Saving the Civil Service Act

Protections for employees during transfers: Under Section 2(c)(4), employees in the excepted service cannot be moved to a different schedule without their written consent, and employees in the competitive service cannot be moved to the excepted service without their written consent. This provides individuals with more control over their job status.

Limits on large-scale job conversions: Section 2(c)(3) prevents agencies from transferring a large number of people from competitive to excepted service during a four-year presidential term, capping it at the greater of 1 percent of the agency's workforce or 5 employees. This places a ceiling on how much the workforce composition can change via transfers.

Increased oversight and accountability: Section 2(d)(2) requires the Director to submit an annual report to Congress that lists every position transferred from the competitive service to the excepted service, along with a justification, and any violations of the act. This ensures that government actions are documented and reported to legislative leadership.

Mandatory consent for specific transfers: Under Section 2(c)(2), an agency cannot transfer occupied positions into schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, without the prior consent of the Director.

Restrictions on agency flexibility: Section 2(b) limits the ability to except positions from the competitive service to specific schedules and terms that were in effect as of September 30, 2020. This limits the ways agencies can categorize or move positions.

Restrictions on movement within the excepted service: Section 2(c)(1) prevents a position in the excepted service from being transferred to any schedule other than those described in subsection (b)(1).