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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 824 
To reduce the total number of civil service employees in the executive branch 
of the Government through attrition, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2013 
Mrs. LUMMIS (for herself and Mr. MULVANEY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To reduce the total number of civil service employees in 
the executive branch of the Government through attri-
tion, 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 Through Attrition Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘total number of Federal employ-
ees’’ means the total number of Federal employees 
in all agencies; 
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(2) the term ‘‘Federal employee’’ means an em-
ployee as defined by section 2105 of title 5, United 
States Code; 
(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; 
(4) the term ‘‘quarter’’ means a period of 3 cal-
endar months ending on March 31, June 30, Sep-
tember 30, or December 31; and 
(5) the term ‘‘baseline quarter’’ means the 
quarter in which occurs the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 3. WORKFORCE LIMITS AND REDUCTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—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 with respect to each 
quarter beginning after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the total number of Federal employees determined 
for such quarter does not exceed the applicable maximum 
for such quarter. 
(b) APPLICABLE MAXIMUM.—For purposes of this 
Act, the ‘‘applicable maximum’’ for a quarter is— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), any reductions necessary in order to 
achieve compliance with subsection (a) shall be made 
through attrition. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—If, for any quarter, the total 
number of Federal employees exceeds the applicable 
maximum for such quarter, then, until the first suc-
ceeding quarter for which such total number is de-
termined not to exceed the applicable maximum for 
such succeeding quarter, reductions shall be made 
through both attrition and a freeze on appointments. 
(e) COUNTING RULES.—For purposes of this Act— 
(1) any determination of the total number of 
Federal employees or the number of Federal employ-
ees separating from agencies shall be made— 
(A) on a full-time equivalent basis; and 
(B) under section 4; and 
(2) any determination of the total number of 
Federal employees for a quarter shall be made as of 
such date or otherwise on such basis as the Office 
of Management of Budget (in consultation with the 
Office of Personnel Management) considers to be 
representative and feasible. 
(f) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The President may waive 
any of the preceding provisions of this section, with re-
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spect to an individual appointment, upon a determination 
by the President that such appointment is necessary due 
to— 
(1) a state of war or for reasons of national se-
curity; or 
(2) an extraordinary emergency threatening life, 
health, safety, or property. 
(g) 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. 
SEC. 4. MONITORING AND NOTIFICATION. 
The Office of Management and Budget (in consulta-
tion with the Office of Personnel Management) shall— 
(1) continuously monitor all agencies and, for 
each quarter to which the requirements of section 
3(a) apply, determine whether or not such require-
ments have been met; and 
(2) not later than 14 days after the end of each 
quarter described in paragraph (1), submit to the 
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President and each House of Congress, a written de-
termination as to whether or not the requirements of 
section 3(a) have been met. 
SEC. 5. REGULATIONS. 
Any regulations necessary to carry out this Act may 
be prescribed by the President or his designee. 
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