H.R. 2994 would amend the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 to establish eligibility requirements for service as the acting head of a federal agency. Specifically, a designee would need to have served in the “first assistant” role for at least 30 days during the previous year and in any position within that agency for at least one year. The bill would permit an inspector general’s first assistant to serve as acting inspector general, and it would allow the President to appoint an acting inspector general (within certain experience requirements) if both positions were vacant.
CBO expects that the bill would not materially affect how the government handles such vacancies. On that basis, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 2994 would have no significant cost.
