,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ad1       
#bjai,ms4 ,norton introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform
  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,director  
of the ,office of ,personnel ,management
 to submit to ,congress a plan to ensure
 that the executive branch of           
,government has a full workforce        
composed of qualified employees1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,federal      
,employee ,recruitment and ,retention   
,plan ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,plan to      
ensure full workforce  7a7 ,in general  
,not later than #c months after the date
 of the enactment of this section1 the  
,director of the ,office of ,personnel  
,management shall submit to ,congress a 
plan1 including the actionable          
strategies described in subsection 7b71 
to ensure that the executive branch of  
,government has a full workforce        

composed of qualified employees4  7b7   
,actionable strategies described ,the   
actionable strategies described in this 
subsection are to-- 7#a7 hire new       
employees for vacant positions or       
positions that are predicted to be      
vacant within #b years after the date of
 the enactment of this section2  7#b7   
attract at least #a qualified applicant 
for each job opening not later than #b  
weeks after the date such opening is    
made available for applicants to apply2 
and  7#c7 prevent the loss of           
institutional knowledge when an employee
 leaves the executive branch4  7c7      
,employee defined ,in this section1 the 
term employee--  7#a7 has the meaning   
given that term in section #baje of     
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code2 and    
7#b7 includes an employee of the ,united
 ,states ,postal ,service or of the     
,postal ,regulatory ,commission4