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• FMA Supports the Bipartisan Amendment (#140) to H.R. 8070 Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement - June 6, 2024

• FMA and the Federal-Postal Coalition, which is comprised of 31 national organizations that collectively represent more than five million federal and postal workers and retirees across the country, wrote Members of the House to support the bipartisan Connolly-Fitzpatrick Amendment (#140) to H.R. 8070, the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025.

  Amendment #140 would limit the ability of the executive branch to bypass the entire framework of the merit-based civil service through the creation of broad new exceptions to the application of merit-based rules. Specifically, the amendment would prohibit the reclassification of any position in the competitive service to an excepted service schedule that was created after September 30, 2020, and limit federal employee reclassification to the five excepted service schedules in use prior to fiscal year 2021.

  To read the full letter, click here.

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