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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2959

To authorize former Federal employees who receive voluntary separation 
   incentive payments under the Department of Agriculture program to 
accept subsequent employment with the Federal Government, without loss 
of their payments, when such employment is directly related to fighting 
                             forest fires.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 2001

Ms. Hooley of Oregon introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee 
   on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize former Federal employees who receive voluntary separation 
   incentive payments under the Department of Agriculture program to 
accept subsequent employment with the Federal Government, without loss 
of their payments, when such employment is directly related to fighting 
                             forest fires.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR RECIPIENTS OF VOLUNTARY 
              SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS UNDER DEPARTMENT OF 
              AGRICULTURE PROGRAM.

    Section 735(e) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public 
Law 104-180; 110 Stat. 1604; 5 U.S.C. 5597 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``An individual'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) Forfeiture of incentive payment.--An individual''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Exception.--The forfeiture requirement in paragraph 
        (1) shall not apply if the subsequent employment or personal 
        services contract is directly related to fighting forest 
        fires.''.
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