[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5889 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5889

 To amend the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act to extend 
 the time period for the submission of claims, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 3, 2023

           Ms. Leger Fernandez introduced the following bill

                            October 25, 2023

  Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act to extend 
 the time period for the submission of claims, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Claims 
Extension Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    Section 104 of the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act 
(Public Law 117-180; 136 Stat. 2170) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Temporary personnel.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Administrator may appoint 
                temporary personnel, after serving the Office 
                continuously for 3 years, to positions in the Federal 
                Emergency Management Agency in the same manner that 
                competitive service employees with competitive status 
                are considered for transfer, reassignment, or promotion 
                to such positions.
                    ``(B) Career-conditional employee.--An individual 
                appointed under subparagraph (A) shall become a career-
                conditional employee, unless the employee has already 
                completed the service requirements for career 
                tenure.'';
            (2) in subsection (b) by striking ``Not later than 2 years 
        after the date on which regulations are first promulgated under 
        subsection (f)'' and inserting ``Not later than December 31, 
        2027'';
            (3) in subsection (d)(4)(C)(vii) by striking ``the date 
        that is 3 years after the date on which the regulations under 
        subsection (f) are first promulgated'' and inserting ``December 
        31, 2028,''; and
            (4) in subsection (d)(4)(C)(viii) by striking ``May 31, 
        2024'' and inserting ``December 31, 2028''.
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