Patrick T. Carothers U.S. Marshals Service Hiring Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1124
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-05-15
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Department of Justice

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Judicial procedure and administration

Law enforcement officers
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Patrick T. Carothers U.S. Marshals Service Hiring Improvement Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill allows the Director of the U.S. Marshals Service to appoint a qualified candidate to the position of deputy marshal or criminal investigator in accordance with the statutes, rules, or regulations governing excepted service appointments notwithstanding any statutes, rules, or regulations governing appointments in the competitive service. The appointment of a deputy marshal or criminal investigator under this authority shall not be considered to cause the position to be converted from the competitive service to the excepted service.</p> <p>Service by an incumbent as deputy marshal or criminal investigator may not exceed four years.</p> <p>The Director may, upon satisfactory completion of three years of substantially continuous service by a qualified incumbent, convert the appointment of the individual, without competition, to a career or career-conditional appointment.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1124 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 15, 2017 Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. Coons , Mr. Cornyn , and Ms. Klobuchar ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To grant the Director of the United States Marshals Service authority to appoint criminal investigators in the excepted service.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Patrick T. Carothers U.S. Marshals Service Hiring Improvement Act of 2017 . 2. United States Marshals Service excepted service appointment authority (a) In general Chapter 37 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 570. Excepted service appointment authority (a) Definitions In this section, the terms competitive service and excepted service have the meanings given those terms in sections 2102 and 2103, respectively, of title 5. (b) Authority The Director may appoint a qualified candidate to the position of deputy marshal or criminal investigator— (1) in accordance with the statutes, rules, and regulations governing appointments under Schedule B of the excepted service; and (2) notwithstanding any statutes, rules, or regulations governing appointments in the competitive service. (c) Rule of construction The appointment of a candidate to a position under the authority under subsection (b) shall not be considered to cause the position to be converted from the competitive service to the excepted service. (d) Limit Service by an incumbent in a position under the authority under subsection (b) may not exceed 4 years. (e) Noncompetitive conversion The Director may, upon satisfactory completion of 3 years of substantially continuous service by a qualified incumbent who was appointed to a position under the authority under subsection (b), convert the appointment of the individual, without competition, to a career or career-conditional appointment. . (b) Technical and conforming amendment The table of sections for chapter 37 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 570. Excepted service appointment authority. .