# 114-hr-3823: To provide for direct hire authority for positions in the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and for other purposes.

114-hr-3823, To provide for direct hire authority for positions in the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and for other purposes., is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by GENE GREEN (D-TX); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-3823
- Congress: 114
- Title: To provide for direct hire authority for positions in the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and for other purposes.
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
- Introduced: 2015-10-23
- Sponsor: GENE GREEN (D-TX)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill authorizes the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, until December 31, 2017, to appoint qualified candidates to positions that would likely allow increased activities relating to pipeline safety without regard to federal examination, selection, and placement provisions. The Administration shall submit to Congress a report annually through 2017 on its efforts to hire women, minorities, and veterans as inspectors since January 1, 2012.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] (R-TX), 2015-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2015-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX), 2015-10-23T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-5025: 2016 Tax Day Floods Supplemental Funding Act
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## Sources
- [114-hr-3823 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3823)

## Related
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- [114-hr-5090: To ensure that air transportation between the United States and the European Un…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5090)
- [114-hr-5025: 2016 Tax Day Floods Supplemental Funding Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5025)
- [114-hr-4336: An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inurnment in A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4336)
- [114-hr-3929: Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3929)
- [114-hr-2726: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2726)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3823 (as of 2025-11-18).