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To provide direct hire authority to the Director of the Bureau of Prisons.
Summary
This bill 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 civil service hiring procedures. This expedited hiring authority allows the BOP to fill positions more quickly than normal rules would allow. The authority expires automatically when 96 percent of the total number of competitive service positions at BOP facilities (measured as of the date of enactment) are filled.
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Sponsor (1)
9 cosponsors
- Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6] (R-AZ)
- Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8] (R-AZ)
- Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1] (R-WV)
- Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] (R-AL)
- Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ)
- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN)
- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY)
- Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] (R-TX)
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX)
Actions (2)
- 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
- May 13, 2025 Introduced in House
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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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