Lets a Commerce Department agency hire up to 25 outside experts more easily
A Commerce Department agency, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), could hire up to 25 highly skilled experts. These experts would come from outside the usual government hiring process. This aims to fill specific knowledge gaps within the agency. They would work for up to five years and could be paid more than standard government employees, but not more than the Vice President.
Today, the Bureau of Industry and Security primarily uses standard civil service hiring processes, which can make it hard to attract highly specialized experts. After this bill, the agency would be able to directly appoint up to 25 highly qualified experts for up to five years, bypassing some of those rules and offering competitive pay up to the Vice President's total annual compensation.
HR 7003 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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