An amendment to change the circumstances that permit certain federal employees to make appeals to the Merit Systems Protection Board. The bill had stated that in cases of displacement or failure to be reemployed from a reemployment priority list or a return from a furlough contrary to certain certification permitted such appeals. The amendment states the condition is, displacement (including any partial displacement through reduction of nonovertime hours, wages, or employment benefits) or the failure to reemploy in a layoff status contrary to a certain certification.