Sec. 1106. Direct-hire authority for the Department of Defense for post-secondary students and recent graduates
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For purposes of sections 3304, 5333, and 5753 of title 5, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense may recruit and appoint qualified recent graduates and current post-secondary students to positions within the Department of Defense. Subject to subsection (c)(2), the total number of employees appointed by the Secretary under subsection
(a)during a fiscal year may not exceed the number equal to 15 percent of the number of hires made into professional and administrative occupations of the Department at the GS–11 level and below (or equivalent) under competitive examining procedures during the previous fiscal year. The Secretary shall administer this section in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary for purposes of this section. The regulations may establish a lower limit on the number of individuals appointable under subsection
(a)during a fiscal year than is otherwise provided for under subsection (b), based on such factors as the Secretary considers appropriate. The authority in this section terminates on the date that is four years after the date on which the Secretary first appoints a recent graduate or current post-secondary student to a position under this section. In this section: The term current post-secondary student means a person who— is currently enrolled in, and in good academic standing at, a full-time program at an institution of higher education; is making satisfactory progress toward receipt of a baccalaureate or graduate degree; and has completed at least one year of the program. The term institution of higher education has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 ). The term recent graduate , with respect to appointment of a person under this section, means a person who was awarded a degree by an institution of higher education not more than two years before the date of the appointment of such person, except that in the case of a person who has completed a period of obligated service in a uniformed service of more than four years, such term means a person who was awarded a degree by an institution of higher education not more than four years before the date of the appointment of such person.
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Sec. 1106
Direct-hire authority for the Department of Defense for post-secondary students and recent graduates
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