Sec. 102. Special hiring authority

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Section 310 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating subsection

(d)as subsection (g); and by inserting after subsection

(c)the following: The Secretary of the Treasury may appoint, without regard to the provisions of sections 3309 through 3318 of title 5, candidates directly to positions in the competitive service (as defined in section 2102 of that title) in FinCEN. The primary responsibility of candidates appointed pursuant to paragraph

(1)shall be to provide substantive support in support of the duties described in subparagraphs (A), (B), (E), and

(F)of subsection (b)(2). . Not later than 360 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter for 7 years, the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network shall submit a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate that includes— the number of new employees hired since the preceding report through the authorities described under section 310(d) of title 31, United States Code, along with position titles and associated pay grades for such hires; and a copy of any Federal Government survey of staff perspectives at the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, including findings regarding the Office and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network from the most recently administered Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey.