S.Amdt. 1721

SA 1721. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title XI, add the following:

SEC. 1116. MATTERS RELATING TO BIENNIAL STRATEGIC WORKFORCE
PLANS.

(a) Assessment of Intended Use of Special Hiring
Authorities and Other Authorities to Support the Worforce.--
Subsection (b)(1) of section 115b of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(E) the use of special hiring authorities to be made by
such Secretary or head of agency in addressing the matters
described in this section and of any other authorities that
would support the enhancement of the quality of the
workforce.''.
(b) Transmittal of Reports to Congress.--Subsection (f) of
such section is amended by inserting ``and to Congress''
after ``to the Secretary.''
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act
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