[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5253-S5254]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2984. Ms. BUTLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1095. NON-COMPETITIVE HIRING ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE 
                   NATIONAL SERVICE LAWS.

       (a) National and Community Service Act of 1990.--Title I of 
     the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
     12511 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 189D (42 
     U.S.C. 12645g) the following:

     ``SEC. 189E. NON-COMPETITIVE HIRING ELIGIBILITY.

       ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Agency.--The term `agency' means an agency, office, 
     or other establishment in the executive branch of the Federal 
     Government.
       ``(2) Competitive service.--The term `competitive service' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 2102 of title 5, 
     United States Code.
       ``(b) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 
     33 of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in 
     the competitive service, and under such regulations as the 
     Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall 
     prescribe, the head of any agency may, in accordance with 
     subsections (c) and (e), noncompetitively appoint any 
     individual who is certified under subsection (d) to a 
     position in the competitive service for which the individual 
     is otherwise qualified.
       ``(c) Appointment in Permanent Position.--Any person 
     appointed to a permanent position under subsection (a) 
     shall--
       ``(1) become a career-conditional employee, unless the 
     employee has otherwise completed the service requirements for 
     career tenure; and
       ``(2) acquire competitive status upon completion of any 
     prescribed probationary period.
       ``(d) Certification of Individual.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Chief Executive Officer may certify 
     an individual under this subsection if the individual 
     successfully completed--

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       ``(A) a term of national service as a Team Leader or 
     Member, as described in paragraph (1) or (4) of section 
     155(b), in the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps 
     program component described in section 153;
       ``(B) a period of service of not less than one year as a 
     volunteer or designated volunteer leader under part A of 
     title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 
     U.S.C. 4950 et seq.); or
       ``(C) not less than 1,700 hours of service under section 
     139(b)(1) as a participant under section 137.
       ``(2) Reliance on other certifications.--In making any 
     certification under paragraph (1), the Chief Executive 
     Officer may rely on a certification made by the entity that 
     selected the individual for, and supervised the individual 
     in, the activity described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) 
     of such paragraph.
       ``(3) Erroneous or incorrect certification.--If the Chief 
     Executive Officer determines that a certification under 
     paragraph (1) is erroneous or incorrect, the Corporation 
     shall, after considering the full facts and circumstances 
     surrounding the erroneous or incorrect certification, take 
     action as permitted under law.
       ``(e) Period of Appointment.--The head of any agency may 
     make an appointment of an individual under subsection (b)--
       ``(1) not later than 1 year after the date of completion by 
     the individual of an activity described in subparagraph (A), 
     (B), or (C) of subsection (d)(1); or
       ``(2) not later than 3 years after such date in the case of 
     an individual who, following such service, was engaged--
       ``(A) in military service,
       ``(B) in the pursuit of studies at a recognized institution 
     of higher learning, or
       ``(C) in other activities that, as determined by the head 
     of such agency, warrant an extended time period.''.
       (b) Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.-- Section 415 
     of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
     5055) is amended by striking subsection (d).
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