[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3031 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3031

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 4, 2023

Mr. Lujan (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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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''; and
            (3) in subsection (d)(4)(C)--
                    (A) in clause (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
                    (B) in clause (viii), by striking ``May 31, 2024'' 
                and inserting ``December 31, 2028''.
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