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Union Calendar No. 358 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3023 
[Report No. 114–472] 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to modify probationary periods with 
respect to positions within the competitive service and the Senior Execu-
tive Service, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2015 
Mr. BUCK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform 
MARCH 23, 2016 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to modify proba-
tionary periods with respect to positions within the com-
petitive service and the Senior Executive Service, and 
for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF PROBATIONARY PERIOD FOR 
POSITIONS WITHIN THE COMPETITIVE SERV-
ICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3321 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The Presi-
dent’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsections (c) and 
(d), the President’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (e); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
length of a probationary period established under para-
graph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) shall be— 
‘‘(A) with respect to any position that requires 
formal training, a period of 2 years beginning on the 
date that such formal training is completed; 
‘‘(B) with respect to any position that requires 
a license, a period of 2 years beginning on the date 
that such license is granted; and 
‘‘(C) with respect to any position not covered by 
subparagraph (A) or (B), not less than 2 years. 
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‘‘(2) The length of a probationary period established 
under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) in the case 
of a preference eligible shall be not longer than— 
‘‘(A) if the appointment (as referred to in sub-
section (a)(1)) or the initial appointment (as re-
ferred to in subsection (a)(2)) is to a position that 
exists on the effective date of this subsection, the 
length of the probationary period which applies to 
such position as of such effective date; or 
‘‘(B) if the appointment (as referred to in sub-
section (a)(1)) or the initial appointment (as re-
ferred to in subsection (a)(2)) is to a position that 
does not exist on the effective date of this sub-
section, such length of time as the President may es-
tablish, consistent with the purposes of this subpara-
graph. 
‘‘(3) In paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘formal training’ means, with re-
spect to any position, a training program required 
by law, rule, or regulation, or otherwise required by 
the employing agency, to be completed by the em-
ployee before the employee is able to successfully 
execute the duties of the applicable position; and 
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