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S. Rept. 118-250
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Became Public Law No: 118-188.
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Became Public Law No: 118-188.
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7216-7217)
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 59.
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Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7215-7218)
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- 2024-12-16
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Mr. Burlison moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
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Held at the desk.
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12:11:01
Received in the House.
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- 2024-12-13
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Message on Senate action sent to the House.
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- 2024-12-12
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Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7010-7011)
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The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
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- 2024-12-12
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Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7041-7043)
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- 2024-12-02
Senate
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 651.
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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-250.
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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-250.
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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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2023-01-24
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S. 59, Chance to Compete Act of 2024
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60824
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 31, 2024
- Public Law
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Government Operations and Politics
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
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- Census and government statistics
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- Computers and information technology
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- Congressional oversight
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- Employee hiring
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- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
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- Government information and archives
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- Government studies and investigations
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- Internet, web applications, social media
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- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
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- Performance measurement
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Government Operations and Politics
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Chance to Compete Act of 2023
This bill modifies examination requirements and other components of the federal hiring process for positions in the competitive service.
Specifically, the bill provides that a qualifying examination includes a résumé review that is conducted by a subject matter expert. Additionally, beginning two years after the bill's enactment, the bill prohibits examinations from consisting solely of a self-assessment from an automated examination, a résumé review that is not conducted by a subject matter expert, or any other method of assessing an applicant's experience or education.
Agencies may use subject matter experts to develop position-specific technical assessments that allow applicants to demonstrate job-related skills, abilities, and knowledge; assessments may include structured interviews, work-related exercises, procedures to measure career-related qualifications and interests, or other similar assessments. The bill also allows agencies to establish talent teams to support and improve hiring practices.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must create online platforms through which agencies may share and customize technical assessments and share the résumés of qualifying applicants. The OPM must also create online platforms with information about the types of assessments used and hiring outcomes.
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Reported to Senate
2024-12-19T19:43:37Z
Chance to Compete Act of 2024
This bill requires federal agencies to use technical assessments to fill most positions in the competitive service.
Under the bill, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must develop and implement a plan for transitioning to using technical assessments for hiring into competitive service positions unless the hiring agency certifies that it is impracticable. Technical assessments must be developed by subject matter experts within each hiring agency and allow for candidates to demonstrate job-related skills and knowledge; however, they may not include an occupational questionnaire. An agency may determine that the use of a technical assessment to assess applicants for a position in the competitive service is not practicable and, instead, use an occupational questionnaire. (An occupational questionnaire is an evaluation system in which applicants self-rate their training and experience and that is commonly delivered through an automated system such as USAJobs.)
OPM must also study and report to Congress regarding the feasibility of examining agencies sharing technical assessments and the development of an online platform to be used by the agencies.
The OPM plan must be provided to Congress within 18 months after the bill's enactment and implemented within three years following the bill's enactment. During the three-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this bill, technical assessments must be preferred by hiring agencies.
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Chance to Compete Act of 2024
This act requires federal agencies to use technical assessments to fill most positions in the competitive service. Under the act, a technical assessment is a tool relevant and specific to a position for which it is developed that allows for the demonstration of job-related skills, abilities, knowledge, and competencies. A technical assessment must be based upon a job analysis and may not solely or principally rely upon a self-assessment from an automated examination.
(Sec. 3) Under the act, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must develop and implement a plan for transitioning to using technical assessments for hiring into competitive service positions unless the hiring agency certifies that it is impracticable. No later than 18 months after the act's enactment, OPM must provide Congress with the plan for federal agencies to transition to the use of technical assessments. The plan must be implemented within three years after the act's enactment.
In the three-year period following the bill's enactment, executive agencies must preference the use of technical assessments for hiring into competitive service positions to the maximum extent practicable. An agency that determines that the use of a technical assessment is impracticable must describe its rationale for using an alternative assessment in the applicable job posting.
The act authorizes agencies to identify subject matter experts (SMEs) and agency talent teams to provide hiring support to the agency. SMEs in the job field of a given position may develop position-specific assessments that allow for an applicant to demonstrate job-related technical skills, abilities, and knowledge relevant to the position. OPM may establish a federal talent team to provide support to agency talent teams.
No later than one year after the act's enactment, OPM must study and report to Congress regarding the feasibility of examining agencies sharing technical assessments and the development of an online platform where agencies can share and customize technical assessments.
(Sec. 4) The act requires OPM to conduct a review of examinations for positions in the competitive service for which agencies have established a minimum educational requirement because the position is of a scientific, technical, or professional nature. OPM must determine whether such requirements are justified based on data, evidence, and other relevant information and provide Congress with recommendations to amend the hiring practices in accordance with the review's findings. The review must be conducted in consultation with appropriate agencies, employee representatives, external experts, and other relevant stakeholders. The report shall be provided within one year after the act's enactment.
(Sec. 5) OPM must publish on a public-facing website and submit to Congress a report examining agencies' progress and any significant difficulties in implementing the act's requirements. The first report must be provided within one year after the act's enactment and subsequent reports provided annually until the fifth publication and submission of the report to Congress.
OPM must also publish on a public facing website and submit to Congress an annual report of positions in the competitive service for which an examining agency examined applicants during the applicable period (limited to positions for which hiring is complete). The data must be broken down by applicant demographic indicators to facilitate direct comparisons to data available as of October 1, 2020, as a baseline.
(Sec. 6) No later than three years after the act's enactment, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) must provide Congress with a report that assesses the implementation of the act, assesses changes to the hiring process for the competitive service, and makes recommendations to improve the hiring process for the competitive service.
(Sec. 7) No later than one year after the act's enactment, OPM shall evaluate and revise, as appropriate to conform with the act, government-wide systems of records specified in the act. OPM must notify Congress of any revisions.

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A bill to implement merit-based reforms to the civil service hiring system that replace degree-based hiring with skills- and competency-based hiring.
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Chance to Compete Act of 2023
2024-05-24T13:42:55Z
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In the nature of a substitute.
2024-12-14T12:08:15Z
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Amendment SA 3325 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
SA 3325
https://www.congress.gov/amendment/118th-congress/senate-amendment/3325
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Amendment SA 3325 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
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Amendment SA 3325 proposed by Senator Schumer for Senator Sinema. (consideration: CR S7043)
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3325 proposed by Senator Schumer for Senator Sinema.
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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 3325 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
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- Enrolled Bill
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- Engrossed in Senate
2024-12-12T05:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s59es/xml/BILLS-118s59es.xml
- Reported to Senate
2024-12-02T05:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s59rs/xml/BILLS-118s59rs.xml
- Introduced in Senate
2023-01-24T05:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s59is/xml/BILLS-118s59is.xml
- 2024-12-24T04:59:59Z
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