Direct Hire To Fight Fires
- Last Action
- 3/10/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-10Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- 2021-03-10Introduced in House
- 2021-03-10Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-10 (00)
Direct Hire To Fight Fires
This bill provides direct-hire authority to the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior for purposes of filling wildland and structural firefighting positions, including support positions, in the Forest Service and Interior agencies.
Direct-hire authority is an expedited hiring authority that currently may be issued by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to fill positions in the competitive service for which there is a critical hiring need or severe shortage of candidates. The OPM may issue such authority to agencies upon written request or upon an independent assessment that there is a critical hiring need or severe shortage of candidates for specific positions.
Cosponsors (6)
- Doug LaMalfa (R-CA)
- Michelle Steel (R-CA)
- Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
- Bruce Westerman (R-AR)
- Jay Obernolte (R-CA)
- Paul Gosar (R-AZ)
Subjects
- Aviation and airports
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of the Interior
- Employee hiring
- Fires
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Transportation employees
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