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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · S. 4232 (Introduced in Senate) — To reauthorize the national service laws, and for other purposes. · Sec. 205

Sec. 205. Non-competitive hiring eligibility

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Title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12511 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 189D ( 42 U.S.C. 12645g ) the following: In this section: The term agency means an agency, office, or other establishment in the executive branch of the Federal Government. The term competitive service has the meaning given the term in section 2102 of title 5, United States Code. Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and under such regulations as the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe, the head of any agency may, in accordance with subsections
(c)and (e), noncompetitively appoint any individual who is certified under subsection
(d)to a position in the competitive service for which the individual is otherwise qualified. Any person appointed to a permanent position under subsection
(b)shall— become a career-conditional employee, unless the employee has otherwise completed the service requirements for career tenure; and acquire competitive status upon completion of any prescribed probationary period. The Chief Executive Officer may certify an individual under this subsection if the individual successfully completed— a term of national service as a member or team leader, as described in paragraph
(1)or
(4)of section 155(b), in the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps program component described in section 153; a period of service of not less than one year as a volunteer or designated volunteer leader under part A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq. ); or not less than 1,700 hours of service as described in section 139(b)(1) as a participant under section 137. In making any certification under paragraph (1), the Chief Executive Officer may rely on a certification made by the entity that selected the individual for, and supervised the individual in, the service described in subparagraph (A), (B), or
(C)of such paragraph. If the Chief Executive Officer determines that a certification under paragraph
(1)is erroneous or incorrect, the Corporation shall, after considering the full facts and circumstances surrounding the erroneous or incorrect certification, take action as permitted under law. The head of any agency may make an appointment of an individual under subsection (b)— not later than 1 year after the date of completion by the individual of the service described in subparagraph (A), (B), or
(C)of subsection (d)(1); or not later than 3 years after such date in the case of an individual who, following such service, was engaged— in military service; in the pursuit of studies at a recognized institution of higher education, as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1002 ); or in other activities that, as determined by the head of such agency, warrant an extended time period before the appointment. . Section 415 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 5055 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking (d), ; and by striking subsection (d).
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