# 116-hr-8703: Federal Skills Act

116-hr-8703, Federal Skills Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC); status Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8703
- Congress: 116
- Title: Federal Skills Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- Introduced: 2020-10-30
- Sponsor: Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Federal Skills Act This bill provides statutory authority for the executive order titled Modernizing and Reforming the Assessment and Hiring of Federal Job Candidates, which was issued on June 26, 2020. The order generally prescribes certain limits as to the consideration and use of post-high school educational requirements for positions in the competitive service. Among other things, the order specifies that an executive agency may only institute a minimum educational requirement for a position in the competitive service if it is legally required for the position, and may only consider a candidate's education with respect to other minimum requirements if it directly reflects the competencies necessary for the position. The order requires the Office of Personnel Management to review and revise the classification and qualification standards for positions in the competitive service so as to comply with these requirements. The order also requires changes to be made public, and to take effect, within 120 days and 180 days of the date of the order, respectively. (The bill requires a similar timeline with respect to the date of enactment of the bill.)

## Related bills

- 116-hr-9066: State Broadband Office Innovation Pilot Act
- 116-hr-9042: Save our Servers Act
- 116-hr-8962: SAVE America Act
- 116-hr-8855: HERCULES Act
- 116-hr-8830: You Must Be Alive To Vote Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8815: Election Certainty Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-8703 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8703)

## Related
- [116-hr-9066: State Broadband Office Innovation Pilot Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-9066)
- [116-hr-9042: Save our Servers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-9042)
- [116-hr-8962: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8962)
- [116-hr-8855: HERCULES Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8855)
- [116-hr-8830: You Must Be Alive To Vote Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8830)
- [116-hr-8815: Election Certainty Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8815)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8703 (as of 2025-11-18).