S.Amdt. 3072

SA 3072. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Jones) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2, to provide
for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of
the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle B of title I, add the following:

SEC. 12__. COTTON CLASSIFICATION SERVICES.

Section 3a of the Act entitled ``An Act Authorizing the
Secretary of Agriculture to collect and publish statistics of
the grade and staple length of cotton'', approved March 3,
1927 (7 U.S.C. 473a) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
``(g) Hiring Authority.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, an employee hired to provide cotton
classification services under this section may--
``(1) work not more than 240 calendar days in a service
year; and
``(2) be rehired noncompetitively each year in the same or
a successor position if that employee meets performance and
conduct expectations, as determined by the Secretary.''.
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