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S. 1887 (115th): Direct Hire of Students and Recent Graduates Act of 2017

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A bill to grant expedited hiring authority to the head of an agency to appoint college graduates and post-secondary students.

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Sponsor and status

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James Lankford

Sponsor. Senator for Oklahoma. Republican.

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Last Updated: Feb 5, 2018
Length: 14 pages
Introduced
Sep 28, 2017
115th Congress (2017–2019)
Status
Enacted Via Other Measures

Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.

This bill was incorporated into:

H.R. 5515: John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
Enacted — Signed by the President on Aug 13, 2018. (compare text)
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History

Sep 28, 2017
 
Introduced

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Oct 4, 2017
 
Ordered Reported

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Feb 5, 2018
 
Reported by Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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May 24, 2018
 
Final Bill — Passed House (Senate next)

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5515 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1887 (115th).
Jun 18, 2018
 
Final Bill — Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5515 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1887 (115th).
Jul 26, 2018
 
Final Bill — Conference Report Agreed to by House (Senate next)

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5515 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1887 (115th).
Aug 1, 2018
 
Final Bill — Conference Report Agreed to by Senate

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5515 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1887 (115th).
Aug 13, 2018
 
Final Bill — Enacted — Signed by the President

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5515 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1887 (115th).

S. 1887 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 1887. This is the one from the 115th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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