,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gdac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #i1        
#bjbf,mr4 ,fong 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,knott1 and ,mr4 ,kiley of ,california7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary1 and in addition to the      
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,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 provide direct hire      
authority to the ,attorney ,general for 
purposes of appointing qualified        
candidates to positions in the ,drug    
,enforcement ,administration to work in 
locations deemed necessary by the       
,attorney ,general to support the       
,administration's mission1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,hiring ,improvement
 and ,recruitment ,empowerment for ,drug

 ,enforcement ,administration ,act or   
the ,,hire ,,dea ,act 4  #b4 ,direct    
hire authority for appointing personnel 
to ,drug ,enforcement ,administration   
positions to combat drug trafficking    
activities  7a7 ,in general ,during each
 of fiscal years #bjbg through #bjcd1   
the ,attorney ,general may appoint1     
without regard to the provisions of     
subchapter ,i of chapter #cc of title   
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 7other than  
sections #ccjc and #ccbh of such        
chapter71 qualified candidates to any   
covered position in the ,drug           
,enforcement ,administration to work in 
locations deemed necessary to support   
the ,administration's mission1 as       
determined by the ,attorney ,general4   
7b7 ,covered position defined ,in this  
section1 the term covered position      
includes program managers1 project      
managers1 criminal                      
investigators_/,special ,agents in      
classification series #ahaa 7or any     
successor series71 intelligence         

analysts_/,intelligence ,research       
,specialists1 forensic specialists1     
community outreach coordinators1 and any
 other position that the ,attorney      
,general determines is necessary based  
on emerging drug trafficking trends or  
threats4