38.’’; 
(B) in section 3393(g), by striking ‘‘or 
7543 of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘, 7543, or 
7553 of this title or section 713 of title 38’’; 
and 
(C) in section 7542, by striking ‘‘or to a 
removal under section 3592 or 3595 of this 
title’’ and inserting ‘‘to a removal under section 
3592 or 3595 of this title, to a suspension 
under section 7503, to a removal or transfer 
under section 7553, or a removal or transfer 
under section 713 of title 38’’. 
(2) TITLE 38.—Section 713(f)(1) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or sub-
chapter V’’ and inserting ‘‘, chapter 43, or sub-
chapters V and VI’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 75 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to sec-
tion 7543 the following: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER VI—SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE: EXPEDITED REMOVAL 
‘‘7551. Definitions. 
‘‘7552. Actions covered. 
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‘‘7553. Cause and procedure. 
‘‘7554. Expedited review of appeal.’’. 
SEC. 9. MANDATORY REASSIGNMENT OF CAREER AP-
POINTEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3395(a) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3)(A) Consistent with the requirements of para-
graphs (1) and (2), at least once every five years beginning 
on the date that a career appointee is initially appointed 
to the Senior Executive Service, each career appointee at 
an agency shall be reassigned to another Senior Executive 
Service position at the agency at a different geographic 
location that does not include the supervision of the same 
agency personnel or programs. 
‘‘(B) The head of an agency may waive the require-
ment under subparagraph (A) for any career appointee if 
the head submits notice of the waiver and an explanation 
of the reasons for the waiver to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
3395(a)(1)(A) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs 
(2) and (3)’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect 90 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
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