,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bcg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ad1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,marino introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #e1
 ,united ,states ,code1 to reduce the   
number of civil service positions within
 the executive branch1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,federal ,hiring    
,freeze ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,reducing   
the number of ,federal employees        
,section #caja of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 by    
striking ,each ,executive agency and    
inserting 7a7 ,in general4--,subject to 
subsection 7b71 each ,executive agency2 
and  7#b7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7b7 ,reduction in number of 
employees  7#a7 ,hiring freeze ,during  
each fiscal year which begins after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection
 and for which the ,director of the     

,office of ,management and ,budget      
projects that there will be a ,federal  
budget deficit1 the head of an          
,executive agency may not appoint an    
individual to any position in the       
agency1 except as otherwise provided in 
this subsection4  7#b7 ,exemptions ,the 
,president may waive the application of 
paragraph 7#a7 in any of the following  
circumstances or for any of the         
following reasons3  7,a7 ,the existence 
of a state of war or other vital        
national security concern4  7,b7 ,to    
make an appointment 7including to a     
position within the ,bureau of ,prisons7
 for purposes relating to ,federal law  
enforcement4  7,c7 ,to carry out a      
written commitment made by the          
,government on or before the date of the
 enactment of this subsection4  7,d7 ,to
 make #a or more appointments involving 
only the reassignment of personnel      
within the same agency4  7,e7 ,the      
appointment is to a position under the  
,executive ,schedule4  7,f7 ,the        

appointment is of a short-term1         
seasonal1 or intermittent nature and    
consistent with the agency's hiring     
pattern and personnel levels of the     
previous fiscal year4  7,g7 ,the        
appointment is to a position in the     
,executive ,office of the ,president and
 necessary to facilitate the orderly    
transition and operation of a new       
,presidential administration4  7,h7 ,the
 appointment is to a position within the
 ,united ,states ,postal ,service or the
 ,postal ,regulatory ,commission4  7,i7 
,the appointment is to a position within
 the ,federal ,aviation ,administration 
as an air traffic controller4  7#c7     
,reports to ,congress  7,a7 ,in general 
,not later than #ij days after the end  
of each quarter of a fiscal year1 the   
,president shall provide ,congress with 
a report containing a list of each      
appointment approved by the ,president  
under this subsection during the        
quarter1 broken down by ,executive      
agency4  7,b7 ,information included ,the

 list contained in a report provided to 
,congress under subparagraph 7,a7 shall 
include a description of the position   
associated with each approved           
appointment1 but shall not provide any  
information that may be used to identify
 the individual appointed to the        
position4  7,c7 ,public dissemination   
,the ,president shall make each report  
provided to ,congress under subparagraph
 7,a7 available to the public by posting
 the report on the official public      
website of the ,executive ,office of the
 ,president in a searchable1 sortable1  
and downloadable manner4  7#d7          
,termination ,paragraph 7#a7 shall cease
 to apply after the date as of which the
 ,director of the ,office of ,management
 and ,budget determines that a ,federal 
budget deficit no longer exists4  4