,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hgbj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #cj1 #bjbj  
,mr4 ,steube introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to provide greater flexibility
 to agencies to make appointments to    
positions for which there is a severe   
shortage of candidates1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,federal agency          
appointment flexibility  7a7 ,in general
 ,chapter #ca of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code1 is amended by inserting  
after section #caaf the following new   
section3  #caag4 ,agency appointment    
flexibility  7a7 ,in general ,the head  
of an agency may1 without regard to the 
provisions of section #ccjd and sections
 #ccji through #ccah1 appoint a         
qualified individual to a position      
within the agency that is in the        
competitive service and for which the   
head of the agency determines that there
 is a severe shortage of candidates4    

7b7 ,rule of construction ,this         
provision shall not be construed as     
superseding or otherwise affecting any  
authority granted to the head of any    
agency under any other provision of law 
to make appointments without regard to a
 provision of chapter #cc4  7c7 ,agency 
defined ,the term agency has the meaning
 given such term under section #eea4  4 
7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of   
sections for chapter #ca of title #e1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
inserting after the item related to     
section #caaf the following item3       
#caag4 ,agency appointment flexibility4 
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