Rightsizing the Federal Workforce Through Attrition Act

Rightsizing the Federal Workforce Through Attrition Act

This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget to reduce the total number of federal employees.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6938 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6938

To reduce the size of the Federal workforce through attrition, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2018

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To reduce the size of the Federal workforce through attrition, 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 ``Rightsizing the Federal Workforce 
Through Attrition Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL WORKFORCE REDUCTIONS THROUGH ATTRITION.

    (a) Limitation.--
            (1) In general.--The President, acting through the Office 
        of Management and Budget and in consultation with the Office of 
        Personnel Management, shall take appropriate measures to ensure 
        that, effective beginning in fiscal year 2019 and during each 
        fiscal year thereafter, the total number of Federal employees 
        shall not exceed 90 percent of the total number of Federal 
        employees as of September 30, 2018, as determined under 
        subsection (b).
            (2) Counting rule.--For purposes of this Act, any 
        determination of the number of employees in an agency shall be 
        expressed on a full-time equivalent basis.
    (b) Monitoring and Notification.--The Office, in consultation with 
the Office of Personnel Management--
            (1) shall continuously monitor all agencies and make a 
        determination, as of September 30, 2018, and the last day of 
        each quarter of each fiscal year beginning thereafter, as to 
        whether the total number of Federal employees exceeds the 
        maximum number allowable under subsection (a); and
            (2) if a determination under paragraph (1) is made that the 
        total number of Federal employees exceeds such maximum, shall 
        provide written notice of that determination to the President 
        and Congress.
    (c) Compliance.--
            (1) In general.--Whenever, with respect to the quarter 
        ending after September 30, 2018, the Office provides written 
        notice under subsection (b)(2) that the total number of Federal 
        employees exceeds the maximum number allowable under subsection 
        (a), no agency may appoint any employee to fill any vacancy 
        within such agency until the Office provides written notice to 
        the President and Congress of a determination under subsection 
        (b)(1) that the total number of Federal employees no longer 
        exceeds the maximum number allowable under subsection (a).
            (2) Replacement rate.--To the extent necessary to achieve 
        the workforce reduction required by this section, the Office, 
        in consultation with the Office of Personnel Management, shall 
        take appropriate measures to ensure that agencies shall appoint 
        no more than 1 employee for every 3 employees retiring or 
        otherwise separating from Government service after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act.
    (d) Waiver for Emergencies.--This section may be waived upon a 
determination by the President that--
            (1) the existence of a state of war or other national 
        security concern so requires; or
            (2) the existence of an extraordinary emergency threatening 
        life, health, public safety, property, or the environment so 
        requires.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``agency'' means an Executive agency as 
        defined by section 105 of title 5, United States Code, but does 
        not include the Government Accountability Office;
            (2) the term ``Federal employee'' means an employee as 
        defined by section 2105 of such title;
            (3) the term ``Office'' means the Office of Management and 
        Budget; and
            (4) the term ``total number of Federal employees'' means 
        the total number of Federal employees in all agencies.
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