[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2169 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2169

 To amend section 3116 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the 
  applicability of the appointment limitations for students appointed 
   under the expedited hiring authority for post-secondary students.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 18, 2019

 Mr. Lankford (for himself, Mr. Peters, and Ms. Sinema) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
               Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 3116 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the 
  applicability of the appointment limitations for students appointed 
   under the expedited hiring authority for post-secondary students.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON EXPEDITED HIRING AUTHORITY 
              FOR POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS.

    Section 3116(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        total number of students that the head of an agency may appoint 
        under this section during a fiscal year may not exceed the 
        number equal to 15 percent of the number of students that the 
        agency head appointed during the previous fiscal year to a 
        position at the GS-11 level, or an equivalent level, or 
        below.''.
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