H.R. 8138

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8138 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8138

To allow for Special Hiring Authority under the Defense Production Act 
of 1950, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 27, 2026

Mr. Gottheimer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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A BILL

To allow for Special Hiring Authority under the Defense Production Act 
of 1950, and for other purposes.

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 ``DPA Specialized Staffing Act''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL HIRING AUTHORITY FOR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.

Each agency represented on the Defense Production Act Committee may 
appoint, without regard to the provisions of sections 3309 through 3318 
of title 5, United States Code, subject matter experts directly to 
positions in the competitive service (as defined in section 2102 of 
that title) in the agency for the sole purpose of identifying, 
soliciting, evaluating, or approving activities that may receive 
financial assistance under this Act.
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