S. 4911: Hiring Proven Performers to the Civil Service Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-09-21 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2022-09-21 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Hiring Proven Performers to the Civil Service Act

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Hiring Proven Performers to the Civil Service Act This bill authorizes a federal agency to noncompetitively appoint certain high-performing federal employees. Specifically, an agency may noncompetitively appoint, for other than temporary employment, to a position in the competitive service any individual who is certified by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as having been a high-performing employee in a former position in the competitive service; has been separated from the former position for less than six years; and is qualified for the new position in the competitive service, as determined by the head of the agency making the appointment. An individual may not be appointed to such a position more than once. OPM must set forth the criteria for certifying an individual as a high-performing employee in a former position based on (1) the individual's final performance appraisal in that former position, and (2) a recommendation by the individual's immediate or other supervisor in that position.

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Hiring Proven Performers to the Civil Service Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] · 0 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s4911.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>

Record fed-us-cong117-s4911 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117