A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, relating to qualifications for appointment and retention in the civil service.

Provides that a National Guard technician who has completed ten years of service as a technician, is under sixty years of age, and is fully qualified to perform the duties of his position may not be involuntarily separated from his technician position solely on the basis of his separation from the National Guard because of inability to meet the physical standards of membership in the National Guard.

Provides that a National Guard technician who has completed twenty years of service as a technician, is under sixty years of age, is fully qualified to perform the duties of his position, and has received an honorable separation from the National Guard may not be involuntarily separated from his technician position solely because of his nonmembership in the National Guard. (Adds 5 U.S.C. 7541, 3111)