S.Amdt. 2357

SA 2357. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for
herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms.
Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the
bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway
safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title VIII of division D, add the following:

SEC. 408__. FOREST SERVICE HIRE AUTHORITY.

Section 12518 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
(16 U.S.C. 1725b) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and
inserting a semicolon;
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as
subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and indenting
appropriately;
(C) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so
redesignated)--
(i) by striking ``Land'' and inserting ``Lands''; and
(ii) by striking ``applies to a former resource assistant''
and inserting the following: ``applies to--
``(1) a former resource assistant''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) except as provided in paragraph (1), a former
participant in the Public Lands Corps program established by
section 204 of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C.
1723) who--
``(A) successfully fulfilled the requirements of a
qualified candidate and program participation; and
``(B) earned a high school diploma or equivalent diploma of
completion, or completed a workforce development training
program; and
``(3) a graduate of a Civilian Conservation Center program
described in section 147(d) of the Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3197(d)) who successfully
completed a training program focused on forestry, wildland
firefighting, or another topic relating to the mission of the
Forest Service.''; and
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) by striking the period at the end and inserting a
semicolon;
(B) by striking ``date on which the candidate'' and
inserting the following: ``date on which--
``(1) in the case of a qualified candidate described in
subsection (b)(1), the candidate''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) in the case of a qualified candidate described in
subsection (b)(2), the later of--
``(A) the candidate successfully fulfilled the requirements
described in subsection (b)(2)(A); or
``(B) the candidate earned a diploma or competed a program
described in subsection (b)(2)(B); or
``(3) in the case of a qualified candidate described in
subsection (b)(3), the candidate graduated from the Civilian
Conservation Center.''.
______