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16 U.S.C. § 1725a — Direct hire authority
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(1) During fiscal year 2012 and thereafter, the Secretary (as defined in [section 1722 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1722&num=0&edition=prelim)) may appoint, without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, other than sections 3303 and 3328 of such title, a qualified candidate described in paragraph (2) directly to a position for which the candidate meets Office of Personnel Management qualification standards.
(2) Paragraph (1) applies with respect to a former resource assistant (as defined in [section 1722 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1722&num=0&edition=prelim)) who—
(A) completed a rigorous undergraduate or graduate summer internship with the Secretary (as so defined), such as the National Park Service Business Plan Internship;
(B) successfully fulfilled the requirements of the internship program; and
(C) subsequently earned an undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited institution of higher education.
(3) The direct hire authority under this section may not be exercised with respect to a specific qualified candidate after the end of the two-year period beginning on the date on which the candidate completed the undergraduate or graduate degree, as the case may be.
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(1) During fiscal year 2012 and thereafter, the Secretary (as defined in [section 1722 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1722&num=0&edition=prelim)) may appoint, without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, other than sections 3303 and 3328 of such title, a qualified candidate described in paragraph (2) directly to a position for which the candidate meets Office of Personnel Management qualification standards.
(2) Paragraph (1) applies with respect to a former resource assistant (as defined in [section 1722 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1722&num=0&edition=prelim)) who—
(A) completed a rigorous undergraduate or graduate summer internship with the Secretary (as so defined), such as the National Park Service Business Plan Internship;
(B) successfully fulfilled the requirements of the internship program; and
(C) subsequently earned an undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited institution of higher education.
(3) The direct hire authority under this section may not be exercised with respect to a specific qualified candidate after the end of the two-year period beginning on the date on which the candidate completed the undergraduate or graduate degree, as the case may be.
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For purposes of this subchapter:
(1) **Appropriate conservation project** — The term “appropriate conservation project” means any project for the conservation, restoration, construction or rehabilitation of natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational, or scenic resources.
(2) **Corps and Public Lands Corps** — The terms “Corps” and “Public Lands Corps” mean the Public Lands Corps established by [section 1723(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1723/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Eligible service lands** — The term “eligible service lands” means public lands, Indian lands, and Hawaiian home lands.
(4) **Hawaiian home lands** — The term “Hawaiian home lands” means all lands given the status of Hawaiian home lands under section 204 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 110), or under the corresponding provision of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii adopted under section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union”, approved March 18, 1959 (Public Law 86–3; 73 Stat. 5).
(5) **Indian** — The term “Indian” means a person who—
(A) is a member of an Indian tribe; or
(B) is a “Native”, as defined in section 3(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ([43 U.S.C. 1602(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1602/b&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(6) **Indian lands** — The term “Indian lands” means—
(A) any Indian reservation;
(B) any public domain Indian allotments;
(C) any former Indian reservation in the State of Oklahoma;
(D) any land held by incorporated Native groups, regional corporations, and village corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [[43 U.S
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Page 1987
TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 1726
1 See References in Text note below.
amended Pub. L. 109–154, § 2(g)(3), Dec. 30, 2005,
119 Stat. 2893; Pub. L. 116–9, title IX, § 9003(d)(1),
Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 833.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2019—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–9 substituted ‘‘The Sec-
retary may provide individual placements of resource
assistants to carry out research or resource protection
activities on behalf of the Secretary.’’ for ‘‘The Sec-
retary is authorized to provide individual placements
of resource assistants with any Federal land managing
agency under the jurisdiction of the Secretary to carry
out research or resource protection activities on behalf
of the agency.’’
2005—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–154, § 2(g)(3)(A), sub-
stituted ‘‘Secretary is’’ for ‘‘Secretary of the Interior
and the Secretary of Agriculture are each’’, ‘‘the Sec-
retary to carry out’’ for ‘‘such Secretary to carry out’’,
‘‘Secretary may’’ for ‘‘Secretaries may’’, and ‘‘Sec-
retary shall’’ for ‘‘Secretaries shall’’.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–154, § 2(g)(3)(B), substituted
‘‘the Secretary, appropriate’’ for ‘‘Secretary of the In-
terior or the Secretary of Agriculture, appropriate’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 123 of Pub.
L. 103–82, set out as an Effective Date of 1993 Amend-
ment note under section 1701 of this title.
§ 1725a. Direct hire authority
(1) During fiscal year 2012 and thereafter, the
Secretary (as defined in section 1722 of this title)
may appoint, without regard to the provisions of
subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, other than
sections 3303 and 3328 of such title, a qualified
candidate described in paragraph (2) directly to
a position for which the candidate meets Of
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