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handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxagpo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 118TH CONGRESS REPT. 118-714 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 DIRECT HIRE TO FIGHT FIRES OCTOBER 22, 2024.-Ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H.R. 3499] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 3499) to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide di- rect hire authority to appoint individuals to Federal wildland fire- fighting and firefighting support positions in the Forest Service or the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes, having con- sidered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Direct Hire To Fight Fires. SEC. 2. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY TO APPOINT INDIVIDUALS TO FEDERAL WILDLAND FIRE- FIGHTING AND FIREFIGHTING SUPPORT POSITIONS IN THE FOREST SERVICE OR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. (a) IN GENERAL.-Chapter 96 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: §9603. Direct hire authority to appoint individuals to Federal wildland firefighting and firefighting support positions in Forest Service and Department of the Interior (a) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior may appoint, without regard to the provisions of sections 3309 through 3318 of title 5, United States Code, and part 211 and part 337 of subpart A of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, qualified candidates to any position described in subsection (b) in the Forest Service or the Department of the Interior, respectively. (b) POSITIONS.-A position described in this subsection is any Federal wildland firefighting position, or any position in support of such firefighting position, within any of the following occupational series (or any successor series): (1) Forestry Technician Series, GS-0462. (2) Aircraft Operation Series, GS-2181. (3) Miscellaneous Administration and Program Series, GS-0301, that sup- ports firefighting and is eligible for primary or secondary firefighter retirement coverage. 59-006