,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #beif  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ca1     
#bjbe ,mr4 ,heinrich 7for himself and   
,ms4 ,klobuchar7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to institute a reduction in 
force moratorium at the ,forest         
,service1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title  ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,saving the ,forest ,service's     
,workforce ,act4  #b4  ,reduction in    
force moratorium at the ,forest ,service
  7a7  ,in general  ,until on or after  
the date that full-year appropriations  
for the ,forest ,service for fiscal year
 #bjbf have been enacted into law1 the  
,secretary of ,agriculture 7acting      
through the ,chief of the ,forest       
,service7 may not--  7#a7 initiate or   
implement any reduction in force at the 
,forest ,service2 or  7#b7 conduct 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 of the ,forest      
,service except for cause on charges of 
misconduct1 delinquency1 or performance4
  7b7  ,application  ,for the purposes  
of carrying out subsection 7a7-- 7#a7   
the terms competitive service1 excepted 
service1 and career appointee have the  
meanings given those terms in sections  
#bajb1 #bajc1 and #cacb7;a71            
respectively1 of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code2 and  7#b7 such subsection
 shall be in addition to any other      
authority with respect to adverse       
personnel actions1 including chapter #ge
 of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4