[Congressional Bills 114th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4906 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4906 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. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 12, 2016 Mr. Connolly (for himself and Mr. Meadows) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY OF EMPLOYEES IN A TIME-LIMITED APPOINTMENT TO COMPETE FOR A PERMANENT APPOINTMENT AT ANY FEDERAL AGENCY. Section 9602 of title 5, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``any land management agency or any other agency (as defined in section 101 of title 31) under the internal merit promotion procedures of the applicable agency'' and inserting ``such land management agency when such agency is accepting applications from individuals within the agency's workforce under merit promotion procedures, or any agency, including a land management agency, when the agency is accepting applications from individuals outside its own workforce under the merit promotion procedures of the applicable agency''; and (2) in subsection (d) by inserting ``of the agency from which the former employee was most recently separated'' after ``deemed a time-limited employee''. <all>