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Federal Employee Recruitment and Retention Plan Act of 2019

Introduced: November 14, 2019 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
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Nov 14, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Nov 14, 2019
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1442-1443)
Nov 14, 2019
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Employee Recruitment and Retention Plan Act of 2019

This bill requires the Office of Personnel Management to submit a plan to ensure the executive branch has a full workforce of qualified employees.

Such plan shall include actionable strategies to (1) hire new employees for vacant, or soon-to-be vacant, positions; (2) attract at least one qualified applicant for each job opening no later than two weeks after the opening is made available; and (3) prevent the loss of institutional knowledge when an employee leaves the executive branch.

What's happening now November 14, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

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Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Nov 19, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5099: Federal Employee Recruitment and Retention Plan Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5099/
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"H.R. 5099: Federal Employee Recruitment and Retention Plan Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5099/.
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H.R. 5099, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5099/.
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