Sec. 956. EXPANSION OF PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR EXPEDITED FEDERAL HIRING FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP
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## SEC. 956 EXPANSION OF PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR EXPEDITED FEDERAL HIRING FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP Section 802(k) of the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 1902(k)) is amended to read as follows: > > ### “(k) Employment of Program Participants > > > #### “(1) Appointment authority > > The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, or the head of a Federal agency or office identified by the Secretary of Defense under subsection
(g)as having national security responsibilities— > > > ##### “(A) > > may, without regard to any provision of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, appoint an eligible program participant— > > > ###### “(i) > > to a position in the excepted service that is certified by the Secretary of Defense under clause
(i)of subsection (b)(2)(A) as contributing to the national security of the United States; or > > > ###### “(ii) > > subject to clause
(ii)of such subsection, to a position in the excepted service in such Federal agency or office identified by the Secretary; and > > > ##### “(B) > > may, upon satisfactory completion of two years of substantially continuous service by an incumbent who was appointed to an excepted service position under the authority of subparagraph (A), convert the appointment of such individual, without competition, to a career or career-conditional appointment. > > > #### “(2) Treatment of certain service > > In the case of an eligible program participant described in clause
(ii)or
(iii)of paragraph (3)(C) who receives an appointment under paragraph (1)(A), the head of a Department or Federal agency or office referred to in paragraph
(1)may count any period that the individual served in a position with the Federal Government toward satisfaction of the service requirement under paragraph (1)(B) if that service— > > > ##### “(A) > > in the case of an appointment under clause
(i)of paragraph (1)(A), was in a position that is identified under clause
(i)of subsection (b)(2)(A) as contributing to the national security of the United States; or > > > ##### “(B) > > in the case of an appointment under clause
(ii)of paragraph (1)(A), was in the Federal agency or office in which the appointment under that clause is made. > > > #### “(3) Eligible program participant defined > > In this subsection, the term ‘eligible program participant’ means an individual who— > > > ##### “(A) > > has successfully completed an academic program for which a scholarship or fellowship under this section was awarded; > > > ##### “(B) > > has not previously been appointed to the excepted service position under paragraph (1)(A); and > > > ##### “(C) > > at the time of the appointment of the individual to an excepted service position under paragraph (1)(A)— > > > ###### “(i) > > under the terms of the agreement for such scholarship or fellowship, owes a service commitment to a Department or Federal agency or office referred to in paragraph (1); > > > ###### “(ii) > > is employed by the Federal Government under a non-permanent appointment to a position in the excepted service that has national security responsibilities; or > > > ###### “(iii) > > is a former civilian employee of the Federal Government who has less than a one-year break in service from the last period of Federal employment of such individual in a non-permanent appointment in the excepted service with national security responsibilities.” > . # TITLE X GENERAL PROVISIONS ## Subtitle A Financial Matters
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Sec. 956
EXPANSION OF PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR EXPEDITED FEDERAL HIRING FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP
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