[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2576]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 394. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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. ___. EXPEDITED HIRING AUTHORITY.

       (a) Expedited Hiring Authority for College Graduates.--
     Section 3115(e)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking ``15 percent'' and inserting ``25 percent''.
       (b) Expedited Hiring Authority for Post-secondary 
     Students.--Section 3116(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, 
     is amended by striking ``15 percent'' and inserting ``25 
     percent''.
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