,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efgf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #c1         
#bjbe,mrs4 ,cherfilus-,mc,cormick 7for  
herself1 ,ms4 ,barragn1 ,mr4 ,jackson of
 ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,landsman1 ,ms4        
,norton1 ,mr4 ,sherman1 ,mr4 ,thanedar1 
,ms4 ,titus1 and ,mr4 ,bell7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
prohibit any ,executive agency from     
terminating employees during any period 
in which there is a lapse in            
appropriations1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be     
cited as the ,stop ,stealing ,our ,jobs 
,act4  #b4 ,limit on termination of     
employees during ,government shutdowns  
7a7 ,in general ,during any period in   
which there is a lapse in discretionary 
appropriations1 neither the ,president  
nor the head of an ,executive agency may
 remove from the civil service1         
including as part of a reduction in     

force1 any employee of an ,executive    
agency1 other than a political          
appointee4  7b7 ,definitions ,in this   
section3  7#a7 ,civil service2          
,executive agency ,the terms civil      
service and ,executive agency have the  
meanings given such terms in sections   
#baja and #aje1 respectively1 of title  
#e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7        
,political appointee ,the term political
 appointee means an individual serving  
in an appointment to a political        
position4  7#c7 ,political position ,the
 term political position means-- 7,a7 a 
position described under sections #ecab 
through #ecaf of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code 7relating to the          
,executive ,schedule72  7,b7 a noncareer
 appointment in the ,senior ,executive  
,service 7as defined in section         
#cacb7;a7 of title #e1 ,united ,states  
,code72 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