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H.R. 4448, Administrative Law Judges Competitive Service Restoration Act (CBO Report for Congress)

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Congress 117th
Date Requested July 20, 2021
Requested By House Committee on Oversight and Reform
Date Sent May 16, 2022
Description:
H.R. 4448 would amend the process by which administrative law judges are appointed by requiring those judges to be appointed by federal agency heads from a list of qualified eligible candidates provided by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The bill also would place those judges in the excepted service rather than competitive service and exempt them from a probationary period after being hired. (Applicants for excepted service positions are not required to compete with other applicants under the OPM merit system.) Because the bill would not change the underlying eligibility requirements or the pay scale for the position, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 4448 would not have a significant effect on the federal budget; any spending for administrative costs would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.

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