[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6628 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6628

   To provide direct hire authority to the Director of the Bureau of 
                                Prisons.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 6, 2023

 Mr. Grothman (for himself, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Bucshon, 
  Mr. Norman, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Trone, Mr. 
 Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Ciscomani, and 
Ms. Van Duyne) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Accountability, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide direct hire authority to the Director of the Bureau of 
                                Prisons.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``BOP Direct-Hire Authority Act''.

SEC. 2. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR BUREAU OF PRISONS.

    (a) Direct Hire Authority.--The Director of the Bureau of Prisons 
may appoint, without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of 
chapter 33 (other than sections 3303 and 3328 of such chapter), 
qualified candidates to any positions in the competitive service at 
Bureau of Prisons facilities.
    (b) Sunset.--The authority under subsection (a) shall expire on the 
date that 96 percent of the total number (as of the date of enactment 
of this Act) of competitive service positions at all such facilities 
are occupied.
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