VETERANS PREFERENCE WITHIN LOCAL HIRE OF ALASKA CONSERVATION SYSTEM UNITS.

SEC. 401. VETERANS PREFERENCE WITHIN LOCAL HIRE OF ALASKA CONSERVATION SYSTEM UNITS.Section 1308 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3198) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and 102 STAT. 4178 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: “(b) Preference Eligibles Within Local Hire.—Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), any individual who is eligible to be selected for a position under the provisions of subsection (a) and is a preference eligible as defined in section 2108(3) of title 5, United States Code, 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.”.