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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1835 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the reinstatement of recently terminated probationary Federal |
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| 6 | 6 | | employees, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH4, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. M |
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| 10 | 10 | | CIVER(for herself, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mrs. WATSON |
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| 12 | 12 | | OLEMAN, Ms. TITUS, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mrs. |
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| 14 | 14 | | OUSHEE, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. MANNION, Mr. GRIJALVA, |
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| 15 | 15 | | Mr. S |
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| 16 | 16 | | MITHof Washington, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. GARCIAof California, Ms. |
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| 18 | 18 | | OKUDA, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. TURNERof Texas, Mr. LANDSMAN, |
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| 19 | 19 | | Ms. B |
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| 20 | 20 | | ONAMICI, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. JACKSONof Illinois, Ms. ANSARI, |
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| 21 | 21 | | Mr. I |
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| 22 | 22 | | VEY, Mr. JOHNSONof Georgia, Mr. CARTERof Louisiana, Mr. |
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| 24 | 24 | | AVISof Illinois, Mr. THOMPSONof Mississippi, Ms. SIMON, Mr. PA- |
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| 25 | 25 | | NETTA, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. BEYER, Mr. CARSON, Mr. EVANSof Penn- |
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| 26 | 26 | | sylvania, Ms. P |
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| 27 | 27 | | RESSLEY, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. KENNEDY |
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| 28 | 28 | | of New York, Ms. B |
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| 29 | 29 | | ROWN, Mr. POCAN, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. COHEN, |
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| 30 | 30 | | Mr. C |
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| 31 | 31 | | LEAVER, Mr. BISHOP, Ms. MENG, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. TONKO, Mr. |
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| 33 | 33 | | CGOVERN, Ms. LEEof Pennsylvania, Ms. WILLIAMSof Georgia, Mr. |
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| 35 | 35 | | LSZEWSKI, Ms. CLARKEof New York, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. GARCI´Aof Illi- |
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| 36 | 36 | | nois, Ms. S |
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| 37 | 37 | | CANLON, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. DEANof Pennsylvania, Mrs. |
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| 39 | 39 | | ORRESof California, Mr. BELL, Mr. LATIMER, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mrs. |
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| 41 | 41 | | RAHAN, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. WILSONof Florida, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. |
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| 43 | 43 | | ERNA´NDEZ, Ms. CHU, Ms. KELLYof Illinois, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. |
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| 45 | 45 | | ATERS, Ms. PETTERSEN, and Mr. FIELDS) introduced the following |
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| 46 | 46 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government |
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| 47 | 47 | | Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a pe- |
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| 48 | 48 | | riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con- |
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| 49 | 49 | | sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com- |
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| 50 | 50 | | mittee concerned |
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| 54 | 54 | | A BILL |
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| 55 | 55 | | To require the reinstatement of recently terminated |
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| 56 | 56 | | probationary Federal employees, and for other purposes. |
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| 57 | 57 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Model Employee Rein-4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | statement for Ill-advised Termination Act’’ or the 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘MERIT Act’’. 6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF AFFECTED PROBATIONARY 7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | EMPLOYEES. 8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (a) I |
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| 66 | 66 | | NGENERAL.—Each affected probationary em-9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ployee, other than an affected probationary employee enti-10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | tled to a payment under subsection (b), is entitled, in ac-11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | cordance with this Act, to an appointment to a position 12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | in the former employing agency of such affected proba-13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | tionary employee that is the same or similar to the pre-14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | vious Federal position of such affected probationary em-15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ployee and, if such employee elects to accept an appoint-16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ment under this subsection, a payment in an amount equal 17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | to the amount that such affected probationary employee 18 |
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| 76 | 76 | | would have been paid by such former employing agency 19 |
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| 77 | 77 | | during the period beginning on the termination date of 20 |
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| 78 | 78 | | such affected probationary employee and ending on the 21 |
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| 79 | 79 | | date on which such affected probationary employee is so 22 |
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| 83 | 83 | | appointed if such affected probationary employee had not 1 |
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| 84 | 84 | | become an affected probationary employee. 2 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (b) S |
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| 86 | 86 | | UBSEQUENTFEDERALEMPLOYMENT.— 3 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (1) I |
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| 88 | 88 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-4 |
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| 89 | 89 | | graph (4)— 5 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (A) an affected probationary employee that 6 |
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| 91 | 91 | | was appointed to a new Federal position and 7 |
