1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Public Service Reform Act . 2. At-will employment for Federal executive branch employees (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term adverse personnel action means, with respect to an employee, a removal, a suspension for more than 14 days, a reduction in grade, a reduction in pay, or a furlough of 30 days or less; (2) the term career employee means any employee who is not a political appointee; (3) the term covered position has the meaning given the term in section 2302(a)(2)(B) of title 5, United States Code; (4) the term employee — (A) has the meaning given the term in section 2105 of title 5, United States Code; and (B) includes— (i) an officer or employee of the United States Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory Commission; and (ii) notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 7425 of title 38, United States Code, any employee described in subsection (a) of such section 7425; and (5) the term political appointee means any employee who— (A) is appointed by the President; (B) is a noncareer appointee (as that term is defined in section 3132(a)(7) of title 5, United States Code); (C) occupies a position under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulations; or (D) occupies any other position in the civil service (as that term is defined in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code) that is classified as a political position after the date of enactment of this Act under regulations prescribed by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. (b) At-Will employment (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regulation, and except as provided in paragraph (2), any employee in the executive branch of the Federal Government— (A) shall be considered at-will; (B) may be subject to any adverse personnel action (up to and including removal) for good cause, bad cause, or no cause at all