JOB EVALUATION POLICY ACT OF 1970

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Calendar No. 707
91ST CONGRESS t SENATE 5 REPORT
2d Session j No. 91-713
Mr. McGEE, from the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service,
submitted the following
REPORT
The Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, to which was
referred the bill (H.R. 13008) to improve position classification sys-
tems within the executive branch, and for other purposes, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment
and recommends that the bill do pass.
The committee's monitoring of the organization of the Federal
service, its specific inquiries into the subject, and its correspondence
indicate the need for an inquiry into the current system of job evalua-
tion and ranking as called for by H.R. 13008.
H.R. 13008 s reported by the House of Representatives does not
in any way alter existing classification laws. It establishes an orderly
procedure for the study of ways to improve current classification with a
view to the establishment of a comprehensive plan for the establish-
ment of a coordinated system of job evaluation and ranking. The bill
provides for the appointment by the Civil Service Commission of a
special organizational unit within the Commission to prepare the
plan.
The House report emphasizes that there should be no control over
or supervision of the unit by any Commission bureau and that the
new unit should be staffed only by employees who are totally freed
of other duties. This committee agrees. Civil Service Commission
Chairman Robert E. Hampton has advised the committee that, if
the bill is enacted, the study unit will be established for administrative
and support purposes within the Commission's Bureau of Policies
and Standards but shall report directly to the three Commissioners,
in accordance with the requirements of the bill.
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The Senate committee is in accord with the House amendment which
requires that "The Commission shalt submit to the, Committee on Post
Office and Civil Service of the Senate and House of Representatives
once each calendar month, or at such other intervals as may be directed
by those committees, or either of theta. an interim progress report on
the then current status and results of the activities of the Commission
under this act. together with the then current findings of the Com-
mission." The intent of this amendment. in which the Senate com-
mittee concurs, is to provide for a free flow of; progress information
through the two committees to employee unions, professional orga-
Iiizations, and outer interested groups.
The bill provides that Nithin a. year of the date of enactment. the
Commission shall -submit too interim report to the President. and the
f 'oitgress; and that within 2 tears the Commission shall complete its
functions and send a report, including its draft of proposed legislation,
to the President. The President shall send the report, the proposed
legislation and any recommendations he deems appropriate to the
Congress.
'['It(, committee agrees with the provision of H.R. 13008 exempting
no agency or occupational group from (ho study provided for, but
makes no llrejudfmtettt, whatsoeder of hat' inclusions or exclusions or
any other recommendations which the CiviljService Commission may
tnaike.
SECTIONAL ANALYSIS
Section 101 states tile findings of Congress on the need for a
study of job evaluation and ranking in the executive branch. These
findings are based upon the "Report on Job Evaluation and Ranking
in the Federal Government" completed in 19G9 by a subcommittee
of the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee chaired by the
honorable James M. Hanley of New York.
Section 201 states the sense of Congress that-
(1) Tile executive branch should operate tinder it coor-
dinated job evaluation and ranking system for all civilian
positions, to the greatest extent practicable.
(2) Such a system should utilize a variety of job evalua-
tion and ranking methods, and
(3) The Civil Service Commission shall exercise general
supervision and control over such a system.
Section :301 establishes a separate unit within the Civil Service
('ommission to report directly to the Commission and to prepare a
job evaluation and ranking plan.
Section 302 requires that the Commission consider all recognized
inetllods of job evaluation and ranking in developing the plan.
Section 303 authorizes the Commission to secure from any execu-
tive agency the information and suggestions necessary- to develop
the coordinated plan.
Section 304(a) requires that the Commission submit to the Presi-
dent, and the Congress an interim report of its activities under the act
within 1 year after date of enactment; (b) requires that the Commis-
sion shall complete its activities within2 years of ter date of enactment.
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Union Calendar No. 364
H. R. 13008
[Report No. 91-8231
IN TIIE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Jury 22,1969
Mr. IHANLEY (for himself, Mr. WILLIAM D. FORD,. Mr. PURCELL, Mr. TIERNAN,
Mr. WALDIE, Mr. CUNNINGIIAM, Mr. MCCLURE, and Mr. MESKILL) intro-
duced the following bill ; which was referred to the Committee on Post
Office and Civil Service
FEBRUARY 3,1970
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole house
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Omit.th.e part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
A BILL
To improve position classification systems within the executive
branch, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and Mouse of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 That this Act may be cited as the "Job Evaluation Policy
4 Act of 1969 1970".
5 TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS WITH RE-
6 SPEOT TO JOB EVALUATION AND RANKING
7 IN TIIE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
8 SEC. 101. The Congress hereby finds that-
9 (1) the tremendous growth required in the activi-
10 ties of the Federal Government in order to meet the
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I country's iieeds during the past several decades has led
2 to the need for employees in an ever-increasing and
3 el-anging variety of occupations --nd professions, 111:env
4 of Nvhieh (lid not exist ",lien the basic principles of job
5 evaluation and ranking were established by the C'lassi-
6 fcation Act of 1923. `file diverse and constantly chang-
7 ing nature of these occalpatiolis and professions requires
8 that the Federal Goverliiueaat reassess its approach to
9 joh evaluation and ranking hsetter to fulfill its role as
10 an enaplover and assure efficient aan-l economical adlnin-
11 istration;
12 (2) the large number and variety of job evaluation
13 and ranking systems in the executive branch have re-
14 suited in si nificallt inequities in selection, promotion,
15 and pay of employees in comparable positions among
16 these systems;
17 (3) little effort Baas been made by Congress or the
18 executive branch to consolidate or coordinate the various
lta jol- evaluation and ranking systeills, and there has been
2(} no progress toward the establishment of a coordinated
21 w stein in which job evaluation and ranking, regardless
22 of the methods used, is related to a unified set of prin-
23 ciples prop iding coherence and equity throughout the
24 executive branch;
25 (4) within the executive brunch, there has been no
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1 significant study ,of, or experimentation with, the several
2 recognized methods of job evaluation and ranking to de-
3 termine which of those methods are most appropriate for
4 use and application to meet the present and future needs
5 of the Federal Government; and
6 (5) notwithstanding the recommendations resulting
7 from the various, studies conducted during the last twenty
years, the Federal Government has not taken the initia-
tive to implement those recommendations with respect
to the job evaluation and ranking systems within the
11 executive branch, with the result that 'such systems have
12 not, in many cases, been adapted oradministered to meet
13 the rapidly changing needs of the Federal Government.
