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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 918 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 918
To allow Federal employees who are involuntarily separated from
Government service while serving a probationary or trial period to
resume that period upon reinstatement, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 10, 2025
Mr. Van Hollen (for himself and Mr. Warner) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs
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A BILL
To allow Federal employees who are involuntarily separated from
Government service while serving a probationary or trial period to
resume that period upon reinstatement, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Our Probationary Employees
Act''.
SEC. 2. RESUMPTION OF PROBATIONARY PERIOD.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered appointment.--The term ``covered appointment''
means an appointment of a covered probationary employee to a
position in the former employing agency of that covered
probationary employee that, to the extent practicable, is the
same as the previous Federal position occupied by that covered
probationary employee.
(2) Covered probationary employee.--The term ``covered
probationary employee'' means an individual who--
(A) is, or was, involuntarily separated from
Government service during the period beginning on
January 20, 2025, and ending on the date described in
subsection (c); and
(B) immediately before the involuntary separation
described in subparagraph (A), occupied a position in
an Executive agency under which the individual served a
probationary or trial period under an initial
appointment.
(3) Executive agency.--The term ``Executive agency'' has
the meaning given the term in section 105 of title 5, United
States Code.
(4) Former employing agency.--With respect to a covered
probationary employee, the term ``former employing agency''
means the Executive agency from which the involuntary
separation of that individual made that individual a covered
probationary employee.
(5) Previous federal position.--The term ``previous Federal
position'' means, with respect to a covered probationary
employee, the position in an Executive agency occupied by the
covered probationary employee immediately before becoming a
covered probationary employee.
(b) Resumption of Probationary Period.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the duration of the probationary or trial period for
a covered appointment of a covered probationary employee to become
final shall be equal to the difference between--
(1) the duration of that probationary or trial period that,
but for this Act, would apply to that covered appointment; and
(2) the duration of the probationary or trial period that
the covered probationary employee served in the previous
Federal position of that covered probationary employee, to the
extent that such duration does not exceed the duration
described in paragraph (1).
(c) Sunset.--This Act shall terminate on January 20, 2029.
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