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To amend title 5, United States Code, to reduce the duration of probationary periods under an initial appointments for Federal employees, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill, the PREP Act, reduces the probationary periods for new federal employees in the competitive service, excepted service, and Senior Executive Service. For employees who previously held a position in the federal civil service, the probationary period is reduced to 6 months. For all other new federal employees, the probationary period is limited to 12 months. The bill also makes a technical change to IRS probationary period provisions. The shorter probationary periods would apply to initial appointments made after the bill's enactment.
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Sponsor (1)
20 cosponsors
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO)
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR)
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN)
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI)
- Rep. Elfreth, Sarah [D-MD-3] (D-MD)
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA)
- Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ)
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA)
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL)
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA)
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA)
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI)
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME)
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI)
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL)
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA)
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL)
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI)
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ)
Actions (2)
- Apr 30, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
- Apr 30, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 30, 2025
Mr. Beyer (for himself, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Elfreth, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Norton, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, and Ms. Pingree) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to reduce the duration of probationary periods under an initial appointments for Federal employees, 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 “Probationary Reduction for Employee Protections Act” or the “PREP Act”.
SEC. 2. PROBATIONARY PERIOD REDUCTION.
(a) Competitive Service.—Section 3321 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(d) A probationary period under subsection (a) may not exceed—
“(1) 6 months for an initial appointment of an individual who, immediately prior to such appointment, held a position in the civil service in the executive branch; or
“(2) 12 months for an initial appointment of an individual other than an individual described in paragraph (1).”.
(b) Excepted Service.—
(1) In general.—Subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “Sec. 3330g. Excepted service probationary period “Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, the probationary or trial period before an initial appointment of an individual to a position in the excepted service becomes final may not exceed—
“(1) 6 months for an initial appointment of an individual who, immediately prior to such appointment, held a position in the civil service in the executive branch; or
“(2) 12 months for an initial appointment of an individual other than an individual described in paragraph (1).”.
(2) Clerical amendment.—The table of sections for chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating the section 3330f the following new item:
“3330g. Excepted service probationary period.”.
(c) Senior Executive Service.—Section 3393(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking “has served” and all that follows and inserting the following: “has served—
“(1) 6 months, if such individual held a position in the civil service in the executive branch immediately prior to such appointment; or
“(2) 12 months in all other cases.”.
(d) Internal Revenue Service.—Section 9510 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (d); and
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d). <all>
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