; and (C) an appointment pursuant to subtitle E of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.). . (b) Competitive service; time-Limited appointments Section 9602 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) as subsections (d) through (g), respectively; (2) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— (A) by striking Notwithstanding and inserting Appointments to land management agencies .—Notwithstanding ; and (B) by inserting described in section 9601(2)(A) after time-limited appointment ; (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: (b) Appointments under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act Notwithstanding chapter 33 or any other provision of law relating to the examination, certification, and appointment of individuals in the competitive service— (1) an employee appointed under the authority described in section 9601(2)(B) and serving under a full-time, time-limited appointment is eligible to compete for a permanent appointment in the competitive service at the Federal Emergency Management Agency or any other agency (as defined in section 101 of title 31) under the internal merit promotion procedures of the applicable agency if— (A) the employee has served under one or more time-limited appointments for at least 2 years without a break in service; and (B) the performance of the employee has been at an acceptable level of performance throughout the one or more time-limited appointment periods referred to in subparagraph (A)