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124 STAT. 4573 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—DEC. 18, 2010 SEC. 1.121. WRITTEN NOTICE PRIOR TO A REDUCTION IN FORCE. (a) Except as provided under subsection (c), a covered employee may not be released due to a reduction in force, unless the covered employee and the covered employee’s exclusive representative for collective-bargaining purposes (if any) are given written notice, in conformance with the requirements of paragraph (b), at least 60 days before the covered employee is so released. (b) Any notice under paragraph (a) shall include— (1) the personnel action to be taken with respect to the covered employee involved; (2) the effective date of the action; (3) a description of the procedures applicable in identifying employees for release; (4) the covered employee’s competitive area; (5) the covered employee’s eligibility for veterans’ pref- erence in retention and how that preference eligibility was determined; (6) the retention status and preference eligibility of the other employees in the affected position classifications or job classifications within the covered employee’s competitive area, by providing: (A) a list of all covered employee(s) in the covered employee’s position classification or job classification and competitive area who will be retained by the employing office, identifying those employees by job title only and stating whether each such employee is preference eligible, and (B) a list of all covered employee(s) in the covered employee’s position classification or job classification and competitive area who will not be retained by the employing office, identifying those employees by job title only and stating whether each such employee is preference eligible. (7) a description of any appeal or other rights which may be available. (c) The director of the employing office may, in writing, shorten the period of advance notice required under subsection (a), with respect to a particular reduction in force, if necessary because of circumstances not reasonably foreseeable. (d) No notice period may be shortened to less than 30 days under this subsection. Agreed to December 15, 2010. RICHARD HOLBROOKE—HONORING Whereas Ambassador Richard Holbrooke devoted nearly 50 years of his life to public service, working tirelessly to defend United States interests abroad and foster peace amongst warring factions for the betterment of United States and international stability and security; Whereas Ambassador Holbrooke was a proud New York native who attended Scarsdale High School before continuing his edu- cation at Brown University in 1962, where he was editor of the Brown Daily Herald; Dec. 18, 2010 [H. Con. Res. 335]