S.Amdt. 2992

1. Adds SEC. 1107. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO EXPERIMENTAL PERSONNEL PROGRAM FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL at the end of title XI

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   Inserted: SEC. 1107. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO EXPERIMENTAL PERSONNEL PROGRAM FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL.

   Inserted: (a) Increase in Number of DARPA Positions Under Program.--Subsection (b)(1)(A) of section 1101 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note) is amended by striking "40 scientific and engineering positions" and inserting "60 scientific and engineering positions".

   Inserted: (b) Limitations on Additional Payments.--Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:

   Inserted: "(d) Limitations on Additional Payments.--(1) The total amount of the additional payments paid to an employee under this section for any 12-month period may not exceed the lesser of the following amounts:

   Inserted: "(A) $50,000 in fiscal year 2008, which may be adjusted annually thereafter by the Secretary, with a percentage increase equal to one-half of 1 percentage point less than the percentage by which the Employment Cost Index, published quarterly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the base quarter of the year before the preceding calendar year exceeds the Employment Cost Index for the base quarter of the second year before the preceding calendar year.

   Inserted: "(B) The amount equal to 50 percent of the employee's annual rate of basic pay.

   Inserted: "(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term 'base quarter' has the meaning given that term in section 5302(3) of title 5, United States Code.

   Inserted: "(3) Except as authorized by subsection (e), an employee appointed under this section is not eligible for any bonus, monetary award, or other monetary incentive for service except for payments authorized under this section.

   Inserted: "(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section (other than subsection (e)) or section 5307 of title 5, United States Code, no additional payments may be paid to an employee under this section in any calendar year if, or to the extent that, the employee's total annual compensation will exceed the maximum amount of total annual compensation payable at the salary set in accordance with section 104 of title 3, United States Code.".

   Inserted: (c) Payment of Relocation Expenses.--Such section is further amended--

   Inserted: (1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively; and

   Inserted: (2) by inserting after subsection (d), as amended by subsection (b) of this section, the following new subsection (e):

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   Inserted: "(e) Payment of Relocation Expenses.--(1) An individual appointed under this section may be paid travel, transportation, and relocation expenses to the same extent, in the same manner, and subject to the same conditions as the payment of such expenses to an employee transferred in the interests of the United States Government.

   Inserted: "(2) Amounts payable to an individual under this subsection are in addition to any other amounts payable to the individual under this section.".

   Inserted: (d) Annual Reports.--Subsection (h) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (c)(1) of this section, is further amended by striking "beginning in 1999 and ending in 2009,".

   Inserted: (e) Conforming Amendments.--Such section is further amended--

   Inserted: (1) in subsection (a), by striking "subsection (e)(1)" and inserting " subsection (f)(1)";

   Inserted: (2) in subsection (b)(3), by striking "subsection (d)(1)" and inserting "subsection (d)"; and

   Inserted: (3) in subsection (g), as redesignated by subsection (c)(1) of this section, by striking "subsection (e)(1)" and inserting "subsection (f)(1)".

   Inserted: (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take effect one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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   At the end of title XI, add the following:

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