SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OFFICERS AND ACTING 
OFFICERS FROM CARRYING OUT DUTIES OF 
OTHER FEDERAL POSITIONS. 
(a) DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGE-
MENT.—Section 1102(c) of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Director 
or’’; and 
(2) by adding after the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘The Director, or any other individual oc-
cupying a position in the civil service performing the 
functions and duties of the office of the Director 
temporarily in an acting capacity, may not occupy, 
or carry out the functions or duties of, any other po-
sition in the Federal Government.’’. 
(b) SPECIAL COUNSEL.—Section 1211(b) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the last sen-
tence and inserting the following: ‘‘The Special Counsel, 
or any other individual occupying a position in the civil 
service performing the functions and duties of the office 
of the Special Counsel temporarily in an acting capacity, 
may not occupy, or carry out the functions or duties of, 
any other position in the Federal Government.’’. 
(c) DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETH-
ICS.—Section 13121(b) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Direc-
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tor, or any other individual occupying a position in the 
civil service performing the functions and duties or of the 
office of the Director temporarily in an acting capacity, 
may not occupy, or carry out the functions or duties of, 
any other position in the Federal Government.’’. 
(d) NARA.—Section 2103(c) of title 44, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘The Archivist, or any other individual occupying 
a position in the civil service performing the functions and 
duties of the office of the Archivist temporarily in an act-
ing capacity, may not occupy, or carry out the functions 
or duties of, any other position in the Federal Govern-
ment.’’. 
(e) FEDERAL VACANCIES.—Section 3345(a) of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) or (3) of sub-
section (a), the President may not direct under either such 
paragraph any individual to perform the functions and du-
ties of a vacant office temporarily in an acting capacity 
if such individual is performing the functions and duties 
of any other office temporarily in an acting capacity.’’. 
(f) POSITIONS UNDER LEVEL I OF EXECUTIVE 
SCHEDULE.—Any individual occupying a position listed 
under level I of the Executive Schedule (section 5312 of 
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title 5, United States Code), or any other individual occu-
pying a position in the civil service performing the func-
tions and duties of the office of such position temporarily 
in an acting capacity, may not occupy, or carry out the 
functions or duties of, any other position in the Federal 
Government. 
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