Direct Hire of Students and Recent Graduates Act of 2017
Latest action · Feb 5, 2018 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 299.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 28, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Direct Hire of Students and Recent Graduates Act of 2017
This bill authorizes expedited hiring for positions in the competitive service.
Federal agencies may appoint recent college graduates or college graduates who were recently discharged from the uniformed service to positions in the competitive service at the GS-11 level or below.
Additionally, federal agencies may make time-limited appointments of college students to positions in the competitive service at the GS-11 level or below. The student may be converted from a time-limited appointment to a permanent appointment, without competition, if the student: (1) has completed the course of study leading to a baccalaureate or graduate degree, and (2) has completed not less than 640 hours of current continuous employment.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 28, 2017Markup Oct 4, 2017Reported Feb 5, 2018 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2018Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 115-205.
- Feb 5, 2018Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 299.
- Oct 4, 2017Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- Sep 28, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Sep 28, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Nov 2, 2017S. 1887, Direct Hire of Students and Recent Graduates Act of 2017As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on October 4, 2017
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2987 | John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 | Related bill | Jun 5, 2018 |
| HR 5515 | John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 | Related bill | Aug 13, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to grant expedited hiring authority to the head of an agency to appoint college graduates and post-secondary students.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Direct Hire of Students and Recent Graduates Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Direct Hire of Students and Recent Graduates Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2018Reported to Senate
- Sep 28, 2017Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
