BOP Direct-Hire Authority Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3342 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3342

   To provide direct hire authority to the Director of the Bureau of 
                                Prisons.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 13, 2025

  Mr. Grothman (for himself, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. 
  Stauber, Mr. Ciscomani, and Ms. Van Duyne) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in 
  addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide direct hire authority to the Director of the Bureau of 
                                Prisons.

    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 ``BOP Direct-Hire Authority Act''.

SEC. 2. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR BUREAU OF PRISONS.

    (a) Direct Hire Authority.--The Director of the Bureau of Prisons 
may appoint, without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of 
chapter 33 (other than sections 3303 and 3328 of such chapter), 
qualified candidates to any positions in the competitive service at 
Bureau of Prisons facilities.
    (b) Sunset.--The authority under subsection (a) shall expire on the 
date that 96 percent of the total number (as of the date of enactment 
of this Act) of competitive service positions at all such facilities 
are occupied.
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