I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6967 
To implement merit-based reforms to the civil service hiring system that 
replace degree-based hiring with skills- and competency-based hiring, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 8, 2022 
Mr. HICE of Georgia (for himself, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. FOXX, and Mr. MFUME) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To implement merit-based reforms to the civil service hiring 
system that replace degree-based hiring with skills- and 
competency-based hiring, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chance to Compete 
Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) TERMS DEFINED IN SECTION 3304 OF TITLE 5, 
UNITED STATES CODE.—In this Act, the terms ‘‘agency’’, 
‘‘Director’’, ‘‘examining agency’’, ‘‘Office’’, ‘‘subject mat-
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ter expert’’, and ‘‘technical assessment’’ have the mean-
ings given those terms in subsection (c)(1) of section 3304 
of title 5, United States Code, as added by section 3(a). 
(b) OTHER TERMS.—In this Act, the term ‘‘competi-
tive service’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
2102 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. DEFINING THE TERM ‘‘EXAMINATION’’ FOR PUR-
POSES OF HIRING IN THE COMPETITIVE 
SERVICE. 
(a) EXAMINATIONS; TECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 3304 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(c) 
through (f) as subsections (d) through (g), re-
spectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the 
following: 
‘‘(c) EXAMINATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.— 
‘‘(A) EXAMINATION
DEFINED
FOR
PUR-
POSES
OF
THIS
CHAPTER.—For purposes of 
this chapter, the term ‘examination’— 
‘‘(i) means an opportunity to directly 
demonstrate knowledge, skills, abilities, 
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and competencies, through a passing score 
assessment; 
‘‘(ii) includes a re´sume´ review that 
is— 
‘‘(I) conducted by a subject mat-
ter expert; and 
‘‘(II) 
based 
upon 
indicators 
that— 
‘‘(aa) are derived from a job 
analysis; and 
‘‘(bb) bear a rational rela-
tionship to performance in the 
position for which the examining 
agency is hiring; and 
‘‘(iii) on and after the date that is 2 
years after the date of enactment of the 
Chance to Compete Act of 2022, does not 
include a self-assessment from an auto-
mated examination, a re´sume´ review (ex-
cept as provided in clause (ii)), or any 
other method of determining the experi-
ence or level of educational attainment of 
an individual, alone. 
‘‘(B) OTHER TERMS.—In this subsection— 
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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 ‘Office’ means the Of-
fice of Personnel Management; 
‘‘(v) the term ‘passing score assess-
ment’ means an assessment that an indi-
vidual can pass or fail; 
‘‘(vi) 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 
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