14 U.S.C. § 2517 — Authority for certain personnel
submitted 1 year ago by Pub. L. 119-60 to r/title-14-COAST-GUARD · 442 words · no verdicts yet
The Commandant may directly appoint qualified candidates to specified Coast Guard competitive-service positions when there is a shortage or critical hiring need. The authority expires September 30, 2030, and requires briefings.
(a) In general. The Commandant* may appoint qualified candidates to the following competitive-service positions in the Coast Guard, without applying title 5, chapter 33, subchapter I, except sections 3303 and 3328: (1) any medical or health-professional position; (2) any child-care-services position; (3) any position in a Coast Guard installation's housing office whose main function is supervising housing covered by title 14, chapter 29, subchapter III; (4) any nonclinical specialist position for integrated primary prevention of harmful behavior, including suicide, sexual assault, harassment, domestic abuse, and child abuse; (5) any Coast Guard Investigative Service special-agent position; and (6) at the Coast Guard Academy, (A) any civilian faculty position appointed under section 1941, or (B) a position involving cadet health or well-being.
(b) Limitation. The Commandant may use this authority only if the Commandant decides there is a shortage of qualified candidates or a critical hiring need for the position.
(c) Briefing requirement. Within one year after the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 is enacted, and annually for the next five years, the Commandant must give the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, a written annual briefing on use of this authority. It must include (1) the number hired during the covered year; (2) the positions and grades filled; (3) why the Commandant found a candidate shortage or critical hiring need; (4) the number hired under this authority who left the Coast Guard; and (5) steps the Coast Guard took to work with the Office of Personnel Management under title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, part 337, subpart B, for positions where the Commandant still finds direct-hire authority necessary.
(d) Sunset. The authority in subsection (a) ends September 30, 2030.
The Commandant* may appoint, without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 (other than sections 3303 and 3328 of such chapter) of title 5, qualified candidates to any of the following positions in the competitive service (as defined in section 2102 of title 5) in the Coast Guard:
Any category of medical or health professional positions within the Coast Guard.
Any childcare services position.
Any position in the Coast Guard housing office of a Coast Guard installation, the primary function of which is supervision of Coast Guard housing covered by subchapter III of chapter 29 of this title.
Any nonclinical specialist position the purpose of which is the integrated primary prevention of harmful behavior, including suicide, sexual assault, harassment, domestic abuse, and child abuse.
Any special agent position of the Coast Guard Investigative Service.
The following positions at the Coast Guard Academy:
Any civilian faculty member appointed under section 1941.
A position involving the improvement of cadet health or well-being.
The Commandant shall only appoint qualified candidates under the authority provided by subsections (a) and (b) 1 if the Commandant determines that there is a shortage of qualified candidates for the positions described in such subsection or a critical hiring need for such positions.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025, and annually thereafter for the following 5 years, the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a written briefing which describes the use of the authority provided under this section on an annual basis, including the following:
The number of employees hired under the authority provided under this section within the year for which the briefing is provided.
The positions and grades for which employees were hired.
A justification for the Commandant’s determination that such positions involved a shortage of qualified candidates or a critical hiring need.
The number of employees who were hired under the authority provided under this section who have separated from the Coast Guard.
Steps the Coast Guard has taken to engage with the Office of Personnel Management under subpart B of part 337 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, for positions for which the Commandant determines a direct hire authority remains necessary.
The authority provided under subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 2030.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7228(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1707.)
- 2025Enacted · Pub. L. 119-60 · 139 Stat. 1707
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