,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbdf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #aj1     
#bjbe ,mr4 ,markey introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,small   
,business and ,entrepreneurship  ,a     
,,bill  ,to amend the ,small ,business  
,act to prohibit certain offices of the 
,small ,business ,administration from   
undertaking a reduction in force1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4  ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,save    
,our ,staff ,act of #bjbe or the ,,sos  
,act of #bjbe4  #b4  ,reductions in     
force at ,,sba offices  ,the ,small     
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fca et   
seq47 is amended--  7#a7 by             
redesignating section #di 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4
 #fca note7 as section #ej2 and  7#b7 by
 inserting after section #dh 7#ae       
,u4,s4,c4 #fegu7 the following3  #di4   
,reductions in force  7a7 ,definition   
,in this section1 the term covered      
office means an office of the           

,administration that--  7#a7 provides   
counseling1 training1 or technical      
assistance to entrepreneurs or owners of
 small business concerns 7or oversees   
the provision of such counseling1       
training1 or technical assistance72     
7#b7 provides oversight of any lending  
program of the ,administration2  7#c7   
carries out any disaster relief program 
of the ,administration2 or  7#d7        
provides contracting certifications with
 respect to small business concerns4    
7b7  ,prohibition  ,notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or regulation1 no
 covered office may1 on or after the    
date of enactment of the ,save ,our     
,staff ,act of #bjbe1 undertake a       
reduction in force with respect to      
employees of the covered office4  4  #c4
  ,re-employment of removed ,,sba       
employees  7a7  ,in general  ,not later 
than #fj days after the date of         
enactment of this ,act1 the             
,administrator of the ,small ,business  
,administration shall re-employ each    

employee of the ,administration who was 
removed as part of a reduction in force 
carried out during the period beginning 
on ,january #bj1 #bjbe1 and ending on   
the date of enactment of this ,act4  7b7
  ,status of re-,employed individuals   
,each individual re-employed under      
subsection 7a7 shall-- 7#a7 be appointed
 to the same position occupied by the   
individual1 and shall be paid at the    
same rate of basic pay1 as of the date  
on which the individual was removed1 as 
described in that subsection2 and  7#b7 
receive back pay with respect to the    
period beginning on the date on which   
the individual was removed1 as described
 in that subsection1 and ending on the  
date on which the individual is so      
re-employed4