[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4929]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5542. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. CRITERIA FOR GRANTING DIRECT-HIRE AUTHORITY TO 
                   AGENCIES.

       Section 3304(a)(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``shortage of candidates'' and all that 
     follows through ``highly qualified candidates)'' and 
     inserting ``shortage of highly qualified candidates''.
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