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| 92 | 92 | | holds such a position as of the date of the en-8 |
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| 93 | 93 | | actment of this Act is entitled to the payment 9 |
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| 94 | 94 | | described in paragraph (2); and 10 |
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| 95 | 95 | | (B) an affected probationary employee that 11 |
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| 96 | 96 | | was appointed to a new Federal position and 12 |
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| 97 | 97 | | does not hold such a position as of the date of 13 |
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| 98 | 98 | | the enactment of this Act is entitled to— 14 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (i) an appointment to a position in the 15 |
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| 100 | 100 | | former employing agency of such affected 16 |
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| 101 | 101 | | probationary employee that is the same or 17 |
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| 102 | 102 | | similar to the previous Federal position of 18 |
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| 103 | 103 | | such affected probationary employee; and 19 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (ii) if such affected probationary em-20 |
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| 105 | 105 | | ployee elects to accept an appointment 21 |
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| 106 | 106 | | under clause (i), the payment described in 22 |
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| 107 | 107 | | paragraph (3). 23 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (2) C |
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| 109 | 109 | | URRENT FEDERAL EMPLOYEE PAYMENT 24 |
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| 110 | 110 | | DESCRIBED.—The payment described in this para-25 |
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| 114 | 114 | | graph is a payment in an amount equal to the dif-1 |
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| 115 | 115 | | ference between— 2 |
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| 116 | 116 | | (A) the amount that the affected proba-3 |
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| 117 | 117 | | tionary employee would have been paid by the 4 |
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| 118 | 118 | | former employing agency of such affected pro-5 |
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| 119 | 119 | | bationary employee during the period beginning 6 |
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| 120 | 120 | | on the termination date of such affected proba-7 |
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| 121 | 121 | | tionary employee and ending on the date on the 8 |
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| 122 | 122 | | date of the enactment of this Act; and 9 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (B) the amount equal to the sum of pay 10 |
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| 124 | 124 | | earned by such affected probationary employee 11 |
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| 125 | 125 | | in any new Federal position to which such af-12 |
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| 126 | 126 | | fected probationary employee was appointed 13 |
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| 127 | 127 | | during such period. 14 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (3) O |
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| 129 | 129 | | THER AFFECTED EMPLOYEE PAYMENT .— 15 |
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| 130 | 130 | | The payment described in this paragraph is a pay-16 |
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| 131 | 131 | | ment in an amount equal to the sum of— 17 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (A) the payment described under subpara-18 |
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| 133 | 133 | | graph (2); and 19 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (B) a payment in an amount equal to the 20 |
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| 135 | 135 | | amount that the affected probationary employee 21 |
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| 136 | 136 | | would have been paid by the former employing 22 |
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| 137 | 137 | | agency of such affected probationary employee 23 |
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| 138 | 138 | | during the period beginning on the date of the 24 |
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| 139 | 139 | | enactment of this Act and ending on the date 25 |
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| 143 | 143 | | on which such affected probationary employee is 1 |
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| 144 | 144 | | appointed under paragraph (1)(B) if such af-2 |
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| 145 | 145 | | fected probationary employee had not become 3 |
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| 146 | 146 | | an affected probationary employee. 4 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (4) E |
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| 148 | 148 | | XCEPTION.—An affected probationary em-5 |
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| 149 | 149 | | ployee is not entitled to a payment under paragraph 6 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (1) if the amount of such payment is less than zero. 7 |
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| 151 | 151 | | (5) N |
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| 152 | 152 | | EW FEDERAL POSITION DEFINED .—In 8 |
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| 153 | 153 | | this subsection, the term ‘‘new Federal position’’ 9 |
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| 154 | 154 | | means a position in the Federal Government to 10 |
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| 155 | 155 | | which the affected probationary employee was ap-11 |
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| 156 | 156 | | pointed after becoming an affected probationary em-12 |
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| 157 | 157 | | ployee. 13 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (c) P |
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| 159 | 159 | | AYMENT.— 14 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (1) I |
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| 161 | 161 | | N GENERAL.—The former employing agen-15 |
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| 162 | 162 | | cy of an affected probationary employee shall begin 16 |
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| 163 | 163 | | making any payment to which such affected proba-17 |
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| 164 | 164 | | tionary employee is entitled under this section not 18 |
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| 165 | 165 | | later than 90 days after the pay for each relevant 19 |
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| 166 | 166 | | position is determined in accordance with section 5. 20 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (2) M |
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| 168 | 168 | | ETHOD.—A payment described in sub-21 |
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| 169 | 169 | | section (a) or (b) shall be paid in one lump sum. 22 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (3) T |
