,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hjhf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ae1 #bjbb,mr4 
,o',halleran introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and ,labor1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on       
,oversight and ,reform1 for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the       
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,workforce     
,innovation and ,opportunity ,act to    
provide direct hire authority for ,job  
,corps graduates1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,conservation ,jobs 
,act of #bjbb4  #b4 ,direct hire        
authority ,section #adg7;d7 of the      
,workforce ,innovation and ,opportunity 
,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #caig7;d77 is       
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7#d7 ,direct hire authority 
7,a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of     

,labor or the ,secretary of ,agriculture
 may appoint1 without regard to the     
provisions of subchapter ,i of chapter  
#cc of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code  
7other than sections #ccjc and #ccbh of 
such title71 a covered graduate directly
 to any position with the ,department of
 ,labor or the ,forest ,service1 as the 
case may be1 for which the candidate    
meets ,office of ,personnel ,management 
qualification standards4  7,b7 ,covered 
job corps graduate ,in this paragraph1  
the term covered graduate means a       
graduate of a ,job ,corps ,campus or a  
,civilian ,conservation ,center who     
successfully completed a training       
program1 including in administration1   
human resources1 business1 or quality   
assurance1 that was focused on forestry1
 wildland firefighting1 or another topic
 relating to the mission of the         
,department of ,labor or the ,forest    
,service4  4