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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5328 
To grant certain Library of Congress employees the same competitive status 
for appointment granted to certain employees of the judicial branch, 
and to extend to displaced Library employees the same career-transition 
assistance extended to employees of the executive branch. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 9, 2006 
Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CUMMINGS, and 
Mr. WYNN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To grant certain Library of Congress employees the same 
competitive status for appointment granted to certain 
employees of the judicial branch, and to extend to dis-
placed Library employees the same career-transition as-
sistance extended to employees of the executive branch. 
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 ‘‘Library of Congress 
Employee Transition Assistance Act of 2006’’. 
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SEC. 2. APPOINTMENTS IN COMPETITIVE SERVICE. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any em-
ployee of the Library of Congress who at any time prior 
to or after the date of the enactment of this Act has satis-
factorily completed a probationary period with the Library 
under a nontemporary appointment acquires a competitive 
status for appointment to any position in the competitive 
service for which the employee possesses the required 
qualifications. An employee who acquires a competitive 
status under this section shall not be required to complete 
a probationary period upon appointment to a position in 
the competitive service. 
SEC. 3. SPECIAL SELECTION PRIORITY UNDER CAREER 
TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) SPECIAL SELECTION PRIORITY STATUS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, a displaced Li-
brary of Congress employee shall be treated as an em-
ployee of an Executive Department, Government corpora-
tion, or independent establishment who is eligible for a 
special selection priority under the career transition assist-
ance plans administered by the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management under subpart F of part 330 of 
title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor pro-
gram under which surplus and displaced Federal employ-
ees are given special selection priority for other positions 
in the Federal Government). 
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(b) DISPLACED LIBRARY OF CONGRESS EMPLOYEE 
DEFINED.—In this section, a ‘‘displaced Library of Con-
gress employee’’ is an individual— 
(1) who is an employee of the Library of Con-
gress or a former employee who was separated from 
employment with the Library of Congress not more 
than 90 days prior to the date of the enactment of 
this Act; 
(2) who has received a reduction-in-force notice 
of separation or a notice of proposed removal for de-
clining a transfer of function or directed reassign-
ment outside of the local commuting area, or who 
was separated or removed under any such notice; 
(3) whose appointment as an employee of the 
Library at the time of receiving the notice described 
in paragraph (2) or at the time of separation or re-
moval as described in paragraph (2) (as the case 
may be) was without time limit; and 
(4) whose salary at the time of receiving the no-
tice described in paragraph (2) or at the time of sep-
aration or removal as described in paragraph (2) (as 
the case may be) was at grade level GS–15 or below. 
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