,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cchg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #bc1   
#bjah ,ms4 ,cantwell 7for herself and   
,ms4 ,collins7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to restore administrative law judges to
 the competitive service4  #a4          
,appointment of administrative law      
judges  7a7 ,in general ,section #caje  
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code is   
amended to read as follows3  #caje4     
,appointment of administrative law      
judges  7a7 ,authority ,to appoint ,each
 agency shall appoint as many           
administrative law judges as are        
necessary for proceedings required to be
 conducted in accordance with sections  
#eef and #eeg4  7b7 ,competitive service
 ,administrative law judge positions    
shall be positions in the competitive   
service4  7c7 ,appointment              
,administrative law judges shall be     

appointed by the head of an agency from 
a list of eligible candidates provided  
by the ,office of ,personnel ,management
 or based upon approval of the          
qualifications of the individual by the 
,office of ,personnel ,management4  7d7 
,assignment ,administrative law judges  
shall be assigned to cases in rotation  
as far as practicable1 and may not      
perform duties inconsistent with their  
duties and responsibilities as          
administrative law judges4  4  7b7      
,conversion of positions ,with respect  
to any individual serving on the date of
 enactment of this ,act in an excepted  
service position as an administrative   
law judge appointed under section #caje 
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 as  
in effect on the day before the date of 
enactment of this ,act1 the head of the 
agency employing the administrative law 
judge shall convert the appointment to a
 permanent appointment in the           
competitive service in the agency4