H.R. 7824 (REPORT NO. 2162)

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81ST CONGRESS
2D SESSION
Union Calendar No. 789
H. R. 7824
[Report No. 2162]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARd I 23) 1950
Mr. MURRAY of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
MAY 29,1950
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
A BILL
_Co provide for the administration of performance-rating plans
for certain officers and employees of the Federal Govern-
ment, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and house of Represents -
2 tines of the United States of Arncrica in Congress assembled,
3 That this Act may be cited as the "Performance Rating Act
4 of 1950".
5 SEC. 2. (a) For the purposes of this Act, the term
6 "department" includes (1) the executive departments ; (2)
7 the independent establishments and agencies in the executive
8 branch, including corporations wholly owned by the United
9 States ; (3) the Administrative Office of the United States
10 Courts ; (4) the Library of Congress; (5) the Botanic
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1 Garden; (6) the Government Printing Office ;
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the
2 General Accounting Office; and (8) the municipal govern-
3 meat of the District of Columbia.
4 -( 3- Aet s14 net apply to the Tennessee Valley
5 An 1rer ty the fieI4 service of the Post Office Depa tment;
6 the Department of Medieine and Surgery of the $e ;'
7 dtninistration; the Foreign Service of the united motes
8 under the Department of State; or to employees-ift the
9 riteries possessions of the Tni-ted Mates.
10 (b) This Act shall not apply to-
11 (1) the Tennessee Valley Authority;
12 (2) the Meld service of the Post Office Deparfment;
13 (3) physicians, dentists, nurses, and other employees
14 in the Department of Medicine and Surgery in the
15 Veterans' Administration whose compensation is fixed
16 under Public Law 293, Seventy-ninth. Congres ?, ap-
17 proved January 3, 1946;
18 (4) the Foreign Service of the United States under
19 the Department of State;
20 (5) Production credit corporations;
21 (6) Federal intermediate credit banks;
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(7) Federal land banks;
2'1 (8) Banks for cooperatives;
24 (9) officers and employees of the municipal gcvern-
25 ment of the District of Columbia whose compen,wtion
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1 is not fixed by the Classification Act of 1949 (Public
2 Law 429, Eighty-fist Congress, approved October 28,
3 1949).
4 SEC. 3. For the purpose of recognizing the. merits of
5 officers and employees, and their contributions to efficiency
6 and economy in the Federal service, each department shall
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establish and use one or more performance-rating plans for
evaluating the work performance of such officers and
employees.
SEC. 4. No officer or employee of any department shall
be given a performance rating, regardless of the name given
to such rating, and no such rating shall be used as a basis
for any action, except under a performance-rating plan
approved by the Civil Service Commission as conforming
with the requirements of this Act.
SEC. 5. Performance-rating plans required by this Act
shall be as simple as possible, and each such plan shall
provide-
(1) that proper- performance requirements be made
known to all officers and employees;
(2) that performance be fairly appraised in rela-
lation. to such requirements;
(3) for the use of appraisals to improve the effec-
tiveness of employee performance;
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1 (4) for strengthening supervisor-employee rela-
2 tionships; and
3 (5) that each officer and employee be kepi, cur-
4 rently advised of his performance and promptly notified
5 of his performance rating.
6 SEC. 6. Each performance-rating plan shall provic!e for
7 ratings representing at least (1) satisfactory performance,
8 corresponding to an efficiency rating of "good" under the
9 Veterans' Preference Act of 1944, as amended, and under
10 laws superseded by this Act; (2) unsatisfactory pert orrn-
11 ance, which shall serve as a basis for removal from the posies
12 Lion in which such unsatisfactory performance was rend ored ;
13 and (3) excellent performance, which shall be acct rded
14 only when all aspects of performance not only exceed normal
15 requirements but are outstanding and deserve special ,om-
16 mendation. No officer or employee shall be rated uwatis-
17 factory without a ninety-day prior warning and a reason able
18 opportunity to demonstrate satisfactory performance.
19 SEC. 7. (a) Upon the request of any officer or em-
20 ployee of a department, such department shall provide one
21 impartial review of the performance rating of such of leer
or employee.
