United StatesBureau of Prisons may directly hire qualified candidates
If enacted, the bill would let the Bureau of Prisons Director directly appoint qualified candidates to competitive-service jobs until most facility positions are filled.
What it does
If enacted, the Bureau of Prisons Director could directly appoint qualified candidates to competitive-service jobs at its facilities, subject to two listed hiring rules. The authority would end when 96 percent of those jobs are filled.
Argument forDirect appointments could help Bureau of Prisons facilities fill vacant competitive-service jobs more quickly, if qualified candidates are available.
Argument againstAllowing appointments outside most standard competitive-service rules could make the hiring process less uniform across Bureau of Prisons facilities.
More detail
The Bureau of Prisons Director may appoint qualified candidates directly to competitive-service positions. This applies to positions at Bureau of Prisons facilities. The appointments would remain subject to sections 3303 and 3328 of title 5. Candidates must be qualified for the positions. If enacted, the authority would be available until the date when 96 percent of the competitive-service positions at all Bureau of Prisons facilities are occupied.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Sep 16Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session HeldLatest
- Sep 16Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 7.
- 2025
- May 13Introduced in House
- May 13Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.Introduced
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