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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 2943 (Engrossed in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 1134

Sec. 1134. Limitation on preference eligible hiring preferences for permanent employees in the competitive service

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Subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— in section 3309— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking A preference eligible and inserting
(a); and Additional points .—Except as provided in subsection (b), a preference eligible by adding at the end the following: If a preference eligible is selected for a permanent position in the competitive service after the application of subsection
(a)or the application of section 3319(b), the preference eligible shall not be awarded any additional points under subsection
(a)with respect to a subsequent examination for any position in the competitive service. ; in section 3319— in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by striking Within and inserting Except as provided in subsection (d), within ; and by striking subsection
(d)and inserting the following: If a preference eligible is selected for a permanent position in the competitive service after the application of subsection
(b)or the application of section 3309(a), such individual shall not be listed ahead of individuals who are not preference eligibles due to the application of subsection
(b)on a subsequent list under this section for any position in the competitive service. ; and in section 3320, by striking 3318 and inserting 3319 . Section 703 of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (sec. 1–607.3, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking 3309(1) each place it appears and inserting 3309(a)(1) .
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