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H.R. 1531: Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act

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H.R. 1531: Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-23 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: By Senator Johnson from Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/05/2015. Report No. 114-123.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: By Senator Johnson from Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/05/2015. Report No. 114-123. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (Sec. 2) Makes an employee of specified land management agencies in the Department of the Interior serving under a time-limited, including a temporary, appointment in the competitive service eligible to compete for a permanent appointment in any land management agency or any other agency if: (1) the original appointment was competitive, (2) the employee has served under one or more time-limited appointments totaling more than 24 months without a break of two or more years, and (3) the employee's performance has been at an acceptable level. Requires the Office of Personnel Management or other examining agency, in determining the eligibility of a time-limited employee to be examined for or appointed in the competitive service, to waive requirements as to age, unless the requirement is essential to the performance of the duties of the position. Provides that an individual appointed under the provisions of this Act becomes a career-conditional employee and acquires competitive status upon appointment. Deems a former employee of a land management agency who served under a time-limited appointment and who otherwise meets applicable requirements to be a time-limited employee for purposes of this Act if: (1) such employee applies for a position covered by this Act within two years after the most recent date of separation, and (2) such employee's most recent separation was for reasons other than misconduct or performance.

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Official text

Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · 16 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1531, Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (2015-04-27); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1531, Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (2015-08-05)

Cosponsors on this site

Jared Huffman (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Tom Cole (R-OK), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), Austin Scott (R-GA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr1531 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114