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Calendar No. 647
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1433
[Report No. 110–295]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 21, 2007
Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
April 10, 2008
Reported by Mr. Bingaman, with an amendment
Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic
A BILL
To amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to provide competitive status to certain Federal employees in the State of Alaska.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Thomas P. O’Hara Public Land Career
Opportunity Act of 2007
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Competitive status for certain Federal employees in the State of Alaska
Section 1308 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3198) is amended—
by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and
by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
Competitive Status
An individual appointed to a permanent position under subsection (a) shall be converted to competitive status after—
if the appointment is full time, the completion of 2 years of competitive and satisfactory full time service; or
if the appointment is less than full time, the period that is equivalent to 2 years of competitive and satisfactory full time service.
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Competitive status for certain Federal employees in the State of Alaska
Section 1308 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3198) is amended by adding at the end the following:
Competitive status
In general
Nothing in subsection (a) provides that any person hired pursuant to the program established under that subsection is not eligible for competitive status in the same manner as any other employee hired as part of the competitive service.
Redesignation of certain positions
Persons serving in original positions
Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, with respect to any person hired into a permanent position pursuant to the program established under subsection (a) who is serving in that position as of the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall redesignate that position and the person serving in that position as having been part of the competitive service as of the date that the person was hired into that position.
Persons no longer serving in original positions
With respect to any person who was hired pursuant to the program established under subsection (a) that is no longer serving in that position as of the date of enactment of this subsection—
the person may provide to the Secretary a request for redesignation of the service as part of the competitive service that includes evidence of the employment; and
not later than 90 days of the submission of a request under clause (i), the Secretary shall redesignate the service of the person as being part of the competitive service.
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April 10, 2008
Reported with an amendment