,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #af1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,connolly 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,mfume1 and ,mr4     
,bacon7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to prohibit the establishment  
of schedule ,f of the excepted service1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,saving the ,civil ,service ,act4  #b4  
,limitations on excepting positions from
 competitive service and transferring   
positions  7a7 ,in general ,a position  
in the competitive service may not 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 ,transfers  7#a7    
,within excepted service ,a position in 
the excepted service may not be         
transferred to any schedule other than a
 schedule described in subsection       
7a77#a74  7#b7 ,,opm consent required   
,an agency may not transfer any occupied
 position from the competitive service  
or excepted service into schedule ,c of 
subpart ,c of part #bac of title #e1    
,code of ,federal ,regulations1 without 
the prior consent of the ,director of   
the ,office of ,personnel ,management4  
7#c7 ,limit during presidential term    
,during any four-year presidential term1
 an agency may not transfer from the    
competitive service into the excepted   
service a total number of employees that
 is more than one percent of the total  
number of employees at such agency as of
 the first day of such term1 or five    
employees1 whichever is greater4  7#d7  
,employee consent required              
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
this section-- 7,a7 an employee who     

occupies a position in the excepted     
service may not be transferred to an    
excepted service schedule other than the
 schedule such position is located      
without the prior written consent of the
 employee2 and  7,b7 an employee who    
occupies a position in the competitive  
service may not be transferred to the   
excepted service without the employee's 
prior written consent4  7c7 ,other      
matters  7#a7 ,application              
,notwithstanding section #gdbe7;b7 of   
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 this  
section shall apply to positions under  
chapter #gc or #gd of such title4  7#b7 
,regulations ,the ,director shall issue 
regulations to implement this section4  
7d7 ,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7
 the term agency means any department1  
agency1 or instrumentality of the       
,federal ,government2  7#b7 the term    
competitive service has the meaning     
given that term in section #bajb of     
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code2  7#c7  
the term ,director means the ,director  

of the ,office of ,personnel            
,management2 and  7#d7 the term excepted
 service has the meaning given that term
 in section #bajc of title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code4