[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 106 (Monday, June 25, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4371]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3072. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Jones) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2, to provide 
for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of 
the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 12__. COTTON CLASSIFICATION SERVICES.

       Section 3a of the Act entitled ``An Act Authorizing the 
     Secretary of Agriculture to collect and publish statistics of 
     the grade and staple length of cotton'', approved March 3, 
     1927 (7 U.S.C. 473a) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
       ``(g) Hiring Authority.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, an employee hired to provide cotton 
     classification services under this section may--
       ``(1) work not more than 240 calendar days in a service 
     year; and
       ``(2) be rehired noncompetitively each year in the same or 
     a successor position if that employee meets performance and 
     conduct expectations, as determined by the Secretary.''.
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