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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 356
To provide greater flexibility to agencies to make appointments to positions
for which there is a severe shortage of candidates, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 19, 2021
Mr. STEUBE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Reform
A BILL
To provide greater flexibility to agencies to make appoint-
ments to positions for which there is a severe shortage
of candidates, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Hiring Im-
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provement Reform and Enforcement Act’’ or the ‘‘Federal
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HIRE Act’’.
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SEC. 2. FEDERAL AGENCY APPOINTMENT FLEXIBILITY.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 31 of title 5, United
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States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3116
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the following new section:
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‘‘§ 3117. Agency appointment flexibility
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‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The head of an agency may,
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without regard to the provisions of section 3304 and sec-
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tions 3309 through 3318, appoint a qualified individual
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to a position within the agency that is in the competitive
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service and for which the head of the agency determines
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that there is a severe shortage of candidates.
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‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This provision shall
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not be construed as superseding or otherwise affecting any
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authority granted to the head of any agency under any
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other provision of law to make appointments without re-
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gard to a provision of chapter 33.
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‘‘(c) AGENCY DEFINED.—The term ‘agency’ has the
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meaning given such term under section 551.’’.
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
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for chapter 31 of title 5, United States Code, is amended
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by inserting after the item related to section 3116 the fol-
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lowing item:
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‘‘3117. Agency appointment flexibility.’’.
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