A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to extend to certain employees in the excepted service the same procedural and appeal rights as are afforded to employees in the competitive service with respect to certain adverse personnel actions.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Makes certain employees in the excepted service (civilian positions in the executive branch specifically excepted from civil service requirements) subject to adverse personnel action provisions respecting removal, suspension for more than 14 days, reduction in grade or pay, or furlough for 30 days or less. Excludes the following persons from such provisions: (1) presidential appointees; (2) retirees receiving an annuity from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund or the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (3) National Guard technicians; (4) members of the Foreign Service; (5) employees of the Central Intelligence Agency, the General Accounting Office, or the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans Administration; (6) employees who are not preference eligibles in the U.S. Postal Service, the Postal Rate Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or the National Security Agency; and (7) aliens and non-citizens of the United States occupying positions outside the United States.…