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BOP Direct-Hire Authority Act

To provide direct hire authority to the Director of the Bureau of Prisons.

Introduced May 13, 2025

Latest action (Sep 16, 2026) Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 7.

Referred to
Oversight and Government Reform Committee Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Issues
Criminal Justice
Legislative subjects (4)
Correctional facilities and imprisonmentDepartment of JusticeEmployee hiringGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary
  • Grants the Director of the Bureau of Prisons direct-hire authority to appoint qualified candidates to competitive service positions at BOP facilities without following standard federal hiring procedures.
  • Exempts Bureau of Prisons hiring from most competitive service hiring requirements while maintaining basic qualification standards.
  • The direct-hire authority automatically expires when 96 percent of all competitive service positions at Bureau of Prisons facilities are occupied.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
9 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Glenn Grothman’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • EDWARD C LEVY CO $9,900
  • NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL $7,600
  • SARGENTO $6,700
  • CONTINENTAL PROPERTIES COMPANY INC. $6,600
  • ABC SUPPLY $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Glenn Grothman → · Outside spending →

Actions (4)
  1. Sep 16, 2026 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 7. · house
  2. Sep 16, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  3. May 13, 2025 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
  4. May 13, 2025 Introduced in House

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 9770 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 5450 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 5342 — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 1654 — CUTS Act (shares 4 subjects)
  • S 307 — Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 4465 — To amend chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep those chapters current and to correct related technical errors. (shares 3 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 4355 — Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2025 · Introduced Jul 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%
  • S 698 — Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2025 · Introduced Feb 24, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HR 5742 — BOPEN Act of 2025 · Introduced Oct 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 868 — Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act · Introduced Jan 31, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 3408 — Pathways to Policing Act · Introduced May 14, 2025 · Cong. 119 62%
  • HR 3612 — End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2025 · Introduced May 23, 2025 · Cong. 119 61%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · May 13, 2025

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Committee action

What happened to this bill in committee — the meetings where it was considered and every recorded vote taken on it.

Meetings where this bill was on the agenda

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 13, 2025

Mr. Grothman (for himself, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Ciscomani, and Ms. Van Duyne) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To provide direct hire authority to the Director of the Bureau of Prisons.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “BOP Direct-Hire Authority Act”.

SEC. 2. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR BUREAU OF PRISONS.

(a) Direct Hire Authority.—The Director of the Bureau of Prisons may appoint, without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 (other than sections 3303 and 3328 of such chapter), qualified candidates to any positions in the competitive service at Bureau of Prisons facilities.

(b) Sunset.—The authority under subsection (a) shall expire on the date that 96 percent of the total number (as of the date of enactment of this Act) of competitive service positions at all such facilities are occupied. <all>

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