“To allow Federal employees terminated while serving a probationary or trial period to resume such period upon reinstatement, and for other purposes.”
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This section establishes a temporary rule—applicable notwithstanding other law—under which the probationary or trial period for a covered appointment of a covered probationary employee equals the otherwise-applicable duration minus the time served in the employee's previous federal position (not to exceed the otherwise-applicable duration). It defines a covered probationary employee as one involuntarily separated from an executive agency while serving a probationary or trial period under an initial appointment during the period beginning January 20, 2025, and ending January 20, 2029; a covered appointment as a reappointment by that employee's former employing executive agency (per 5 U.S.C. 105) to a position that is, to the extent practicable, the same as the previous federal position; and related terms. The provision sunsets on January 20, 2029.