To implement merit-based reforms to the civil service hiring system that replace degree-based hiring with skills- and competency-based hiring, and for other purposes.
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Sponsor and status
118th Congress (2023–2025)
Passed House (Senate next) on Jan 24, 2023
This bill passed in the House on January 24, 2023 and goes to the Senate next for consideration.
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5 Cosponsors (3 Democrats, 2 Republicans)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Wesley Hunt Statement on his vote for H.R. 159 - - To implement merit-based reforms to the civil service hiring system that replace degree-based hiring with skills- and competency-based hiring.”
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Rep. Wesley Hunt [R-TX38]
on Jan 25, 2023
History
H.R. 159 is 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 H.R. 159. This is the one from the 118th Congress.
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