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| 171 | 171 | | AXATION.—For purposes of the Internal 23 |
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| 172 | 172 | | Revenue Code of 1986, any payment to an individual 24 |
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| 173 | 173 | | under subsection (a) or (b) shall be treated as wages 25 |
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| 177 | 177 | | paid with respect to the employment of such indi-1 |
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| 178 | 178 | | vidual. 2 |
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| 179 | 179 | | (4) P |
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| 180 | 180 | | AY LIMITS.—A payment to an affected 3 |
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| 181 | 181 | | probationary employee under this section shall be 4 |
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| 182 | 182 | | disregarded with respect to any limit on the pay of 5 |
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| 183 | 183 | | employees that is applicable to the affected proba-6 |
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| 184 | 184 | | tionary employee. 7 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (5) R |
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| 186 | 186 | | EINSTATEMENT.—An appointment under 8 |
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| 187 | 187 | | subsection (a)(1) or (b)(1)(B) to a position in the 9 |
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| 188 | 188 | | competitive service (as defined in section 2102 of 10 |
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| 189 | 189 | | title 5, United States Code) shall be made without 11 |
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| 190 | 190 | | regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 12 |
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| 191 | 191 | | 33 of title 5, United States Code. 13 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (d) E |
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| 193 | 193 | | MPLOYMENTBENEFITS.—For the purposes of 14 |
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| 194 | 194 | | this section, a position is the same or similar to a previous 15 |
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| 195 | 195 | | Federal position with respect to an affected probationary 16 |
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| 196 | 196 | | employee only if the employment benefits, including retire-17 |
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| 197 | 197 | | ment benefits, health insurance, and leave, available to 18 |
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| 198 | 198 | | such affected probationary employee in such position 19 |
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| 199 | 199 | | match or exceed the employment benefits available to such 20 |
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| 200 | 200 | | affected probationary employee in such previous Federal 21 |
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| 201 | 201 | | position. 22 |
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| 202 | 202 | | SEC. 3. NOTICE AND SELECTION. 23 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (a) N |
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| 204 | 204 | | OTICE.—Not later than 30 days after the date 24 |
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| 205 | 205 | | of the enactment of this Act, the head of each Executive 25 |
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| 209 | 209 | | agency shall notify each affected probationary employee 1 |
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| 210 | 210 | | for which such Executive agency is the former employing 2 |
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| 211 | 211 | | agency of the rights of affected probationary employees 3 |
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| 212 | 212 | | under this Act and the method by which such affected pro-4 |
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| 213 | 213 | | bationary employee may inform such Executive agency of 5 |
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| 214 | 214 | | the acceptance or rejection an appointment in accordance 6 |
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| 215 | 215 | | with subsection (b)(1). 7 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (b) S |
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| 217 | 217 | | ELECTION.— 8 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (1) I |
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| 219 | 219 | | N GENERAL.—An affected probationary 9 |
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| 220 | 220 | | employee entitled to an appointment under section 2 10 |
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| 221 | 221 | | must inform the former employing agency of such 11 |
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| 222 | 222 | | affected probationary employee of the acceptance or 12 |
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| 223 | 223 | | rejection of such appointment by such affected pro-13 |
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| 224 | 224 | | bationary employee not later than 30 days after re-14 |
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| 225 | 225 | | ceiving the notice required by subsection (a). 15 |
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| 226 | 226 | | (2) F |
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| 227 | 227 | | ORFEITURE.—An affected probationary 16 |
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| 228 | 228 | | employee entitled to an appointment under section 2 17 |
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| 229 | 229 | | that does not inform the former employing agency of 18 |
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| 230 | 230 | | such affected probationary employee in accordance 19 |
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| 231 | 231 | | with paragraph (1) shall cease to be entitled to such 20 |
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| 232 | 232 | | an appointment. 21 |
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| 233 | 233 | | (c) A |
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| 234 | 234 | | GENCYCOMPLIANCE.—If an affected proba-22 |
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| 235 | 235 | | tionary employee accepts an appointment under section 2 23 |
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| 236 | 236 | | and informs the former employing agency of such affected 24 |
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| 237 | 237 | | probationary employee of such acceptance in accordance 25 |
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| 241 | 241 | | with subsection (b), the head of such former employing 1 |
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| 242 | 242 | | agency shall make such appointment not later than 30 2 |
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| 243 | 243 | | days after such affected probationary employee so informs 3 |
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| 244 | 244 | | such former employing agency. 4 |
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| 245 | 245 | | SEC. 4. SEPARATION TREATMENT. 5 |
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| 246 | 246 | | Each affected probationary employee is deemed to 6 |
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| 247 | 247 | | have been involuntarily separated without cause from the 7 |
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| 248 | 248 | | previous Federal position of such affected probationary 8 |
