[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2568 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2568

 To require State field offices of the Natural Resources Conservation 
           Service to give preference to in-State applicants.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2023

 Mr. Braun (for himself and Mr. Carper) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require State field offices of the Natural Resources Conservation 
           Service to give preference to in-State applicants.

    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 ``NRCS Hire Local Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. NRCS STATE FIELD OFFICES HIRING PREFERENCE.

    In making hiring decisions for State field office positions of the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service (referred to in this section as 
the ``Service'') that are at or above level GS-11 of the General 
Schedule, the Service shall give preference to applicants who are 
residents of the State.
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