,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhhj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,olszewski 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,carson1 
,mr4 ,garcia of ,california1 ,mr4       
,hernndez1 ,mr4 ,hoyer1 ,mr4 ,ivey1 ,mr4
 ,liccardo1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,titus1  
,mr4 ,tonko1 ,ms4 ,underwood1 ,ms4      
,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,williams of ,georgia1  
,mrs4 ,dingell1 ,ms4 ,elfreth1 ,mr4     
,fields1 ,mr4 ,horsford1 ,mr4 ,jackson  
of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,johnson of ,texas1  
,mr4 ,kennedy of ,new ,york1 ,mr4       
,huffman1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4 ,lieu1 ,ms4
 ,ocasio-,cortez1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mr4    
,tran1 ,mr4 ,bell1 ,mr4 ,mc,garvey1 ,mr4
 ,david ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4        
,stanton1 and ,mr4 ,cleaver7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,government ,reform1 and in addition to 
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs1  
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as

 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide employment protections for1 and 
reinstatement of1 certain probationary  
,federal career employees1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,employment protections 
and reinstatement of probationary career
 ,federal employees  7a7 ,due process   
protections  7#a7 ,in general ,any      
,federal employee who is promoted to a  
position in the competitive service1 a  
career position in the excepted service1
 or to a career appointee position in   
the ,senior ,executive ,service and1    
after such promotion1 is serving under a
 probationary or trial period shall be  
deemed to be covered by1 and subject to 
the requirements of suchapter ,,ii or   
subchapter ,v 7as the case may be7 of   
chapter #ge of title #e1 ,united ,states
 ,code4  7#b7 ,,va employees ,any       
,federal employee who is promoted to a  
position at the ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs and1 after such promotion1 is 
serving under a probationary or trial   

period shall be deemed to be covered by1
 and subject to the requirements of1    
section #gad of title #ch1 ,united      
,states ,code4  7b7 ,reinstatement ,any 
individual who was a ,federal employee  
serving under a probationary or trial   
status after a promotion and who was    
removed from the competitive service1 a 
career position in the excepted service1
 or a career appointee position in the  
,senior ,executive ,service during the  
period beginning on ,january #bj1 #bjbe1
 and ending on the date of the enactment
 of this ,act shall1 at the election of 
the individual1 be reinstated to the    
same position or an equivalent position 
with backpay in accordance with section 
#eeif of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code4  7c7 ,limitation ,subsection 7a7 
shall not apply to any individual       
promoted to a political position and    
subsection 7b7 shall not apply to any   
individual removed from a political     
position4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this    
section-- 7#a7 the term career appointee

 has the meaning given that term in     
section #cacb7;a7 of title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code2  7#b7 the terms civil    
service1 competitive service1 and       
excepted service have the meaning given 
those terms in section #baja1 #bajb1 and
 #bajc1 respectively1 of such title2 and
  7#c7 the term political position      
means--  7,a7 a position described under
 sections #ecab through #ecaf of such   
title #e 7relating to the ,executive    
,schedule72  7,b7 a noncareer appointee 
7as that term is defined in such section
 #cacb7;a772 or  7,c7 a position in the 
executive branch of the ,government of a
 confidential or policy-determining     
character under schedule ,c of subpart  
,c of part #bac of title #e1 ,code of   
,federal ,regulations4