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        <title>Inspire to Serve Act of 2021</title>
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        <fullName>Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Hiring Proven Performers to the Civil Service Act</strong></p> <p>This bill authorizes a federal agency to noncompetitively appoint certain high-performing federal employees.</p> <p>Specifically, an agency may noncompetitively appoint, for other than temporary employment, to a position in the competitive service any individual who</p> <ul> <li> is certified by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as having been a high-performing employee in a former position in the competitive service; </li> <li> has been separated from the former position for less than six years; and </li> <li> is qualified for the new position in the competitive service, as determined by the head of the agency making the appointment. </li> </ul> <p>An individual may not be appointed to such a position more than once. </p> <p>OPM must set forth the criteria for certifying an individual as a high-performing employee in a former position based on (1) the individual's final performance appraisal in that former position, and (2) a recommendation by the individual's immediate or other supervisor in that position.</p>]]></text>
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