,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #acd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #af1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,kaine 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,sanders1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4            
,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mrs4   
,murray1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mr4 ,king1    
,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 ,mr4      
,schatz1 ,mr4 ,hickenlooper1 ,mr4       
,fetterman1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4 ,warner1 
,mr4 ,padilla1 and ,ms4 ,alsobrooks7    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
place limitations on excepting positions
 from the competitive 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 
,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 the 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 the term in section   
#bajc of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code4  7b7 ,limitations ,a position in 
the competitive service may not be      
excepted from the competitive service   
unless that position is placed-- 7#a7 in
 any of schedules ,a through ,e1 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 title #e1 ,code of     
,federal ,regulations1 as in effect on  
,september #cj1 #bjbj4  7c7 ,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 

7b77#a74  7#b7 ,,opm consent required   
,an agency may not transfer any occupied
 position from the competitive service  
or the excepted service into schedule ,c
 of subpart ,c of part #bac of title #e1
 ,code of ,federal ,regulations1 or any 
successor regulations1 without the prior
 consent of the ,director4  7#c7 ,limit 
during presidential term ,during any    
#d-year presidential term1 an agency may
 not transfer from a position in the    
competitive service to a position in the
 excepted service the greater of the    
following3 7,a7 ,a total number of      
employees that is more than #a percent  
of the total number of employees        
employed by that agency1 as of the first
 day of that presidential term4  7,b7 #e
 employees4  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 in which that 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 prior written consent of the
 employee4  7d7 ,other matters  7#a7    
,application ,notwithstanding section   
#gdbe7;b7 of title #ch1 ,united ,states 
,code1 this section shall apply to a    
position under chapter #gc or #gd of    
that title4  7#b7 ,report ,not later    
than ,march #ae of each calendar year1  
the ,director shall submit to ,congress 
a report on the immediately preceding   
calendar year that lists-- 7,a7 each    
position that1 during the year covered  
by the report1 was transferred from the 
competitive service to the excepted     
service and a justification as to why   
each such position was so transferred2  
and  7,b7 any violation of this section 
that occurred during the year covered by
 the report4  7e7 ,regulations ,not     
later than #ij days after the date of   

enactment of this ,act1 the ,director   
shall issue regulations to implement    
this section4