S 1865
115th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Department of Health and Human Services
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
A bill to provide temporary direct hire authority for certain emergency response positions.
Introduced: September 26, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 26, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 26, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill provides temporary authority for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to appoint candidates directly to certain emergency response positions, in response to a critical hiring need.
HHS must first provide public notice. It may appoint candidates without regard to certain requirements of the competitive rating and ranking process (e.g., application of veterans' preference points).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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