Sec. 5. Limitation on furlough appeals to the Merit Systems Protection Board
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Section 3595a of title 5, United States Code, is amended— by striking subsection
(a)and inserting the following: For the purposes of this section— the term furlough means the placement of a senior executive in a temporary status in which the senior executive has no duties and is not paid when the placement in such status is by reason of insufficient work or funds or for other nondisciplinary reasons; and the term emergency furlough has the meaning given that term in section 7501(3). ; in subsection (b), by adding after the period at the end the following: Such regulations shall provide for procedures for emergency furloughs for career appointees, consistent with the procedures promulgated by the Office under section 7504(b). ; and by striking subsection
(c)and inserting the following: A career appointee who is furloughed in excess of 14 days is entitled to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board under section 7701. The previous sentence shall not apply to any emergency furlough. . The amendments made by subsection
(a)shall apply to any furlough occurring on or after the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.