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S 2918 114th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Temporary and part-time employment

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility of employees of a land management agency in a time-limited appointment to compete for a permanent appointment at any Federal…

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A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility of employees of a land management agency in a time-limited appointment to compete for a permanent appointment at any Federal agency, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 10, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
May 10, 2016
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill allows otherwise eligible employees of a land management agency serving under a time-limited appointment in the competitive service to compete for a permanent appointment in the competitive service: (1) at that agency when the agency is accepting applications from individuals within the agency's workforce under merit promotion procedures, or (2) at any agency when the agency is accepting applications from individuals outside its own workforce under its merit promotion procedures.

A former employee of a land management agency who served under a time-limited appointment and who otherwise meets applicable requirements shall be deemed a time-limited employee of the agency from which the former employee was most recently separated.

What's happening now May 10, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jun 9, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2918: A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility of employees of a land management agency in a time-limited appointment to compete for a permanent appointment at any Federal agency, and for other purposes.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2918/
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"S. 2918: A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility of employees of a land management agency in a time-limited appointment to compete for a permanent appointment at any Federal agency, and for other purposes.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2918/.
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S. 2918, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2918/.
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