123STA T . 11 70PUBLIC LA W 111 – 11 —M A R .30 , 200 9SEC.60 0 3 .E F FEC TO FS UB T I T L E. Nothing in thi s s ub tit leaf fe c tsthea p plicabilit y of any F e d e r al ,S tate, or local la w with respect to any watershed group .Subti t leB—Comp etiti v eSt a tu sf o rF e d eral E mplo y ees i nA las k a SEC. 6 1 01. CO MP ETITI V EST A TUS FO R CERTAI N FE D ERAL EMPLO Y EES INT H E STATE OF ALAS K A. Section 1308 of the A las k a National I nterest L ands C onser v a - tion Act ( 1 6U .S.C. 31 9 8 ) isa m ended by adding at the end the following
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‘(e) C OMPETI TI V EST A T US . — ‘‘(1) I NG ENE R A L .—Nothing in subsection (a) provides that any person hired pursuant to the program established under that subsection is not eligible for competitive status in the same manner as any other employee hired as part of the competitive service. ‘‘( 2 ) R E D ESIGNATION O FC ERTAIN POSITIONS.— ‘‘(A) P ERSONS SERVING IN ORIGINAL POSITIONS.—Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, with respect to any person hired into a perma- nent position pursuant to the program established under subsection (a) who is serving in that position as of the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall redesignate that position and the person serving in that position as having been part of the competitive service as of the date that the person was hired into that position. ‘‘( B ) PERSONS NO LONGER SERVING IN ORIGINAL POSI- TIONS.— W ith respect to any person who was hired pursuant to the program established under subsection (a) that is no longer serving in that position as of the date of enact- ment of this subsection— ‘‘(i) the person may provide to the Secretary a re q uest for redesignation of the service as part of the competitive service that includes evidence of the employment
and ‘‘(ii) not later than 90 days of the submission of a request under clause (i), the Secretary shall redesig- nate the service of the person as being part of the competitive service. ’ ’. Subtitle C— W olf L ivesto c k Loss D emonstration P ro j ect SEC. 6 2 01. DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle: (1) INDIAN TRI B E.— T he term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self- D etermination and E ducation Assistance Act (2 5 U.S.C. 450b). (2) LIVESTOC K .—The term ‘‘livestock’’ means cattle, swine, horses, mules, sheep, goats, livestock guard animals, and other domestic animals, as determined by the Secretary. 7USC426note.D e adli ne s . 1 6USC1 0 1 5b .
