,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #cj1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,beyer 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,moore of    
,wisconsin1 ,mr4 ,subramanyam1 ,ms4     
,tlaib1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,ms4 ,elfreth1 ,ms4
 ,sewell1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,david     
,scott of ,georgia1 and ,ms4 ,pingree7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to provide hiring preference to
 certain career ,federal employees      
involuntarily removed from the civil    
service1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title  ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,restoring ,employment and ,hiring 
,incentives for ,removed ,employees ,act
 or the ,,rehire ,act4  #b4 ,hiring     
preference for certain career ,federal  
employees involuntarily removed  7a7 ,in
 general ,any ,federal employee         
involuntarily removed from the civil    
service during the period beginning on  
,january #a1 #bjbe1 and ending on       

,january #a1 #bjbg1 shall-- 7#a7 be     
deemed to be a preference eligible for  
purposes of appointments to positions in
 the competitive service2 and  7#b7     
shall be entitled to #e additional      
points above their earned rating for    
purposes of section #ccji of title #e1  
,united ,states ,code4  7b7 ,application
 ,the authority under subsection 7a7    
shall--  7#a7 not apply to-- 7,a7 any   
individual removed from a political     
position2  7,b7 any individual          
involuntarily separated on clearly      
documented charges of misconduct or     
delinquency2 or  7,c7 any individual    
involuntarily separated and whose most  
recent performance review prior to such 
separation was unacceptable or less than
 fully successful1 provided that such   
review is clearly documented2 and  7#b7 
expire on the date that is #e years     
after the date of the enactment of this 
section4  7c7 ,definitions ,in this     
section--  7#a7 the term civil service  
has the meaning given that term in      

section #baja of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code2  7#b7 the term           
competitive service has the meaning     
given that term in section #bajb of such
 title2  7#c7 the term political        
position means-- 7,a7 a position        
described under sections #ecab through  
#ecaf of such title 7relating to the    
,executive ,schedule72  7,b7 a noncareer
 appointee 7as that term is defined in  
section #cacb7;a7 of such title72 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          
,regulations2 and  7#d7 the term        
preference eligible has the meaning     
given that term in section #bajh7c7 of  
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4