,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aabd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ae1      
#bjag,mr4 ,hatch 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,coons1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 and ,ms4          
,klobuchar7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to grant the ,director of the  
,united ,states ,marshals ,service      
authority to appoint criminal           
investigators in the excepted service4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,patrick ,t4 ,carothers ,u4,s4  
,marshals ,service ,hiring ,improvement 
,act of #bjag4  #b4 ,united ,states     
,marshals ,service excepted service     
appointment authority  7a7 ,in general  
,chapter #cg of title #bh1 ,united      
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  #egj4 ,excepted 
service appointment authority  7a7      
,definitions ,in this section1 the terms
 competitive service and excepted       
service have the meanings given those   

terms in sections #bajb and #bajc1      
respectively1 of title #e4  7b7         
,authority ,the ,director may appoint a 
qualified candidate to the position of  
deputy marshal or criminal              
investigator--  7#a7 in accordance with 
the statutes1 rules1 and regulations    
governing appointments under ,schedule  
,b of the excepted service2 and  7#b7   
notwithstanding any statutes1 rules1 or 
regulations governing appointments in   
the competitive service4  7c7 ,rule of  
construction ,the appointment of a      
candidate to a position under the       
authority under subsection 7b7 shall not
 be considered to cause the position to 
be converted from the competitive       
service to the excepted service4  7d7   
,limit ,service by an incumbent in a    
position under the authority under      
subsection 7b7 may not exceed #d years4 
7e7 ,noncompetitive conversion ,the     
,director may1 upon satisfactory        
completion of #c years of substantially 
continuous service by a qualified       

incumbent who was appointed to a        
position under the authority under      
subsection 7b71 convert the appointment 
of the individual1 without competition1 
to a career or career-conditional       
appointment4  4  7b7 ,technical and     
conforming amendment ,the table of      
sections for chapter #cg of title #bh1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  #egj4 
,excepted service appointment authority4
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