‘‘(A) successfully fulfilled the resource as-
sistant or consulting intern program require-
ments; and 
‘‘(B) meets Office of Personnel Manage-
ment qualification standards for the position for 
which the candidate is applying; and 
‘‘(4) provide, or enter into contracts or coopera-
tive agreements with qualified employment agencies 
to provide, alumni services such as job and edu-
cation counseling, referrals, verification of service, 
communications, and other appropriate services to 
Corps participants who have completed the term of 
service.’’. 
(l) NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 
Section 210 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1727) (as redesignated 
by subsection (h)) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) (as amended by subsection 
(a)(4)), in the first sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘participant in the Corps 
or a resource assistant’’ and inserting ‘‘Corps 
participant’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘participant or resource as-
sistant’’ and inserting ‘‘Corps participant’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘either participants in the 
Corps or resource assistants’’ and inserting 
‘‘Corps participants’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘or a resource assistant’’. 
(m) NONDISPLACEMENT.—Section 211 of the Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1728) (as redesignated by subsection (h)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘activities carried out’’ and all that 
follows through the period and inserting ‘‘Corps partici-
pants.’’. 
(n) FUNDING.—Section 212 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 
1729) (as redesignated by subsection (h)) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘nonfederal 
sources’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘sources other than the Secretary’’; and 
(ii) by inserting after the second sen-
tence the following: ‘‘The Secretary may 
pay up to 90 percent of the costs of a 
project if the Secretary determines that the 
reduction is necessary to enable participa-
tion from a greater range of organizations 
or individuals.’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or In-
dian Youth Service Corps’’ after ‘‘Corps’’ each 
place it appears; 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) FUNDS AVAILABLE UNDER NATIONAL
AND 
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT.—To carry out this Act, the 
Secretary shall be eligible to apply for and receive assist-
ance under section 121(b) of the National and Community 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 12571(b)).’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 211’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 213’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or Indian Youth Service 
Corps’’ after ‘‘Corps’’. 
(o) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
213 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1730) (as redesignated by sub-
section (h)) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘year’’ and all 
that follows through the period and inserting 
‘‘year.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (b); and 
(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b). 
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SEC. 424. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY. 
Section 121(a) of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2012 (16 U.S.C. 1725a(a)), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and the Secretary of Ag-
riculture’’ after ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘or the Department of 
Agriculture, as applicable,’’ after ‘‘Department 
of the Interior’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or consulting in-
tern’’ after ‘‘resource assistant’’. 
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