,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hbd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #bf1 #bjac 
,mrs4 ,lummis 7for herself and ,mr4     
,mulvaney7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to reduce the     
total number of civil service employees 
in the executive branch of the          
,government through attrition1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,federal       
,workforce ,reduction ,through          
,attrition ,act4  #b4 ,definitions ,for 
purposes of this ,act--  7#a7 the term  
total number of ,federal employees means
 the total number of ,federal employees 
in all agencies2  7#b7 the term ,federal
 employee means an employee as defined  
by section #baje of title #e1 ,united   
,states ,code2  7#c7 the term agency    
means an executive agency as defined by 
section #aje of title #e1 ,united       
,states ,code1 excluding the ,government

 ,accountability ,office2  7#d7 the term
 quarter means a period of #c calendar  
months ending on ,march #ca1 ,june #cj1 
,september #cj1 or ,december #ca2 and   
7#e7 the term baseline quarter means the
 quarter in which occurs the date of the
 enactment of this ,act4  #c4 ,workforce
 limits and reductions  7a7 ,in general 
,the ,president1 through the ,office of 
,management and ,budget 7in consultation
 with the ,office of ,personnel         
,management71 shall take appropriate    
measures to ensure that1 effective with 
respect to each quarter beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the total number of ,federal employees  
determined for such quarter does not    
exceed the applicable maximum for such  
quarter4  7b7 ,applicable maximum ,for  
purposes of this ,act1 the applicable   
maximum for a quarter is--  7#a7 in the 
case of a quarter before the            
target-attainment quarter1 the number   
equal to--  7,a7 the total number of    
,federal employees determined for the   

baseline quarter1 reduced by  7,b7 #b_/c
 of the number of ,federal employees    
separating from agencies during the     
period--  7i7 beginning on the first day
 following the baseline quarter2 and    
7ii7 ending on the last day of the      
quarter to which the applicable maximum 
is being applied2 and  7#b7 in the case 
of the target-attainment quarter and any
 subsequent quarter1 the number equal to
 #ij percent of the total number of     
,federal employees as of ,september #cj1
 #bjab4  7c7 ,target-,attainment quarter
 ,for purposes of this ,act1 the term   
target-attainment quarter means the     
earlier of--  7#a7 the first quarter    
7subsequent to the baseline quarter7 for
 which the total number of ,federal     
employees does not exceed #ij percent of
 the total number of ,federal employees 
as of ,september #cj1 #bjab2 or  7#b7   
the quarter ending on ,september #cj1   
#bjae4  7d7 ,method for achieving       
compliance  7#a7 ,in general ,except as 
provided in paragraph 7#b71 any         

reductions necessary in order to achieve
 compliance with subsection 7a7 shall be
 made through attrition4  7#b7          
,exception ,if1 for any quarter1 the    
total number of ,federal employees      
exceeds the applicable maximum for such 
quarter1 then1 until the first          
succeeding quarter for which such total 
number is determined not to exceed the  
applicable maximum for such succeeding  
quarter1 reductions shall be made       
through both attrition and a freeze on  
appointments4  7e7 ,counting rules ,for 
purposes of this ,act--  7#a7 any       
determination of the total number of    
,federal employees or the number of     
,federal employees separating from      
agencies shall be made--  7,a7 on a     
full-time equivalent basis2 and  7,b7   
under section #d2 and  7#b7 any         
determination of the total number of    
,federal employees for a quarter shall  
be made as of such date or otherwise on 
such basis as the ,office of ,management
 of ,budget 7in consultation with the   

,office of ,personnel ,management7      
considers to be representative and      
feasible4  7f7 ,waiver authority ,the   
,president may waive any of the         
preceding provisions of this section1   
with respect to an individual           
appointment1 upon a determination by the
 ,president that such appointment is    
necessary due to--  7#a7 a state of war 
or for reasons of national security2 or 
7#b7 an extraordinary emergency         
threatening life1 health1 safety1 or    
property4  7g7 ,limitation on           
procurement of service contracts ,the   
,president1 through the ,office of      
,management and ,budget 7in consultation
 with the ,office of ,personnel         
,management71 shall take appropriate    
measures to ensure that there is no     
increase in the procurement of service  
contracts by reason of the enactment of 
this ,act1 except in cases in which a   
cost comparison demonstrates that such  
contracts would be to the financial     
advantage of the ,government4  #d4      

,monitoring and notification ,the       
,office of ,management and ,budget 7in  
consultation with the ,office of        
,personnel ,management7 shall--  7#a7   
continuously monitor all agencies and1  
for each quarter to which the           
requirements of section #c7;a7 apply1   
determine whether or not such           
requirements have been met2 and  7#b7   
not later than #ad days after the end of
 each quarter described in paragraph    
7#a71 submit to the ,president and each 
,house of ,congress1 a written          
determination as to whether or not the  
requirements of section #c7;a7 have been
 met4  #e4 ,regulations ,any regulations
 necessary to carry out this ,act may be
 prescribed by the ,president or his    
designee4