,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #iah  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #aj1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,van ,hollen 7for himself and 
,mr4 ,warner7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to allow ,federal employees who are    
involuntarily separated from ,government
 service while serving a probationary or
 trial period to resume that period upon
 reinstatement1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,protect ,our ,probationary     
,employees ,act4  #b4 ,resumption of    
probationary period  7a7 ,definitions   
,in this section3 7#a7 ,covered         
appointment ,the term covered           
appointment means an appointment of a   
covered probationary employee to a      
position in the former employing agency 
of that covered probationary employee   
that1 to the extent practicable1 is the 
same as the previous ,federal position  

occupied by that covered probationary   
employee4  7#b7 ,covered probationary   
employee ,the term covered probationary 
employee means an individual who-- 7,a7 
is1 or was1 involuntarily separated from
 ,government service during the period  
beginning on ,january #bj1 #bjbe1 and   
ending on the date described in         
subsection 7c72 and  7,b7 immediately   
before the involuntary separation       
described in subparagraph 7,a71 occupied
 a position in an ,executive agency     
under which the individual served a     
probationary or trial period under an   
initial appointment4  7#c7 ,executive   
agency ,the term ,executive agency has  
the meaning given the term in section   
#aje of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4
  7#d7 ,former employing agency ,with   
respect to a covered probationary       
employee1 the term former employing     
agency means the ,executive agency from 
which the involuntary separation of that
 individual made that individual a      
covered probationary employee4  7#e7    

,previous ,federal position ,the term   
previous ,federal position means1 with  
respect to a covered probationary       
employee1 the position in an ,executive 
agency occupied by the covered          
probationary employee immediately before
 becoming a covered probationary        
employee4  7b7 ,resumption of           
probationary period ,notwithstanding any
 other provision of law1 the duration of
 the probationary or trial period for a 
covered appointment of a covered        
probationary employee to become final   
shall be equal to the difference        
between-- 7#a7 the duration of that     
probationary or trial period that1 but  
for this ,act1 would apply to that      
covered appointment2 and  7#b7 the      
duration of the probationary or trial   
period that the covered probationary    
employee served in the previous ,federal
 position of that covered probationary  
employee1 to the extent that such       
duration does not exceed the duration   
described in paragraph 7#a74  7c7       

,sunset ,this ,act shall terminate on   
,january #bj1 #bjbi4