14 TITLE II-STATEMENT OF POLICY
15 SEC. 201. It is the sense of Congress that-
16 (1) the executive branch shall, in the interest of
17 equity, efficiency, and good administration, operate under
18 a coordinated job evaluation and ranking system for all
19 civilian positions, to the greatest extent practicable;
20 (2) the systemshall be designed so as to utilize such
21 methods of job evaluation and ranking as are a.ppropri-I
22 ate for use in the executive branch, taking into account
23 the various occupational categories of positions therein;
and
(3) the United States Civil Service Commission
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1 shall be authorized to exercise general supervision and
control over such a system.
TITLE 111-PREX.AEATION OF _A. JOB LV.ALF L-
4 TIN A-NJ) IRAQ KING PLAN BY THE CIVIL
5 SERVICE' COMMISSION AND REPORTS AND
6 RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS
7 SE('. 301. The Civil Service Commission, through such
8 organizational unit. which it shall establish within the Com-
et mission and which shall report directly to the Commission,
10 shall prepare a comprehensive plan for the estahlislaanent of
t I a coordinated system of job evaluation and ranking for civil-
12 lava positions in the executive branch. The plan shall include,
1:3 among other thin
14 (1) provision for the establishment of a method
15 or methods for evaluating; Jobs and alining them by level;
16 (2) a time schedule for the conversion of existing
17 job evaluation and ranking systems into the coordinated
system
(3)
1-rovisi0aa that the Civil Service Commission
shall have 1"Cnvr'
supervision of a and control over the
21 coordinated o,lr evaluation a and ranking j system, includ-
in2 or, if the C4omn-ission deems it appropriate, the au-
thority to approve or disapprove the adoption, use and
administration in the executive branch of the method
or methods established under tlaaat s,Ysteni
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(4) provision for the establishment of procedures
for the periodic review by the Civil Service Commis-
sion of the effectiveness of the method or methods
adopted for use under the system; and
(5) provision for maintenance of the system to
meet the changing needs of the executive branch in the
future.
SEC. 302. In carrying out its functions under section
9 301 of this Act, the Commission shall consider all recog-
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nized methods of job evaluation and ranking.
SEC. 303. The Civil Service Commission is authorized
to secure directly from any executive agency, as defined
by section 105 of title 5, United States Code, or any bureau.,
office, or part thereof, information, suggestions, estimates,
statistics, and technical assistance for the purposes of this
Act; and each such executive agency or bureau, office, or
part thereof is authorized and directed to furnish such infor-
mation, suggestions, estimates, statistics, and technical assist-
ance directly to the Civil Service Commission upon request
by the Commission.
SEC. 304. (a) Within one year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the Presi-
dent and the Congress an interim progress report on the
current status and results, of its activities under this Act,
together with its current findings.
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1 (l)) WVithiii two years after the date of enactment of
2 this Act-
3 ( 1) the Civil Service Commission shall complete
4 its fturetiuns under this Act and shall transmit to the
5 President a comprehensive report of the results of its
activities, together with its recommendations (including
its draft of proposed legislation to carry out such recom-
8 mendations) , and
9 (2) the President shall transmit that report (in-
10 eluding the recommendations and draft of proposed
legislation of the Comm ission) to the Congress, to-
gether with such rcconunendations as the President
deems appropriate.
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The Commission shall submit to the Committees on
Post Office and Cit.?'/ Service of the Senate and house of
1? epresentatir~cs once each calendar month, or at such other
irntereals as may be directed by those committees, or either
of them, an interim progress report on the then current status
011(1 results of the crctir'ities of the L'ornrnission under this Act,
together with the dreg current findings of the Commission.
(d) The Commission shall periodically consult with,
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1 and solicit the views of, appropriate employee and profes-
2 sional organizations.
3 (e) The organizational unit established under section
4 301 of this Act shall cease to exist upon the submission of
5 the report to the Congress under subsection (b) of this
section.
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91sT CONGRESS
2D SESSION
Union Calendar No. 364
H. R. 13008
[Report No. 91-823)
A BILL
To improve position classification systems
within the executive branch, and for other
purposes.
By Mr. HANLEY, Mr. Wii.i a tM D. Foiw, Mr.
Puncri.r., Mr. TTER:tiAN, Mr. WALDIE, Mr.
Ct N-smo i m, Mr. McCirrnE, and Mr.
ME5xir,r,
Jur.Y 22, 19Gt)
Referred to the Committee on Post Ottice hind Civil
Service
FEBRUARY 3,1970
Reported with amendments, committed to the Com-
aaairlee or the Whole House on the State of the
Union, and ordered to be printed
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