,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #efjh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ai  
7legislative day1 ,december #af71       
#bjbd,mr4 ,johnson 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,scott of ,florida1 and ,mr4 ,lee7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs  ,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 ,reducing the  
,size of the ,federal ,government       
,through ,attrition ,act of #bjbd4  #b4 
,reduction in ,federal workforce  7a7   
,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the
 term agency means an ,executive agency1
 as defined in section #aje of title #e1
 ,united ,states ,code2  7#b7 the term  
,director means the ,director of the    
,office of ,management and ,budget2 and 
7#c7 the term ,federal employee means an
 employee1 as defined in section #baje  

of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1     
except that the term does not include a 
political appointee1 as defined in      
section #gji7;d77#c7 of the ,homeland   
,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4   
#cdi7;d77#c774  7b7 ,limitation ,the    
,president1 through the ,director 7in   
consultation with the ,director of the  
,office of ,personnel ,management71     
shall take appropriate measures to      
ensure that1 effective beginning in     
fiscal year #bjbh1 the total number of  
,federal employees in all agencies 7as  
determined under subsection 7c77 shall  
not exceed #ij percent of the total     
number of ,federal employees in all     
agencies as of ,september #cj1 #bjbe 7as
 so determined74  7c7 ,agency-,specific 
caps  7#a7 ,agency identification of    
number of employees ,not later than     
,october #ca1 #bjbe1 the head of each   
agency shall submit to the ,director a  
report identifying the total number of  
,federal employees employed by that     
agency1 as of ,september #cj1 #bjbe4    

7#b7 ,,omb establishment of maximum     
allowable number of employees ,not later
 than the last day of the first quarter 
of fiscal year #bjbf1 the ,director     
shall submit to the head of each agency 
a report that establishes the maximum   
allowable number of ,federal employees  
that the agency may employ for the      
purposes of complying with subsection   
7b74  7d7 ,replacement rate ,during the 
period beginning on the first day of the
 second quarter of fiscal year #bjbf and
 ending on ,september #cj1 #bjbg1 in    
order to achieve the workforce reduction
 required by subsection 7b71 the        
,director 7in consultation with the     
,director of the ,office of ,personnel  
,management7 shall take appropriate     
measures to ensure that an agency may   
not appoint more than #a individual for 
every #c ,federal employees retiring or 
otherwise separating from ,government   
service4  7e7 ,monitoring and           
notification ,the ,director 7in         
consultation with the ,director of the  

,office of ,personnel ,management7 shall
 take the following actions3 7#a7       
,during the period beginning on the     
first day of the second quarter of      
fiscal year #bjbf and ending on the last
 day of fiscal year #bjbg1 continuously 
monitor each agency to determine whether
 each agency is on track to be in       
compliance with the requirement under   
subsection 7c77#b7 for that agency1 as  
of the first day of fiscal year #bjbh4  
7#b7 ,beginning on the first day of     
fiscal year #bjbh1 continuously monitor 
each agency and make a determination    
regarding whether the total number of   
,federal employees employed by each     
agency exceeds the maximum number of    
,federal employees allowable for that   
agency under subsection 7c77#b74  7#c7  
,whenever the ,director makes a         
determination under paragraph 7#b7 that 
the total number of ,federal employees  
employed by an agency exceeds the       
maximum number allowable for that agency
 under subsection 7c77#b71 provide      

written notice of that determination to 
the ,president and ,congress not later  
than #ad days after the last day of the 
quarter in which the ,director makes the
 determination4  7f7 ,compliance  7#a7  
,in general ,whenever the ,director     
provides written notice under subsection
 7e77#c7 that the total number of       
,federal employees employed by an agency
 exceeds the maximum number allowable   
for that agency under subsection        
7c77#b71 the following shall apply3 7,a7
 ,the ,director shall also provide      
written notice to the head of the agency
 that the total number of ,federal      
employees employed by the agency exceeds
 the maximum number allowable for that  
agency under subsection 7c77#b74  7,b7  
,until the ,director provides written   
notice to the ,president and ,congress  
of a subsequent determination that the  
total number of ,federal employees      
employed by that agency no longer       
exceeds the maximum number allowable    
under subsection 7c77#b71 the agency may

 not engage in any of the following3 7i7
 ,appoint any individual to fill any    
vacancy within the agency4  7ii7        
,appoint any individual to a position   
for which any amount of the job         
responsibilities are expected to be     
performed in a remote location with     
respect to the duty station for the     
position4  7iii7 ,issue any approval for
 an existing ,federal employee to       
increase the number of hours for which  
the ,federal employee could perform the 
job responsibilities for the position of
 the ,federal employee in a remote      
location with respect to the duty       
station for the position4  7iv7 ,issue  
any approval of an increase in the      
amount of official time authorized for a
 ,federal employee under section #gaca  
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4     
7#b7 ,deadline ,any notice described in 
paragraph 7#a77;,b7 with respect to a   
subsequent determination shall be       
provided not later than #ad days after  
the last day of the quarter in which the

 subsequent determination is made4  7g7 
,waiver for emergencies ,this section   
may be waived1 with respect to a        
particular position or category of      
positions in an agency1 upon a          
determination by the ,president that--  
7#a7 the existence of a state of war or 
other national security concern requires
 such a waiver2 or  7#b7 the existence  
of an extraordinary emergency           
threatening life1 health1 public safety1
 or property requires such a waiver4    
7h7 ,counting rule ,for purposes of this
 section1 any determination of the      
number of ,federal employees in an      
agency-- 7#a7 shall be expressed on a   
full-time equivalent basis2 and  7#b7   
shall not be subject to any collective  
bargaining agreement4  7i7 ,limitation  
on procurement of service contracts ,the
 ,president1 through the ,director 7in  
consultation with the ,director of the  
,office of ,personnel ,management71     
shall take appropriate measures to      
ensure that there is no increase in the 

procurement of service contracts by     
reason of the enactment of this ,act1   
except in cases in which a cost         
comparison demonstrates that those      
contracts would be to the financial     
advantage of the ,government4  7j7 ,rule
 of construction regarding transfers    
,nothing in this section may be         
construed to prohibit the ability of a  
,federal employee to transfer from a    
position in an agency to a position in  
another agency if that other agency is  
in compliance with the requirements of  
this section1 as of the date on which   
that ,federal employee transfers        
positions4