Senior Executive Service Improvements Act

Summary

Senior Executive Service Improvements Act - Amends the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 to revise provisions governing the Senior Executive Service (SES). Entitles SES members who are subject to a non-performance related reduction in pay to certain notice and hearing requirements, including the right to appeal such reduction to the Merit Systems Protection Board (the Board). Grants the Board the authority to mitigate adverse actions against SES members in the same manner as provided for other Federal employees in the Civil Service. Revises the current 15-day advance notice requirement for a reduction in the rate of basic pay of any career appointee to provide that such requirement applies only to an SES career appointee who fails to complete the prescribed probationary period or who was not in the Civil Service before appointment to the SES. Prohibits Federal employees in the Civil Service who have at least five years of continuous service and who are appointed to the SES as career appointees or who hold a position which is converted to a career reserved position in the SES from taking a cut in pay. Increases the percentages of the aggregate amount of basic pay paid to career appointees and the average of the annual rates of basic pay paid to career appointees which an agency may pay in the aggregate for performance awards. Authorizes payment of recruitment, retention, and relocation bonuses under specified terms and conditions. Changes statutory dollar amounts of SES rank awards to specified percentages of a career appointee's annual pay. Authorizes sabbaticals or details in other agencies or the private sector for career appointees and training for career and noncareer appointees to encourage professional development to help such appointees meet the factors required for recertification set forth in the Ethics Reform Act of 1989. Requires such appointees to complete a minimum period of training. Outlines provisions setting forth requirements with respect to such training. Revises the limitations on reassignment and transfer within the SES and on career and limited appointments, respectively, to: (1) provide that career appointees will have 120 days to work under a new immediate noncareer supervisor who has responsibility for evaluating their performance before they can be involuntarily reassigned, except as currently provided under such provisions; and (2) provide that the number of SES positions in any agency which are filled by noncareer appointees may not at any time exceed 25 percent of the total number of agency SES positions.

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• Reported in House (text)

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• Introduced in House (text)

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 22 October 1990

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 19 July 1990

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