Direct hire for Office of Commercial Space Transportation

(a) In general The Secretary of Transportation shall use direct hire authorities (as such authorities existed on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act) to hire individuals on a noncompetitive basis for positions related to space launch and reentry licensing and permit activities. (b) Annual report Not less frequently than annually, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives an annual report on the use of direct hiring authorities to fill such positions within the Commercial Space Transportation Administration related to commercial space launch and reentry licensing and permit activities.