,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ache  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #g1 #bjag,ms4 
,foxx 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 limit recruitment and 
retention bonuses for employees who     
spend certain durations of time on      
official time1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,civil ,service ,incentives     
,integrity ,act of #bjag4  #b4          
,limitation on certain bonuses  7a7     
,recruitment and relocation bonuses     
7#a7 ,in general ,section #egec of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--
  7,a7 in subsection 7g7 by inserting or
 the bonus is subject to retraction     
under subsection 7h7 before the period  
at the end2 and  7,b7 by adding at the  
end the following3  7h7 ,a bonus awarded
 under this section shall be retracted  
and subject to repayment under          

subsection 7g7 in any case in which an  
employee has spent at least #hj percent 
of the time such employee would         
otherwise be in a duty status on        
official time granted under section     
#gaca during the period ending on the   
date that is #f months after the        
appointment or relocation of such       
employee1 as applicable4  4  7#b7       
,applicability ,the amendment made by   
paragraph 7#a7 shall apply with respect 
to any applicable bonus awarded on or   
after ,october #a1 #bjag4  7b7          
,retention bonuses ,section #eged7;d7 of
 title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7#e7 7,a7 ,a retention bonus
 may not be paid to an employee who1 for
 a period of #f consecutive months of   
service associated with the bonus1 has  
spent at least #hj percent of the time  
such employee would otherwise be in a   
duty status on official time granted    
under section #gaca4  7,b7 ,subparagraph
 7,a7 shall apply with respect to any #f

 consecutive months of service beginning
 on or after ,october #a1 #bjag4  4