Sec. 8. Extension of period of existing noncompetitive eligibility Federal hiring status for returning volunteers

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The Peace Corps Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 5B, as added by section 7 of this Act, the following: Subject to section 5B, Executive Order 11103 ( 22 U.S.C. 2504 note; relating to Providing for the Appointment of Former Peace Corps Volunteers to the Civilian Career Services), as amended by Executive Order 12107 (44 Fed. Reg. 1055; relating to the Civil Service Commission and Labor-Management in the Federal Service), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2022 , shall remain in effect and have the full force and effect of law.

Subject to subsection (d), any volunteer whose Peace Corps service was terminated after April 1, 2020, and who has been certified by the Director as having satisfactorily completed a full term of service, may be appointed to a position in any United States department, agency, or establishment in the competitive service under title 5, United States Code, without competitive examination, in accordance with such regulations and conditions as may be prescribed by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.

The appointing authority may extend the noncompetitive appointment eligibility under subsection

(b)to not more than 2 years after a volunteer’s separation from the Peace Corps if the volunteer, following such service, was engaged in— military service; the pursuit of studies at a recognized institution of higher learning; or other activities which, in the view of the appointing authority, warrant an extension of such eligibility. The appointing authority may not extend the noncompetitive appointment eligibility under subsection

(b)to any volunteer who chooses to be subject to early termination. .

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