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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 See on congress.gov
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Sep 26, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 26, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 September 26, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4430 Related bill To provide temporary direct hire authority for certain emergency response positions.
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Sep 28, 2017
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Sep 26, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1865: A bill to provide temporary direct hire authority for certain emergency response positions.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1865/
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