S.Amdt. 391

SA 391. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. CRITERIA FOR GRANTING DIRECT-HIRE AUTHORITY TO
AGENCIES.

Section 3304(a)(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``shortage of candidates'' and all that
follows through ``highly qualified candidates)'' and
inserting ``shortage of highly qualified candidates''.
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