Department of Defense Improved Hiring Act
Bill: S.2955 | Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James (R-OK)
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Department of Defense Improved Hiring Act
This bill makes permanent the Department of Defense (DOD) direct hire authority for domestic defense industrial base facilities (i.e., any DOD depot, arsenal, or shipyard in the United States), the Major Range and Test Facilities Base, and the Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to make permanent the direct 
    hire authority of the Secretary of Defense for domestic defense 
 industrial base facilities, the Major Range and Test Facilities Base, 
   and the Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Defense Improved 
Hiring Act''.

SEC. 2. MAKING PERMANENT THE DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR DOMESTIC DEFENSE 
              INDUSTRIAL BASE FACILITIES, THE MAJOR RANGE AND TEST 
              FACILITIES BASE, AND THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF 
              OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION.

    (a) Codification of Section 1125 of FY 2017 NDAA.--Chapter 81 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end a new 
section consisting of--
            (1) a heading as follows:
``Sec. 1599j. Direct hire authority for domestic defense industrial 
              base facilities, the Major Range and Test Facilities 
              Base, and the Office of the Director of Operational Test 
              and Evaluation'';
         and
            (2) a text consisting of the text of section 1125 of the 
        National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (10 
        U.S.C. 1580 note prec.).
    (b) Conforming Amendments in Connection With Codification.--Section 
1599j of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``During each of fiscal years 2017 
                through 2025, the Secretary'' and inserting ``The 
                Secretary''; and
                    (B) by striking ``United States Code,''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``During fiscal years 2017 through 
                2021, the Secretary'' and inserting ``The Secretary''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``United States Code,''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 81 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following 
new item:

``1599j. Direct hire authority for domestic defense industrial base 
                            facilities, the Major Range and Test 
                            Facilities Base, and the Office of the 
                            Director of Operational Test and 
                            Evaluation.''.
    (d) Conforming Repeal.--Section 1125 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (10 U.S.C. 1580 note prec.) is 
repealed.
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