Summary

Creates a five-year pilot program run by the Office of Personnel Management to recruit, test, refer, and, when appropriate, make noncompetitive career-conditional appointments of veterans into supervisory and non‑supervisory roles in specified career fields at federal land management agencies. OPM must set up the pilot within one year, publish application requirements, issue testing guidance, oversee agency administration of tests and referrals, allow training and re-testing for unsuccessful applicants, and report annually to Congress until the pilot ends. The pilot covers the Forest Service, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau of Reclamation. The Director may waive postsecondary credential requirements when necessary for covered positions and agencies must refer qualified veterans to the federal employment website and either appoint them noncompetitively or direct them to training and re-testing paths.

• Creates a five-year pilot run by OPM to recruit, test, refer, and appoint veterans into specified land management career fields.
• Covers five federal land management agencies: Forest Service, NPS, Fish and Wildlife Service, BLM, and Bureau of Reclamation.
• OPM must stand up the pilot within 1 year, publish requirements, provide testing guidance within 180 days, and oversee implementation.
• Agencies must administer tests, refer qualified veterans to the federal jobs site, and may make noncompetitive career‑conditional appointments for qualified veterans.
• Unsuccessful veteran applicants must be offered training and re-testing opportunities and can be appointed if they later qualify.
• OPM may waive recognized postsecondary credential requirements for covered positions when needed.
• OPM must report to congressional committees within 1 year of establishment and annually until the pilot ends.
• The pilot terminates automatically 5 years after it begins, and no specific appropriations are specified in the text.