,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbji  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ah1 #bjbe,ms4
 ,lofgren 7for herself and ,ms4         
,stevens7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,science1 ,space1 and ,technology  ,a  
,,bill  ,to institute a reduction in    
force moratorium at the ,national       
,institute of ,standards and            
,technology1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,saving ,,nist's ,workforce     
,act4  #b4 ,reduction in force          
moratorium at ,national ,institute of   
,standards and ,technology  7a7 ,in     
general ,until on or after the date that
 full-year appropriations for the       
,national ,institute of ,standards and  
,technology for fiscal year #bjbf have  
been enacted into law1 the ,institute   
may not-- 7#a7 initiate or implement any
 reduction in force2 or  7#b7 conduct an
 involuntary separation of any employee 
in the competitive service or the       

excepted service1 any career employee in
 the excepted service1 or any career    
appointee in the ,senior ,executive     
,service of the ,institute except for   
cause on charges of misconduct1         
delinquency1 or inefficiency4  7b7      
,application ,for the purposes of       
carrying out subsection 7a7-- 7#a7 the  
terms competitive service1 excepted     
service1 and career appointee have the  
meanings given those terms in sections  
#bajb1 #bajc1 and #cacb7;a71            
respectively1 of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code2 and  7#b7 such subsection
 shall be in addition to any other      
authority with respect to adverse       
personnel actions1 including chapter #ge
 of such title #e4