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| 249 | 249 | | employee. 9 |
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| 250 | 250 | | SEC. 5. PAYMENT DETERMINATION. 10 |
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| 251 | 251 | | (a) I |
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| 252 | 252 | | NGENERAL.—For the purposes of this Act, the 11 |
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| 253 | 253 | | Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall de-12 |
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| 254 | 254 | | termine the pay for a position held by an affected proba-13 |
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| 255 | 255 | | tionary employee based on such evidence of the pay of 14 |
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| 256 | 256 | | such position as the affected probationary employee may 15 |
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| 257 | 257 | | provide, or if the Director determines sufficient evidence 16 |
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| 258 | 258 | | has not been so provided to adequately determine the pay 17 |
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| 259 | 259 | | for such position, the pay shall be determined by the Di-18 |
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| 260 | 260 | | rector based on such other information as the Director de-19 |
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| 261 | 261 | | termines appropriate. 20 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (b) E |
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| 263 | 263 | | MPLOYEEINFORMATION.—An affected proba-21 |
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| 264 | 264 | | tionary employee may provide evidence of the pay of a po-22 |
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| 265 | 265 | | sition to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-23 |
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| 266 | 266 | | ment under subsection (a) until the earlier of— 24 |
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| 270 | 270 | | (1) the date that is 60 days after the date on 1 |
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| 271 | 271 | | which such affected probationary employee received 2 |
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| 272 | 272 | | the notice described in section 3(a); or 3 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (2) the date on which the Director determines 4 |
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| 274 | 274 | | the pay for such positions for the purposes of this 5 |
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| 275 | 275 | | Act. 6 |
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| 276 | 276 | | (c) I |
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| 277 | 277 | | NFORMATIONSHARING.—The head of each Ex-7 |
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| 278 | 278 | | ecutive agency shall provide to the Director of the Office 8 |
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| 279 | 279 | | of Personnel Management such information as the Direc-9 |
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| 280 | 280 | | tor may require to carry out this Act. 10 |
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| 281 | 281 | | SEC. 6. REPORTS. 11 |
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| 282 | 282 | | (a) M |
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| 283 | 283 | | ASSTERMINATIONREPORT.—Not later than 60 12 |
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| 284 | 284 | | days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 13 |
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| 285 | 285 | | Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 14 |
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| 286 | 286 | | the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of 15 |
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| 287 | 287 | | the House of Representatives and the Committee on 16 |
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| 288 | 288 | | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-17 |
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| 289 | 289 | | ate a report on the mass terminations during the period 18 |
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| 290 | 290 | | beginning on January 20, 2025, and ending on the date 19 |
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| 291 | 291 | | of the enactment of this Act, including— 20 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (1) the number of employees (as defined in sec-21 |
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| 293 | 293 | | tion 2105 of title 5, United States Code) voluntarily 22 |
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| 294 | 294 | | or involuntarily separated from Government service 23 |
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| 295 | 295 | | as part of such mass terminations, in total and 24 |
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| 296 | 296 | | disaggregated by Executive agency; 25 |
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| 300 | 300 | | (2) for employees described in paragraph (1) 1 |
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| 301 | 301 | | that were involuntarily separated from Government 2 |
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| 302 | 302 | | service as part of such mass terminations, the rea-3 |
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| 303 | 303 | | sons provided for such involuntary separation; 4 |
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| 304 | 304 | | (3) the number of affected probationary em-5 |
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| 305 | 305 | | ployees; 6 |
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| 306 | 306 | | (4) recommendations for employees described in 7 |
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| 307 | 307 | | paragraph (1), other than affected probationary em-8 |
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| 308 | 308 | | ployees, to which the provisions of this Act should 9 |
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| 309 | 309 | | apply; and 10 |
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| 310 | 310 | | (5) such other information as the Comptroller 11 |
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| 311 | 311 | | General determines appropriate. 12 |
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| 312 | 312 | | (b) R |
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| 313 | 313 | | EINSTATEMENT REPORT.—Not later than 90 13 |
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| 314 | 314 | | days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc-14 |
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| 315 | 315 | | tor of the Office of Personnel Management shall submit 15 |
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| 316 | 316 | | to Congress a report on the reinstatement of affected pro-16 |
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| 317 | 317 | | bationary employees under this Act, including the number 17 |
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| 318 | 318 | | of affected probationary employees notified under section 18 |
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| 319 | 319 | | 3(a) and the number of affected probationary employees 19 |
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| 320 | 320 | | that accepted an appointment under this Act. 20 |
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| 321 | 321 | | SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 21 |
