,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #beig  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ca1     
#bjbe ,mr4 ,heinrich 7for himself and   
,mr4 ,whitehouse7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
institute a reduction in force          
moratorium at all agencies and bureaus  
of the ,department of the ,interior1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4  ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,saving  
the ,department of the ,interior's      
,workforce ,act4  #b4  ,reduction in    
force moratorium at all agencies and    
bureaus of the ,department of the       
,interior  7a7  ,in general  ,until on  
or after the date that full-year        
appropriations for the ,department of   
the ,interior for fiscal year #bjbf have
 been enacted into law1 the ,secretary  
of the ,interior may not--  7#a7        
initiate or implement any reduction in  
force at any agency or bureau of the    

,department of the ,interior2 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 any      
agency or bureau of the ,department of  
the ,interior 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