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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 657 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to reduce the number of civil service 
positions within the executive branch, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 11, 2011 
Mrs. LUMMIS (for herself, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. AKIN, Mr. 
LAMBORN, Mr. HELLER, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. ROE of 
Tennessee, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. POSEY, Mr. 
OLSON, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. KLINE, Mr. ROSKAM, Mrs. 
SCHMIDT, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. FLORES, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. KING of 
Iowa, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 
HALL, Mr. RIGELL, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. DENHAM, and Mr. GIBBS) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to reduce the number 
of civil service positions within the executive branch, 
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 ‘‘Federal Workforce Re-
duction Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. REDUCING THE NUMBER OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 
Section 3101 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Each Executive agency’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection 
(b), each Executive agency’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.— 
‘‘(1) HIRING FREEZE.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), during fiscal year 2012 and each suc-
ceeding fiscal year for which the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget (in such manner as 
the Director determines to be appropriate) projects 
a Federal budget deficit, the head of an Executive 
agency may not appoint any individual to a position 
in the agency. 
‘‘(2) PERMITTING APPOINTMENTS FROM FED-
ERAL WORKFORCE HIRING POOL.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
POOL.—The 
President shall establish a Federal workforce 
hiring pool consisting of positions which may be 
allocated among all Executive agencies. 
‘‘(B) PROCEDURES.—The head of an Ex-
ecutive agency may appoint an individual to a 
position in the agency if— 
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‘‘(i) there is a position available in the 
Federal workforce hiring pool; 
‘‘(ii) the head of the Executive agency 
submits a request to the President for the 
allocation of a position in the Federal 
workforce hiring pool to the agency for 
purposes of making an appointment; and 
‘‘(iii) the President approves the re-
quest. 
‘‘(C) PROCESS AND CRITERIA FOR APPROV-
ING REQUESTS.—The President shall promul-
gate regulations— 
‘‘(i) setting forth the process by which 
the head of an Executive agency may make 
a request under this subsection; and 
‘‘(ii) setting forth the criteria by 
which the President shall determine on a 
competitive basis whether to approve a re-
quest by the head of an Executive agency 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(D) NUMBER OF POSITIONS IN POOL.— 
‘‘(i) INITIAL NUMBER.—As of the first 
day of fiscal year 2012, the number of po-
sitions in the Federal workforce hiring pool 
shall equal zero. 
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‘‘(ii) CHANGES
TO
INITIAL
NUM-
BER.—After the first day of fiscal year 
2012, the number of positions in the Fed-
eral workforce hiring pool— 
‘‘(I) shall increase by .50 for 
each full-time-equivalent position in 
any Executive agency which subse-
quently becomes vacant; and 
‘‘(II) shall decrease by 1.0 for 
each request for a full-time equivalent 
position which is approved by the 
President under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) WAIVER IN CASE OF EMERGENCY OR NEED 
TO PROTECT NATIONAL SECURITY.—The President 
may waive this subsection with respect to the hiring 
of an employee for a position 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, safety, or 
property so requires. 
‘‘(4) ACTION
THROUGH
OPM.—The President 
shall carry out this subsection through the Director 
of the Office of Personnel Management, who shall 
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consult with the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget. 
‘‘(5) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 
days after the end of each quarter of a fiscal 
year, the President shall provide Congress with 
a report containing a list of each appointment 
approved by the President under this subsection 
during the quarter, broken down by executive 
agency. 
‘‘(B) INFORMATION INCLUDED.—The list 
contained in a report provided to Congress 
under subparagraph (A) shall include a descrip-
tion of the position associated with each ap-
proved appointment, but shall not provide any 
information that may be used to identify the in-
dividual appointed to the position. 
‘‘(C) PUBLIC DISSEMINATION.—The Presi-
dent shall make each report provided to Con-
gress under subparagraph (A) available to the 
public by posting the report on the official pub-
lic website of the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent in a searchable, sortable, and download-
able manner. 
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‘‘(6) EXCLUSION
OF
CERTAIN
EXECUTIVE 
AGENCIES.—This subsection does not apply to— 
‘‘(A) the Department of Defense; 
‘‘(B) the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity; or 
‘‘(C) the Department of Veterans’ Af-
fairs.’’. 
Æ 
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