Title: Public Service Federal Eligibility Protection Act of 2017
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Public Service Federal Eligibility Protection Act of 2017
This bill extends the eligibility for non-competitive appointment of any individual provided under Executive Order 11103 (relating to non-competitive appointment of eligible Peace Corps volunteers) or Executive Order 12721 (relating to non-competitive appointment of certain overseas employees), or of a VISTA volunteer under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, by the number of days that such eligibility coincides with any federal hiring freeze.
The bill defines "federal hiring freeze" to mean the memorandum titled "Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze" published on January 23, 2017, or any other substantially similar presidential action to prevent a federal agency from filling vacant federal civilian employee positions or creating new positions.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1442 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1442

To extend the period of eligibility for non-competitive appointment of 
 Peace Corps and VISTA volunteers and certain overseas employees, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2017

  Mr. Lynch (for himself, Mr. Katko, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Garamendi) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the 
 Workforce, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To extend the period of eligibility for non-competitive appointment of 
 Peace Corps and VISTA volunteers and certain overseas employees, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Public Service Federal Eligibility 
Protection Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR NON-COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT OF 
              PEACE CORPS AND VISTA VOLUNTEERS AND CERTAIN OVERSEAS 
              EMPLOYEES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or 
regulation, the eligibility for non-competitive appointment of any 
individual provided under Executive Order 11103 (relating to non-
competitive appointment of eligible Peace Corps volunteers) or 
Executive Order 12721 (relating to non-competitive appointment of 
certain overseas employees) or a VISTA volunteer under title I of the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) shall 
be extended by an amount of days (if any) equal to the number of days 
that such eligibility coincides with any Federal hiring freeze.
    (b) Definition of Federal Hiring Freeze.--In this section, the term 
``Federal hiring freeze'' means the memorandum titled ``Presidential 
Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze'' published on January 23, 2017, 
or any other substantially similar memorandum, Executive order, or 
other action by the President to prevent a department or agency of the 
Federal Government from filling vacant Federal civilian employee 
positions or creating new such positions.
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