1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Saving the Civil Service Act . 2. Limitations on excepting positions from competitive service and transferring positions (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term agency means any department, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal Government; (2) the term competitive service has the meaning given the term in section 2102 of title 5, United States Code; (3) the term Director means the Director of the Office of Personnel Management; and (4) the term excepted service has the meaning given the term in section 2103 of title 5, United States Code. (b) Limitations A position in the competitive service may not be excepted from the competitive service unless that position is placed— (1) in any of schedules A through E, as described in section 6.2 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on September 30, 2020