,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #biah  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #aj1      
#bjaf,mr4 ,tester introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code1 to clarify the           
eligibility of employees of a land      
management agency in a time-limited     
appointment to compete for a permanent  
appointment at any ,federal agency1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,eligibility of
 employees in a time-limited appointment
 to compete for a permanent appointment 
at any ,federal agency ,section #ifjb of
 title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by    
striking any land management agency or  
any other agency 7as defined in section 
#aja of title #ca7 under the internal   
merit promotion procedures of the       
applicable agency and inserting that    
land management agency when the agency  

is accepting applications from          
individuals within the agency's         
workforce under merit promotion         
procedures1 or at any agency1 including 
a land management agency1 when the      
agency is accepting applications from   
individuals outside its own workforce   
under merit promotion procedures of the 
applicable agency12 and  7#b7 in        
subsection 7d7 by inserting of the      
agency from which the former employee   
was most recently separated after deemed
 a time-limited employee4