To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a 2 year prohibition on employment in a career civil service position for any former political appointee, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-6426
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2016-12-02
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal officials

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Latest action: action_date: 2016-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-12-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits an individual occupying a political position in the civil service from being appointed to a career position in the civil service for two years after the individual separates from such political position.</p> <ul> <ul> </ul> </ul> <ul> <ul> </ul> </ul>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6426 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 2, 2016 Mr. Buck introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a 2 year prohibition on employment in a career civil service position for any former political appointee, and for other purposes.

1. Temporary prohibition on employment of political appointees in career civil service positions (a) In general Subchapter I of chapter 31 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 3115. Employment of former political appointees; restrictions (a) An individual occupying a political position in the civil service may not be appointed to a career position in the civil service during the period of 2 years immediately following the date the individual separates from such political position. (b) In this section— (1) the term political position means— (A) a position which has been excepted from the competitive service by reason of its confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character; or (B) a position in the Senior Executive Service as a limited term appointee, limited emergency appointee, or noncareer appointee (as those terms are defined in paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively, of section 3132(a)); and (2) the term career position means— (A) a position in the competitive service; or (B) a position in the the Senior Executive Service as a career appointee (as that term is defined in section 3132(a)(4)). . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections of chapter 31 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to section 3114 the following: 3115. Employment of former political appointees; restrictions. . (c) Application The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any individual who separates from a political position (as that term is defined in section 3115 of title 5, United States Code, as added by such subsection) after the date of enactment of this Act.