,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eagd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bc1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,connolly 7for himself and ,mr4        
,wittman7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a 
,,bill  ,to allow additional appointing 
authorities to select individuals from  
competitive service certificates4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,competitive ,service ,act of #bjad4
  #b4 ,additional appointing authorities
 for competitive service  7a7 ,in       
general ,section #ccag of title #e1     
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at end the following3  7c7 ,other
 appointing authorities  7#a7 ,in       
general ,during the #bdj-;day period    
beginning on the date of issuance of a  
certificate of eligibles under          
subsection 7a71 an appointing authority 
other than the appointing authority     
requesting the certificate 7in this     
subsection referred to as the other     

appointing authority7 may select an     
individual from that certificate in     
accordance with paragraph 7#b7 for an   
appointment to a position that is--     
7,a7 in the same occupational series as 
the position for which the certification
 of eligibles was issued 7in this       
subsection referred to as the original  
position72 and  7,b7 at a similar grade 
level as the original position4  7#b7   
,requirements ,the selection of an      
individual under paragraph 7#a7--  7,a7 
shall be made in accordance with this   
subchapter2 and  7,b7 may be made       
without any additional posting under    
section #ccbg1 except that before       
selecting an individual in accordance   
with paragraph 7#a7 of this section1 the
 other appointing authority shall       
provide notice of the available position
 to employees of such authority4  7#c7  
,applicability ,an appointing authority 
requesting a certificate of eligibles   
may share the certificate with another  
appointing authority only if the        

announcement of the original position   
provided notice that the resulting list 
of eligible candidates may be used by   
another appointing authority4  7#d7     
,collective bargaining obligations      
,nothing in this subsection limits any  
collective bargaining obligation of an  
agency under chapter #ga4  4  7b7       
,regulations ,not later than #abj days  
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,director of the ,office of   
,personnel ,management shall issue an   
interim final rule with comment to carry
 out the amendment made by subsection   
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