,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ijeb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #bh1 #bjbj 
,mr4 ,connolly introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to impose limits on excepting 
competitive service positions from the  
competitive service1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,preventing a       
,patronage ,system ,act or the ,,pps    
,act4  #b4 ,limitations on exception of 
competitive service positions  7a7 ,in  
general ,no position in the competitive 
service 7as defined under section #bajb 
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code7 may 
be excepted from the competitive service
 unless such position is placed--  7#a7 
in any of the schedules ,a through ,e as
 described in section #f4b of title #e1 
,code of ,federal ,regulations1 as in   
effect on ,september #cj1 #bjbj2 and    
7#b7 under the terms and conditions     
under part #f of such title as in effect

 on such date4  7b7 ,subsequent         
transfers ,no position in the excepted  
service 7as defined under section #bajc 
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code7 may 
be placed in any schedule other than a  
schedule described in subsection        
7a77#a74