To limit the compensation of employees funded through the Employment and Training Administration.

SA 3600. Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Ensign, and Mrs. Murray) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 4939, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the end of page 248, line 22, insert the following:

Sec. . None of the funds appropriated in Public Law 109-149 under the heading Employment and Training Administration shall be used to pay the compensation of an individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. Where Employment and Training Administration funds appropriated in Public Law 109-149 are used for compensation of an individual, the total federal funding that may go to compensation of that individual shall not exceed a rate in excess of Executive Level II. States may establish a lower limit of total compensation for those receiving compensation from Employment and Training Administration funding employed in that state, taking into account factors including the relative cost-of-living in the state, the compensation levels for comparable state or local government employees, and the size of the organizations that administer federal programs involved including Employment and Training Administration programs.