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H.R. 4687 114th Congress House

DOD Workforce Flexibility Act of 2016

Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that temporary employees of the Department of Defense may compete for vacant permanent positions under interna… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that temporary employees of the Department of Defense may compete for vacant permanent positions under internal merit promotion procedures, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 3, 2016 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Department of DefenseGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementTemporary and part-time employment
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Mar 3, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 3, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

DOD Workforce Flexibility Act of 2016

This bill permits employees of the Department of Defense (DOD) who are serving in a temporary position in the competitive service to compete for vacant permanent positions in the competitive service under DOD's merit promotion procedures.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4687: DOD Workforce Flexibility Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4687/
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"H.R. 4687: DOD Workforce Flexibility Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4687/.
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H.R. 4687, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4687/.
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