[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2190 Introduced in Senate (IS)] 103d CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2190 To direct the Office of Personnel Management to establish an interagency placement program for Federal employees affected by reduction in force actions, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 14 (legislative day, June 7), 1994 Mr. Lautenberg (for himself and Mr. Wofford) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Office of Personnel Management to establish an interagency placement program for Federal employees affected by reduction in force actions, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Service Priority Placement Program Act of 1994''. SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY PLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AFFECTED BY REDUCTION IN FORCE ACTIONS. (a) Definition.--For purposes of this section the term ``agency'' means an ``Executive agency'' as defined under section 105 of title 5, United States Code, and-- (1) includes the United States Postal Service and the Postal Rate Commission; and (2) does not include the General Accounting Office. (b) Establishment of Program.--No later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall establish a Government-wide demonstration program to facilitate employment placement for Federal employees who-- (1) are scheduled to be separated from service under a reduction in force pursuant to-- (A) regulations prescribed under section 3502 of title 5, United States Code; or (B) procedures established under section 3595 of title 5, United States Code; or (2) are separated from service under such a reduction in force. (c) Interagency Placement Program.--The placement program established under subsection (b) shall-- (1) coordinate with programs established by agencies for the placement of agency employees affected by a reduction in force action within such agency; and (2) provide a system to require the offer of a position in an agency to an employee of another agency affected by a reduction in force action, if-- (A) the position cannot be filled through the placement program of the agency in which the position is located; (B) the employee to whom the offer is made is well qualified for the offered position; (C)(i) the classification of the offered position is equal to the classification of the employee's present or last held position; or (ii) the basic rate of pay of the offered position is equal to the basic rate of pay of the employee's present or last held position; and (D) the geographic location of the offered position is within the commuting area of-- (i) the residence of the employee; or (ii) the location of the employee's present or last held position. (d) Agency Programs Unaffected.--The interagency placement program established under this section shall not affect the priority of placement of any employee under the agency placement program of such employee's employing agency. (e) Termination of Demonstration Program.--The demonstration program established under subsection (b) shall terminate 5 years after the date on which the Director of the Office of Personnel Management determines such program is first operable. <all>