H.R. 302 would limit the conditions under which a position may be reclassified from the federal competitive service to federal excepted service. Federal government civilian positions are generally part of the competitive civil service and applicants for those positions are evaluated through a competitive hiring process. Under current law, people may instead be appointed to excepted service positions within the federal government under limited circumstances, such as to fill specialized jobs.
CBO is unaware of any current federal civilian position reclassification activities that would be prohibited under the bill. On that basis, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would have no significant effect on the federal budget.
