granted by the Chief Human Capital Offi-
cer of the agency under subclause (I) dur-
ing the preceding 6-month period and the 
reasons therefor. 
‘‘(bb) The Director shall submit annu-
ally to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Oversight and 
Accountability of the House of Representa-
tives a report summarizing the number of 
waivers granted by the Chief Human Cap-
ital Officers of all agencies under subclause 
(I) during the preceding year and the rea-
sons therefor provided by the agencies. 
‘‘(V) Not more than 10 percent of an 
agency’s positions filled through competi-
tive hiring procedures during a fiscal year 
may be filled under the authority of a 
waiver granted under clause (I), and an 
agency shall obtain the Director’s approval 
to fill more than 5 percent of such posi-
tions under such authority. 
‘‘(B) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this sub-
section— 
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‘‘(i) the term ‘agency’ means an agen-
cy described in section 901(b) of title 31; 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘Director’ means the 
Director of the Office; 
‘‘(iii) the term ‘examining agency’ 
means— 
‘‘(I) the Office; or 
‘‘(II) an agency to which the Di-
rector has delegated examining au-
thority under section 1104(a)(2) of 
this title; 
‘‘(iv) the term ‘passing score assess-
ment’ means an assessment that an indi-
vidual can pass or fail; 
‘‘(v) the term ‘subject matter expert’ 
means an employee or selecting official— 
‘‘(I) who possesses understanding 
of the duties of, and knowledge, skills, 
and abilities required for, the position 
for which the employee or selecting of-
ficial is developing or administering 
an assessment; and 
‘‘(II) whom the agency that em-
ploys the employee or selecting official 
designates to assist in the develop-
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ment and administration of technical 
assessments under paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(vi) the term ‘technical assessment’ 
means an assessment developed under 
paragraph (2)(A)(i) that— 
‘‘(I) allows for the demonstration 
of job-related technical skills, abilities, 
and knowledge; 
‘‘(II)(aa) is based upon a job 
analysis; and 
‘‘(bb) is relevant to the position 
for which the assessment is developed; 
and 
‘‘(III) may include— 
‘‘(aa) a structured interview; 
‘‘(bb) a work-related exer-
cise; 
‘‘(cc) a custom or generic 
procedure used to measure an in-
dividual’s employment or career- 
related qualifications and inter-
ests; or 
‘‘(dd) another assessment 
that meets the criteria under 
subclauses (I) and (II). 
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‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—For the purpose of 
conducting an examination for a position in the 
competitive service, an individual or individuals 
whom an agency determines to have an exper-
tise in the subject and job field of the position, 
as affirmed and audited by the Chief Human 
Capital Officer or Human Resources Director 
(as applicable) of that agency, may— 
‘‘(i) develop, in partnership with 
human resources employees of the exam-
ining agency, a position-specific assessment 
that is relevant to the position; and 
‘‘(ii) administer the assessment devel-
oped under clause (i) to— 
‘‘(I) determine whether an appli-
cant for the position has a passing 
score to be qualified for the position; 
or 
‘‘(II) rank applicants for the po-
sition for category rating purposes 
under section 3319. 
‘‘(B) SHARING
AND
CUSTOMIZATION
OF 
ASSESSMENTS.— 
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‘‘(i) SHARING.—An examining agency 
may share a technical assessment with an-
other examining agency if each agency 
maintains appropriate control over exam-
ination material. 
‘‘(ii) CUSTOMIZATION.—An examining 
agency with which a technical assessment 
is shared under clause (i) may customize 
the assessment as appropriate, provided 
that the resulting assessment satisfies the 
requirements under part 300 of title 5, 
Code of Federal Regulations (or any suc-
cessor regulation). 
‘‘(iii) PLATFORM FOR SHARING AND 
CUSTOMIZATION.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Director 
shall establish and operate an online 
platform on which examining agencies 
can share and customize technical as-
sessments under this subparagraph. 
‘‘(II) ONLINE
PLATFORM.—The 
Director shall ensure that the online 
platform described in subclause (I) in-
cludes the ability of its users to rate 
the utility of the content and technical 
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assessments shared in the online plat-
form to allow for a ranking of such 
contents. 
‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—Not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of the Chance to Com-
pete Act of 2023, the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment shall prescribe regulations necessary for the 
administration of this subsection with respect to em-
ployees in each agency.’’. 
(2) ALTERNATIVE
RANKING
AND
SELECTION 
PROCEDURES.—Section 3319(a) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘To be placed in a quality category under 
the preceding sentence, an applicant shall be re-
quired to have passed an examination in accordance 
with section 3304(b).’’. 
(3) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENT.—Section 3330a(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 
3304(f)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3304(g)(1)’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF PASSING SCORE ASSESS-
MENT REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director and 
the head of any other examining agency shall elimi-
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