,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fich  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bg1      
#bjah,mr4 ,bishop of ,michigan          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to reduce the size of the      
,federal workforce through attrition1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,rightsizing the ,federal ,workforce    
,through ,attrition ,act4  #b4 ,federal 
workforce reductions through attrition  
7a7 ,limitation  7#a7 ,in general ,the  
,president1 acting through the ,office  
of ,management and ,budget and in       
consultation with the ,office of        
,personnel ,management1 shall take      
appropriate measures to ensure that1    
effective beginning in fiscal year #bjai
 and during each fiscal year thereafter1
 the total number of ,federal employees 
shall not exceed #ij percent of the     
total number of ,federal employees as of

 ,september #cj1 #bjah1 as determined   
under subsection 7b74  7#b7 ,counting   
rule ,for purposes of this ,act1 any    
determination of the number of employees
 in an agency shall be expressed on a   
full-time equivalent basis4  7b7        
,monitoring and notification ,the       
,office1 in consultation with the       
,office of ,personnel ,management-- 7#a7
 shall continuously monitor all agencies
 and make a determination1 as of        
,september #cj1 #bjah1 and the last day 
of each quarter of each fiscal year     
beginning thereafter1 as to whether the 
total number of ,federal employees      
exceeds the maximum number allowable    
under subsection 7a72 and  7#b7 if a    
determination under paragraph 7#a7 is   
made that the total number of ,federal  
employees exceeds such maximum1 shall   
provide written notice of that          
determination to the ,president and     
,congress4  7c7 ,compliance  7#a7 ,in   
general ,whenever1 with respect to the  
quarter ending after ,september #cj1    

#bjah1 the ,office provides written     
notice under subsection 7b77#b7 that the
 total number of ,federal employees     
exceeds the maximum number allowable    
under subsection 7a71 no agency may     
appoint any employee to fill any vacancy
 within such agency until the ,office   
provides written notice to the          
,president and ,congress of a           
determination under subsection 7b77#a7  
that the total number of ,federal       
employees no longer exceeds the maximum 
number allowable under subsection 7a74  
7#b7 ,replacement rate ,to the extent   
necessary to achieve the workforce      
reduction required by this section1 the 
,office1 in consultation with the       
,office of ,personnel ,management1 shall
 take appropriate measures to ensure    
that agencies shall appoint no more than
 #a employee for every #c employees     
retiring or otherwise separating from   
,government service after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act4  7d7 ,waiver
 for emergencies ,this section may be   

waived upon a determination by the      
,president that-- 7#a7 the existence of 
a state of war or other national        
security concern so requires2 or  7#b7  
the existence of an extraordinary       
emergency threatening life1 health1     
public safety1 property1 or the         
environment so requires4  7e7           
,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the
 term agency means an ,executive agency 
as defined by section #aje of title #e1 
,united ,states ,code1 but does not     
include the ,government ,accountability 
,office2  7#b7 the term ,federal        
employee means an employee as defined by
 section #baje of such title2  7#c7 the 
term ,office means the ,office of       
,management and ,budget2 and  7#d7 the  
term total number of ,federal employees 
means the total number of ,federal      
employees in all agencies4