; (ii) the purpose of the Recent Graduates Program; and (iii) the needs of agencies. (f) Appointment and conversion The following requirements shall apply to an appointment in the Pathways Program: (1) An appointment to the Pathways Program shall be under the excepted service. (2) An appointment to the Recent Graduates Program may not exceed 2 years, unless extended by the employing agency for a period of not more than 120 days. (3) An appointment to the Pathways Program shall not confer any right to further Federal employment in the competitive service or the excepted service upon the expiration of the appointment, except that an agency— (A) may convert a participant noncompetitively to a term, career, or career-conditional appointment after the participant satisfies requirements to be established by the Director; and (B) may noncompetitively convert a participant who was initially converted to a term appointment under this section to a career or career-conditional appointment before the term appointment expires. (g) Definition of Federal internship program Section 3111a(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: (B) the Internship Program established under section 366(d) of the Inspire to Serve Act of 2020 ; . 367. Enhanced hiring for recent college graduates and post-secondary students (a) Recent graduate hiring authority Section 3115(e) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking all that follows exceed and inserting the following: the greater of— (A) the number equal to 15 percent of the number of individuals that the agency head appointed during the previous fiscal year to permanent employment; or (B) the number equal to 1 percent of the average number of permanent employees in the agency during the previous fiscal year.