,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hfhg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bg1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,connolly 7for himself1 ,mrs4 
,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york1 and
 ,mr4 ,hoyer7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to nullify the ,executive     
,order entitled ,executive ,order on    
,creating ,schedule ,f ,in ,the         
,excepted ,service1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,saving the ,civil  
,service ,act4  #b4 ,nullification of   
,executive ,order regarding schedule ,f 
and limitations on conversions of       
competitive service positions to        
excepted service positions  7a7         
,rescission  7#a7 ,in general ,the      
provisions of the ,executive ,order     
entitled ,executive ,order on ,creating 
,schedule ,f ,in ,the ,excepted         
,service1 issued on ,october #ba1 #bjbj1
 are rescinded and shall have no force  

or effect4  7#b7 ,effective date ,this  
subsection shall take effect as if      
enacted on ,october #ba1 #bjbj4  7b7    
,limitation on funds ,no ,federal funds 
may be used to implement1 administer1 or
 otherwise carry out the ,executive     
,order described in subsection 7a77#a71 
or any successor ,executive ,order or   
regulation4  7c7 ,conversions  7#a7     
,prohibition ,notwithstanding any other 
law1 rule1 or regulation1 and except as 
provided in paragraph 7#b7-- 7,a7 a     
position in the competitive service may 
not be converted to a position in the   
excepted service2 and  7,b7 an          
individual serving in an appointment in 
the competitive service may not be      
converted to an appointment in the      
excepted service4  7#b7 ,conversions    
reversed ,notwithstanding paragraph     
7#a7-- 7,a7 any position in the         
competitive service that was converted  
to a position in the excepted service   
under the ,executive ,order described in
 subsection 7a77#a7 during the period   

beginning on ,october #ba1 #bjbj1 and   
ending on the date of enactment of this 
,act shall be converted to a position in
 the competitive service2 and  7,b7 any 
individual serving in an appointment in 
the competitive service who was         
converted to an appointment in the      
excepted service under such ,executive  
,order during such period shall be      
converted to an appointment in the      
competitive service4  7#c7 ,competitive 
status ,an individual noncompetitively  
appointed to a position under schedule  
,f 7established under the ,executive    
,order described in subsection 7a77#a77 
may not acquire competitive status under
 any conversion carried out under this  
subsection4  7d7 ,reinstatement ,any    
individual occupying a position that was
 converted from the competitive service 
to the excepted service under the       
,executive ,order described in          
subsection 7a77#a71 and any individual  
whose appointment was converted from the
 competitive service to the excepted    

service under such ,executive ,order1   
who was involuntary removed from the    
civil service during the period         
beginning on ,october #ba1 #bjbj1 and   
ending on the date of enactment of this 
,act shall be appointed by reinstatement
 with backpay in accordance with section
 #eeif of title #e1 ,united ,states     
,code4  7e7 ,definitions ,in this       
section1 the terms civil service1       
competitive service1 and excepted       
service have the meaning given those    
terms in sections #baja7a71 #bajb1 and  
#bajc1 respectively1 of title #e1       
,united ,states ,code4