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[CITE: 16USC3198]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
         CHAPTER 51--ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION
 
                SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3198. Local hire


(a) Program

    After consultation with the Office of Personnel Management, the 
Secretary shall establish a program under which any individual who, by 
reason of having lived or worked in or near public lands, has special 
knowledge or expertise concerning the natural or cultural resources of 
public lands and the management thereof (as determined by the Secretary) 
shall be considered for selection for any position within public lands 
without regard to--
        (1) any provision of the civil service laws or regulations 
    thereunder which require minimum periods of formal training or 
    experience,
        (2) any such provision which provides an employment preference 
    to any other class of applicant is such selection, and
        (3) any numerical limitation on personnel otherwise applicable.

Individuals appointed under this subsection shall not be taken into 
account in applying any personnel limitation described in paragraph (3).

(b) Preference eligibles within local hire

    Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, 
any individual who is eligible to be selected for a position under the 
provisions of subsection (a) of this section and is a preference 
eligible as defined in section 2108(3) of title 5 shall be given an 
employment preference, consistent with the preference in the competitive 
service as defined in section 2102 of such title for which such person 
is eligible under subchapter I of chapter 33 of such title, in selection 
to such position.

(c) Reports

    The Secretary shall from time to time prepare and submit to the 
Congress reports indicating the actions taken in carrying out the 
provisions of subsection (a) of this section together with any 
recommendations for legislation in furtherance of the purposes of this 
section.

(Pub. L. 96-487, title XIII, Sec. 1308, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2480; 
Pub. L. 100-689, title IV, Sec. 401, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4177; Pub. 
L. 102-415, Sec. 16, Oct. 14, 1992, 106 Stat. 2124.)

                       References in Text

    The civil service laws, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), are set forth 
in Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly, 
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-415 substituted ``public lands'' for 
``a conservation system unit'' and substituted ``public lands'' for 
``such unit'' in two places.
    1988--Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 100-689 added subsec. (b) and 
redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c).


                              Pilot Program

    Pub. L. 106-488, Sec. 2, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2205, provided 
that:
    ``(a) In furtherance of the goals of sections 1307 and 1308 of the 
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act [16 U.S.C. 3197, 3198] 
and the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act [25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.], the Secretary [of the Interior] 
shall--
        ``(1) implement pilot programs to employ residents of local 
    communities at the following units of the National Park System 
    located in northwest Alaska--
            ``(A) Bering Land Bridge National Preserve,
            ``(B) Cape Krusenstern National Monument,
            ``(C) Kobuk Valley National Park, and
            ``(D) Noatak National Preserve; and
        ``(2) report on the results of the programs within one year to 
    the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States 
    [Senate] and the Committee on Resources of the House of 
    Representatives.
    ``(b) In implementing the programs, the Secretary shall consult with 
the Native Corporations, nonprofit organizations, and Tribal entities in 
the immediate vicinity of such units and shall also, to the extent 
practicable, involve such groups in the development of interpretive 
materials and the pilot programs relating to such units.''


                            Local Hire Report

    Pub. L. 105-333, Sec. 11, Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3135, provided 
that:
    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act [Oct. 31, 1998], the Secretary of the Interior 
shall transmit to Congress a report.
    ``(b) Local Hire.--The report required by subsection (a) shall--
        ``(1) indicate the actions taken in carrying out subsection (b) 
    of section 1308 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation 
    Act (16 U.S.C. 3198);
        ``(2) address the recruitment processes that may restrict 
    employees hired under subsection (a) of such section from 
    successfully obtaining positions in the competitive service; and
        ``(3) describe the actions of the Secretary of the Interior in 
    contracting with Alaska Native Corporations to provide services with 
    respect to public lands in Alaska.
    ``(c) Cooperation.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall cooperate 
with the Secretary of the Interior in carrying out this section with 
respect to the Forest Service.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 5 section 2302.
