{"identifier":"/us/usc/t16/s1725a","title":16,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1725a.","heading":"Direct hire authority","text":"\u00a7\u202f1725a.\nDirect hire authority\n(1) During fiscal year 2012 and thereafter, the Secretary (as defined in\nsection 1722 of this title\n(2) Paragraph (1) applies with respect to a former resource assistant (as defined in\n(A) completed a rigorous undergraduate or graduate summer internship with the Secretary (as so defined), such as the National Park Service Business Plan Internship;\n(B) successfully fulfilled the requirements of the internship program; and\n(C) subsequently earned an undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited institution of higher education.\n(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.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t16/s1725a.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s1725a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1725a."},{"t":"heading","text":"Direct hire authority"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s1725a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" During fiscal year 2012 and thereafter, the Secretary (as defined in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1722 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t16/s1722","tail":") 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."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s1725a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" Paragraph (1) applies with respect to a former resource assistant (as defined in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1722 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t16/s1722","tail":") who\u2014"}]},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t16/s1725a/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" completed a rigorous undergraduate or graduate summer internship with the Secretary (as so defined), such as the National Park Service Business Plan Internship;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t16/s1725a/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" successfully fulfilled the requirements of the internship program; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t16/s1725a/2/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" subsequently earned an undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited institution of higher education.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s1725a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}