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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[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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