Saving the Civil Service Act

S 399, the "Saving the Civil Service Act," limits how federal agencies can move positions between the competitive service (where hiring is open and based on merit) and the excepted service (where hiring is more flexible). It restricts transferring positions to excepted service without meeting specific criteria, requires employee consent for any transfer between service types, and caps transfers during a presidential term at either 1% of an agency's workforce or five employees, whichever is greater. Agencies must also report all such transfers to Congress annually with justifications, and the Office of Personnel Management must issue implementing regulations within 90 days of the bill's enactment. This directly affects federal employees whose positions may be moved between service types and all federal agencies managing personnel transfers.