NASA Talent Exchange Program Act

This bill would let the NASA Administrator arrange temporary job swaps in which NASA employees work at private companies and private company employees work at NASA, with the agreement of the company and the consent of the employee. Each assignment would last from three months to two years, renewable up to three years total, and NASA employees would have to return to federal service afterward for twice the length of the assignment. Private sector employees placed at NASA would keep their company pay, follow federal ethics and conflict-of-interest laws, and could not do inherently governmental work. No more than two percent of NASA's civil service workforce could take part at one time, and NASA and the Government Accountability Office would have to report to Congress on the program.

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Sponsors

• Emilia Strong Sykes Democrat sponsor
• 2 cosponsors