Notice and selection

(a) Notice Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each Executive agency shall notify each affected probationary employee for which the Executive agency is the former employing agency of the rights of affected probationary employees under this Act and the method by which the affected probationary employee may inform that Executive agency of the acceptance or rejection an appointment in accordance with subsection (b)(1). (b) Selection (1) In general An affected probationary employee entitled to an appointment under section 3 shall inform the former employing agency of the affected probationary employee of the acceptance or rejection of that appointment by that affected probationary employee not later than 30 days after receiving the notice required by subsection (a). (2) Forfeiture An affected probationary employee entitled to an appointment under section 3 that does not inform the former employing agency of the affected probationary employee in accordance with paragraph (1) shall cease to be entitled to such an appointment. (c) Agency compliance If an affected probationary employee accepts an appointment under section 3 and informs the former employing agency of the affected probationary employee of that acceptance in accordance with subsection (b), the head of the former employing agency shall make that appointment not later than 30 days after the affected probationary employee so informs the former employing agency.