Federal Hiring Freeze Act of 2011

Federal Hiring Freeze Act of 2011 - Prohibits the head of an executive agency from appointing an individual to any position in such agency during a fiscal year for which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) projects that there will be a federal budget deficit. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition under specified circumstances, including the existence of a state of war or other vital national security concern or the need to make appointments to law enforcement positions or to the United States Postal Service (USPS).

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1779 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1779

  To amend title 5, United States Code, to reduce the number of civil 
 service positions within the executive branch, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 5, 2011

  Mr. Marino introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 5, United States Code, to reduce the number of civil 
 service positions within the executive branch, 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 Hiring Freeze Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. REDUCING THE NUMBER OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    Section 3101 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Each Executive agency'' and inserting 
        ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), each Executive 
        agency''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Reduction in Number of Employees.--
            ``(1) Hiring freeze.--During each fiscal year which begins 
        after the date of the enactment of this subsection and for 
        which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
        projects that there will be a Federal budget deficit, the head 
        of an Executive agency may not appoint an individual to any 
        position in the agency, except as otherwise provided in this 
        subsection.
            ``(2) Exemptions.--The President may waive the application 
        of paragraph (1) in any of the following circumstances or for 
        any of the following reasons:
                    ``(A) The existence of a state of war or other 
                vital national security concern.
                    ``(B) To make an appointment (including to a 
                position within the Bureau of Prisons) for purposes 
                relating to Federal law enforcement.
                    ``(C) To carry out a written commitment made by the 
                Government on or before the date of the enactment of 
                this subsection.
                    ``(D) To make 1 or more appointments involving only 
                in the reassignment of personnel within the same 
                agency.
                    ``(E) The appointment is to a position under the 
                Executive Schedule.
                    ``(F) The appointment is of a short-term, seasonal, 
                or intermittent nature and consistent with the agency's 
                hiring pattern and personnel levels of the previous 
                fiscal year.
                    ``(G) The appointment is to a position in the 
                Executive Office of the President and necessary to 
                facilitate the orderly transition and operation of a 
                new Presidential administration.
                    ``(H) The appointment is to a position within the 
                United States Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory 
                Commission.
            ``(3) Reports to congress.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
                end of each quarter of a fiscal year, the President 
                shall provide Congress with a report containing a list 
                of each appointment approved by the President under 
                this subsection during the quarter, broken down by 
                Executive agency.
                    ``(B) Information included.--The list contained in 
                a report provided to Congress under subparagraph (A) 
                shall include a description of the position associated 
                with each approved appointment, but shall not provide 
                any information that may be used to identify the 
                individual appointed to the position.
                    ``(C) Public dissemination.--The President shall 
                make each report provided to Congress under 
                subparagraph (A) available to the public by posting the 
                report on the official public website of the Executive 
                Office of the President in a searchable, sortable, and 
                downloadable manner.
            ``(4) Termination.--Paragraph (1) shall cease to apply 
        after the date as of which the Director of the Office of 
        Management and Budget determines that a Federal budget deficit 
        no longer exists.''.
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