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I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6829 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 1, 2008 Mr. Shuler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to facilitate the placement of Job Corps graduates.

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Eligibility for certain placements

Section 149 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2889) is amended by adding at the end the following: (e)

Noncompetitive appointments

(1)

In general

Under such regulations as the Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe, an Executive agency (as defined by section 105 of title 5, United States Code) may make a noncompetitive appointment leading to conversion to career or career-conditional employment of any graduate, subject to paragraph (2). (2)

Limitations

Eligibility for a noncompetitive appointment under this subsection shall be available only— (A)in the case of any individual who first meets the definition of a graduate (as set forth in section 142(5)) on or after the first day of the 1-year period ending on the date of the enactment of this subsection; and (B)for purposes of any appointment made within the 1-year period beginning on the later of— (i)the date as of which the individual (as described in subparagraph (A)) first meets the definition of a graduate; or (ii)the date of the enactment of this subsection. .