HR 4717 · 96th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for adjustments to Federal personnel ceilings based upon the extent that Federal functions are contracted out, to provide that performance in administering personnel ceilings and contracting-out requirements are taken into account in evaluating the performance of Federal executives and managers, and for other purposes.
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Introduced2
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EnactedLatest: Reported to House from the Committee on Government Operations with amendment, H. Rept. 96-729 (Part II).(1980-05-15)
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Requires each Executive agency, within ten days after entering into a personal services contract with any person or unit of State or local government, to report to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the number of agency employees which would be required to perform the contracted functions. Directs any agency which is prevented because of a personnel ceiling from performing a function which the agency determines would be performed by the agency more effectively than by contract, to submit to the OMB, within ten days of such determination, a request for an adjustment in such ceiling to enable the agency to perform the function. Requires the OMB to make such adjustment within 30 days after it is submitted unless the OMB finds that the agency did not follow applicable procedures when making its determinations. Directs the OMB to submit to Congress quarterly reports regarding each agency's personal services contracts and adjustments in personnel ceilings. Directs an agency to consider an employee's administration of personnel ceilings and compliance with procedures governing the contracting out of agency functions when: (1) evaluating the performance of a member of the Senior Exe…
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Cosponsors (20)
14 Democrats6 Republicans