PRIORITY CONSIDERATION FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

SEC. 11203. PRIORITY CONSIDERATION FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. (a) Establishment.—As soon as practicable after appointment, the Bureau of Prisons, working with the Corrections Trustee, shall establish a priority consideration program to facilitate employment placement for employees of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections who are scheduled to be separated from service as a result of closing the Lorton Correctional Complex. (b) Provisions.—The priority consideration program shall include provisions under which a vacant federal correctional institution position established as a result of this Act and identified for external hiring shall not be filled by the appointment of any 111 STAT. 739individual from outside of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections if there is available any interested applicant within the District of Columbia Department of Corrections who meets all qualification and suitability requirements for Bureau of Prisons law enforcement positions, including those related to criminal history, educational experience and level of functions, drug use, and work-related misconduct. The priority consideration program shall also include provisions under which an employee described in subsection (a) who does not meet the qualification and suitability requirements for Bureau of Prisons law enforcement positions shall receive priority consideration for other Federal positions, and any such employee who is found to be well qualified for such a position may be appointed without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service. Such program shall terminate one year after the closing of the Lorton Correctional Complex.