,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hebc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bg1 #bjbf,mr4
 ,neguse 7for himself and ,mr4 ,huffman7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,natural ,resources1 and in addition to 
the ,committee on ,agriculture1 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     
prohibit any reduction in force or      
involuntary separation at the           
,department of the ,interior and the    
,united ,states ,forest ,service1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,public  
,lands ,workforce ,stability ,act4  #b4 
,prohibition on reductions in force and 
involuntary separations at ,department  
of the ,interior and ,united ,states    
,forest ,service  7a7 ,prohibition      
,during the period beginning on the date

 of the enactment of this ,act and      
ending on ,september #cj1 #bjcj1 without
 prior notification and approval of the 
chairs and ranking members of the       
,committees on ,appropriations of the   
,house of ,representatives and the      
,senate1 no ,federal funds may be       
obligated or expended to-- 7#a7         
initiate1 implement1 or otherwise carry 
out a reduction in force within the     
,department of the ,interior or the     
,united ,states ,forest ,service2 or    
7#b7 carry out an involuntary separation
 of any employee in the competitive     
service1 any career employee in the     
excepted service1 or any career         
appointee in the ,senior ,executive     
,service at the ,department of ,interior
 or the ,united ,states ,forest ,service
 except for cause on charges of         
misconduct1 delinquency1 or performance4
  7b7 ,definitions ,in subsection 7a71  
the terms competitive service1 excepted 
service1 and career appointee have the  
meaning given those terms in sections   

#bajb1 #bajc1 and #cacb7;a71            
respectively1 of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code4