Provides that any displaced employee who was an employee of the Department of the Interior or the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on or prior to June 17, 1974, shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be given priority consideration for any vacancy in the competitive service for which the employee is qualified. Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to assist the Civil Service Commission in identifying those employees who are likely to become displaced employees.
Provides that each such displaced employee is eligible for transfer to another position in the competitive service and is entitled, upon request to the Civil Service Commission, to have his name placed on specified registers.
Directs the Civil Service Commission to assist any employee who is likely to become a displaced employee in securing new employment. Provides for counseling and such other assistance as may be necessary.
Provides that provisions of this Act shall become effective thirty days following the date of enactment and shall terminate three years after such date except that any displaced employee who has been passed over for appointment to not more than two separate positions is entitled to be considered for appointment to a position pursuant to the provisions of this Act until such time as such employee has been appointed to a position or passed over for a total of three separate positions.
Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
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