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‘‘(k) ENSURING DISPLAY AND SHARING OF SPONSOR 
IDENTIFICATION
IN
ONLINE
POLITICAL
ADVERTISE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Any online platform that 
displays a qualified political advertisement (regard-
less of whether such qualified political advertisement 
was purchased directly from the online platform) 
shall— 
‘‘(A) display with the advertisement a visi-
ble notice identifying the sponsor of the adver-
tisement (or, if it is not practical for the plat-
form to display such a notice, a notice that the 
advertisement is sponsored by a person other 
than the platform); and 
‘‘(B) ensure that the notice will continue to 
be displayed if a viewer of the advertisement 
shares the advertisement with others on that 
platform. 
‘‘(2) SAFE HARBOR.—An online platform shall 
not be treated as having failed to comply with the 
requirements 
of 
paragraph 
(1)(A) 
for 
the 
misidentification of a person as the sponsor of the 
advertisement if— 
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‘‘(A) the person placing the online adver-
tisement designated the person displayed in the 
advertisement as the sponsor; and 
‘‘(B) the online platform relied on such 
designation in good faith. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘online platform’ has the 
meaning given such term in subsection (j)(3); 
‘‘(B) the term ‘‘qualified political adver-
tisement’ has the meaning given such term in 
subsection (j)(4); and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘sponsor’ means the person 
purchasing the advertisement.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to advertisements 
displayed on or after the 120-day period which begins on 
the date of the enactment of this Act and shall take effect 
without regard to whether or not the Federal Election 
Commission has promulgated regulations to carry out 
such amendments. 
TITLE XIV—PREVENTING A 
PATRONAGE SYSTEM 
SEC. 1401. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Saving the Civil Serv-
ice Act’’. 
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SEC. 1402. LIMITATIONS ON EXCEPTING POSITIONS FROM 
COMPETITIVE SERVICE AND TRANSFERRING 
POSITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A position in the competitive serv-
ice may not be excepted from the competitive service un-
less such position is placed— 
(1) in any of the schedules A through E as de-
scribed in section 6.2 of title 5, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as in effect on September 30, 2020; 
and 
(2) under the terms and conditions under part 
6 of such title as in effect on such date. 
(b) TRANSFERS.— 
(1) WITHIN EXCEPTED SERVICE.—A position in 
the excepted service may not be transferred to any 
schedule other than a schedule described in sub-
section (a)(1). 
(2) OPM CONSENT
REQUIRED.—An agency 
may not transfer any occupied position from the 
competitive service or excepted service into schedule 
C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, without the prior consent of the 
Director. 
(3) LIMIT DURING PRESIDENTIAL TERM.—Dur-
ing any 4-year presidential term, an agency may not 
transfer from the competitive service into the ex-
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cepted service a total number of employees that is 
more than 1 percent of the total number of employ-
ees at such agency as of the first day of such term, 
or 5 employees, whichever is greater. 
(4) EMPLOYEE CONSENT REQUIRED.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this section— 
(A) an employee who occupies a position in 
the excepted service may not be transferred to 
an excepted service schedule other than the 
schedule in which such position is located with-
out the prior written consent of the employee; 
and 
(B) an employee who occupies a position in 
the competitive service may not be transferred 
to the excepted service without the employee’s 
prior written consent. 
(c) OTHER MATTERS.— 
(1) 
APPLICATION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
7425(b) of title 38, United States Code, this section 
shall apply to positions under chapters 73 and 74 of 
such title. 
(2) REGULATIONS.—The Director shall issue 
regulations to implement this section. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
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(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ means any department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the Federal Govern-
ment; 
(2) the term ‘‘competitive service’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 2102 of title 5, 
United States Code; 
(3) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management; and 
(4) the term ‘‘excepted service’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 2103 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
TITLE XV—USE OF FEDERAL 
PROPERTY; VISITOR RECORDS 
SEC. 1501. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL PROPERTY 
FOR POLITICAL CONVENTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 29 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 611 the 
following: 
‘‘§ 612. Prohibition on use of Federal property for 
certain political activities 
‘‘(a) A convention of a national political party held 
to nominate a candidate for the office of President or Vice 
President may not be held on or in any Federal property. 
‘‘(b) Any candidate or the authorized committee of 
the candidate under the Federal Election Campaign Act 
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