(b) There shall be established in each department one
or more boards of review for the purpose of considering 2nd
passing upon the merits of performance ratings under raging
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1 plans established under this Act. Each board of review
2 shall be composed of three members. One member shall be
3 designated by the head of the department. One member
4 shall be. designated by the officers and employees of the
5 department in such manner as may be provided by the
6 Civil Service Commission. One member, who shall serve
7 as chairman, shall be designated by the Civil Service Com-
8 mission. Alternate members shall be designated in the
9 same manner as their respective principal members.
10 (c) In addition to the performance-rating appeal pro-
1-1- vided in subsection (a), any officer or employee with a
12 current performance rating of less than excellent, upon writ-
13 ten appeal to the chairman of the appropriate board of
14 review established under subsection (b) , shall be entitled,
15 as a matter of right, to a hearing and decision on the merits
16 of the appealed rating.
17 (d) At such hearing the appellant, or his designated
18 representative, and representatives of the department shall
19 be afforded an opportunity to submit pertinent information
20 orally or in writing, and to hear or examine, and reply to,
21 information submitted by others. After such hearing, the
22 board of review shall confirm the appealed rating or make
23 such change as it deems to be proper.
24 SEC. 8. (a) The Civil Service Commission is authorized
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1 to issue such regulations as may be necessary for the adrnin-
2 istration of this Act.
3 (b) The Commission shall inspect the administra ;ion
4 of performance-rating plans by each department to de:er-
5 mine compliance with the requirements of this Act and
6 regulations issued thereunder.
7 (c) Whenever the Commission shall determine thai, a
8 performance-rating plan is ne beiii# a iste fi eorft--
9 pkanee with does not meet the requirements of this Act and
10 the regulations issued thereunder, the Commission may, after
notice to the department, giving the reasons, revoke is
approval of such plan.
(d) After such revocation, such performance-ratio g
14 plan and any current ratings thereunder shall become inop-
15 erative, and the department shall thereupon use a perfom t-
ance-rating plan prescribed by the Commission.
SEC. 9. (a) Section 701 of the Classification Act cf
19,49 (Public Law 429, Eighty-first Congress, approved
October 28, 1949) is hereby amended to read as follows
"SEE. 701. Each officer or employee compensated of
a per annum basis, and occupying a permanent position
within the scope of the compensation schedules fixed by
this Act, who has not attained the maximum scheduled rate
of compensation for the grade in which his position is placed,
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1 shall be advanced in compensation successively to the next
2 higher rate within the grade at the beginning of the next
3 pay period following the completion of (1) each fifty-two
4 calendar weeks of service if his position is in a grade in
5 which the step-increases are less than $200, or (2) each
6 seventy-eight calendar weeks of service if his position is
7 in a grade in which the step-increases are $200 or more,
8 subject to the following conditions :
9 " (A) That no equivalent increase in compensation
10 from any cause was received during such period, except
11 increase made pursuant to section 702 or 1002;
" (B) That he has a current performance rating of
`Satisfactory' or better; and
" (C) That the benefit of successive step-increases
shall be preserved, under regulations issued by the Com-
mission for officers and employees whose continuous
service is interrupted in the public interest by service
with the armed forces or by service in essential non-
Government civilian employment during a period of war
or national emergency."
(b) Section 702 (a) of such Act is amended by striking
out "section 701 (a) " and inserting in lieu thereof "section
701".
SEc. 10. Section 703 (b) (2) of title VII of the
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1 Classification Act of 1949 (Public Law 429, Eighty-first
2 Congress, approved October 28, 1949) is hereby amended
3 to read :
4 " (2) No officer or employee shall receive a longevity
5 step-increase unless his current performance rating is `satis-
6 factory' or better."
7 SEC. 11. The following Acts or parts of Acts are hereby
8 repealed:
9 (1) Section 4 of the Act of August 23, 1912 (37 Stat.
10 413) ;
11 (2) The Act of July 31, 1946 (60 Stat. 751; 5
12 U. S. C. 669a) ;
13 (3) Title IX of the Classification Act of 1949 (Public
14 Law 429, Eighty-first Congress).
15 SEC. 12. This Act shall take effect ninety days after the
16 date of its enactment.
17 SEC. 13. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated
1g such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions
19 of this Act.
20 SEC. 14. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent herewi ;h
21 are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
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