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Hiring Proven Performers to the Civil Service Act

Introduced: September 21, 2022 Introduced by: Lankford, James Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Sep 21, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hiring Proven Performers to the Civil Service Act

This bill authorizes a federal agency to noncompetitively appoint certain high-performing federal employees.

Specifically, an agency may noncompetitively appoint, for other than temporary employment, to a position in the competitive service any individual who

  • is certified by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as having been a high-performing employee in a former position in the competitive service;
  • has been separated from the former position for less than six years; and
  • is qualified for the new position in the competitive service, as determined by the head of the agency making the appointment.

An individual may not be appointed to such a position more than once.

OPM must set forth the criteria for certifying an individual as a high-performing employee in a former position based on (1) the individual's final performance appraisal in that former position, and (2) a recommendation by the individual's immediate or other supervisor in that position.

What's happening now September 21, 2022

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

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