Limits when agencies can move jobs out of the normal merit-based hiring system and into special categories.
Requires the Office of Personnel Management director to approve before an agency can move an occupied job into political appointment-style slots.
Caps how many employees an agency can shift from the normal civil service to special categories during a 4-year presidential term (1% of the agency or 5 people, whichever is larger).
Says an employee has to agree in writing before their job can be moved from the regular civil service into a special category, or between special categories.
Requires yearly public reporting to Congress on which jobs were shifted and why, plus any violations, and requires new rules within 90 days of enactment.
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Jan 16, 2025Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Saving the Civil Service Act
Bill NumberS 134
Congress119th Congress
ChamberSenate
Latest ActionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
