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

Prohibits a National Guard technician: (1) who is under 60 years of age, has completed ten years of service, is qualified to perform technician duties, and is separated from the National Guard for specified causes; or (2) who is under 60 years of age, is qualified, has completed 20 years of service, and receives an honorable separation from the Guard, from being involuntarily separated from his or her technician position solely because he or she is separated from the Guard. States that such an honorable separation may not be considered as a factor with respect to the technician's advancement in civilian employment.

Declares that a specified military grade shall not be a qualification for any position of a National Guard technician. Includes non-military technicians as competitive employees under civil service pensions.