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| 322 | 322 | | In this Act: 22 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (1) A |
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| 324 | 324 | | FFECTED PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEE .— 23 |
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| 325 | 325 | | The term ‘‘affected probationary employee’’ means 24 |
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| 326 | 326 | | an individual who— 25 |
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| 330 | 330 | | (A) was voluntarily or involuntarily sepa-1 |
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| 331 | 331 | | rated from service in an Executive agency as 2 |
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| 332 | 332 | | part of a mass termination by an Executive 3 |
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| 333 | 333 | | agency during the period beginning on January 4 |
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| 334 | 334 | | 20, 2025, and ending on the date of the enact-5 |
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| 335 | 335 | | ment of this Act; and 6 |
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| 336 | 336 | | (B) immediately prior to such separation— 7 |
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| 337 | 337 | | (i) held a position in the competitive 8 |
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| 338 | 338 | | service, excepted service, or Senior Execu-9 |
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| 339 | 339 | | tive Service, other than under a temporary 10 |
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| 340 | 340 | | appointment; and 11 |
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| 341 | 341 | | (ii) was either— 12 |
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| 342 | 342 | | (I) serving a probationary or trial 13 |
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| 343 | 343 | | period under an initial appointment; 14 |
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| 344 | 344 | | or 15 |
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| 345 | 345 | | (II) otherwise not an employee 16 |
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| 346 | 346 | | (as defined in section 7511 of title 5, 17 |
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| 347 | 347 | | United States Code) because such in-18 |
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| 348 | 348 | | dividual had not completed the re-19 |
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| 349 | 349 | | quired years of current continuous 20 |
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| 350 | 350 | | service. 21 |
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| 351 | 351 | | (2) C |
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| 352 | 352 | | OMPETITIVE SERVICE.—The term ‘‘com-22 |
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| 353 | 353 | | petitive service’’ has the meaning given such term in 23 |
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| 354 | 354 | | section 2102 of title 5, United States Code. 24 |
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| 358 | 358 | | (3) COVERED SEPARATION.—The term ‘‘covered 1 |
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| 359 | 359 | | separation’’ means a separation from Government 2 |
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| 360 | 360 | | service that is— 3 |
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| 361 | 361 | | (A) an involuntary separation from Gov-4 |
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| 362 | 362 | | ernment service, other than an involuntary sep-5 |
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| 363 | 363 | | aration for retirement under section 3382 of 6 |
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| 364 | 364 | | title 5, United States Code; or 7 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (B) a voluntary separation from Govern-8 |
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| 366 | 366 | | ment service for compensation or other incen-9 |
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| 367 | 367 | | tives offered by the Federal Government. 10 |
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| 368 | 368 | | (4) E |
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| 369 | 369 | | XCEPTED SERVICE.—The term ‘‘excepted 11 |
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| 370 | 370 | | service’’ has the meaning given such term in section 12 |
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| 371 | 371 | | 2103 of title 5, United States Code. 13 |
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| 372 | 372 | | (5) E |
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| 373 | 373 | | XECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 14 |
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| 374 | 374 | | agency’’ has the meaning given such term in section 15 |
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| 375 | 375 | | 105 of title 5, United States Code. 16 |
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| 376 | 376 | | (6) F |
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| 377 | 377 | | ORMER EMPLOYING AGENCY .—With re-17 |
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| 378 | 378 | | spect to an affected probationary employee, the term 18 |
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| 379 | 379 | | ‘‘former employing agency’’ means the Executive 19 |
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| 380 | 380 | | agency from which the separation of such individual 20 |
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| 381 | 381 | | made such individual an affected probationary em-21 |
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| 382 | 382 | | ployee. 22 |
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| 383 | 383 | | (7) M |
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| 384 | 384 | | ASS TERMINATION.—The term ‘‘mass ter-23 |
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| 385 | 385 | | mination’’ means not less than 15 covered separa-24 |
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| 386 | 386 | | tions from service in an Executive agency during a 25 |
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| 391 | 391 | | tions, directives, orders, or activities by the Federal 2 |
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| 392 | 392 | | Government. 3 |
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| 393 | 393 | | (8) P |
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| 394 | 394 | | REVIOUS FEDERAL POSITION .—The term 4 |
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| 395 | 395 | | ‘‘previous Federal position’’ means the position in 5 |
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| 396 | 396 | | the Federal Government held by the affected proba-6 |
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| 397 | 397 | | tionary employee in the former employing agency 7 |
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| 398 | 398 | | immediately before becoming an affected proba-8 |
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| 399 | 399 | | tionary employee. 9 |
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| 400 | 400 | | (9) S |
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| 401 | 401 | | ENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE .—The term 10 |
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| 402 | 402 | | ‘‘Senior Executive Service’’ has the meaning given 11 |
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| 403 | 403 | | such term in section 2101a of title 5, United States 12 |
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