S.Amdt. 3152

SA 3152. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ____. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY INSPECTOR GENERAL EXTENDED
VACANCY PREVENTION.

If the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and
Efficiency (referred to in this section as the ``Council'')
determines that a vacancy exists at the position of Inspector
General of the Office of Inspector General at the Department
and the President has not nominated an Inspector General to
fill that vacancy by the end of the 210-day period beginning
on the date the vacancy began, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, there shall be transferred from the
salaries and expenses account of the White House to the
Office of Inspector General account of the Department $20,000
for each month during which the Council determines that the
President has not nominated an Inspector General to fill that
vacancy, to continue on a monthly basis until the President
has made the nomination.
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