S.Amdt. 4285

SA 4285. Mr. KIRK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ____. CRITICAL LANGUAGES PROFICIENCY BONUSES.

(a) In General.--Subchapter IV of chapter 57 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:

``Sec. 5762. Critical languages proficiency bonuses

``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
``(1) the term `covered agency' means--
``(A) the Central Intelligence Agency;
``(B) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
``(C) the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
``(D) the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency;
``(E) the National Reconnaissance Office;
``(F) the National Security Agency; and
``(G) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence;
``(2) the term `critical language' means--
``(A) Arabic;
``(B) Urdu;
``(C) Pashto;
``(D) Farsi;
``(E) Dari;
``(F) Tajiki;
``(G) Kurdish;
``(H) Turkish;
``(I) Somali; and
``(J) Hausa; and
``(3) the term `ILR' means the Interagency Language
Roundtable.
``(b) Bonuses.--
``(1) Recruiting bonus.--
``(A) In general.--The head of a covered agency may pay a
bonus under this section to an individual who is newly
appointed as an employee of the covered agency in a national
security position.
``(B) Amount.--The bonus described in subparagraph (A)
shall be equal to--
``(i) $25,000 if the individual has been assigned an ILR
skill level of 3, as of the date on which the individual is
appointed;
``(ii) $31,250 if the individual has been assigned an ILR
skill level of 4, as of the date on which the individual is
appointed; and
``(iii) $37,500 if the individual has been assigned an ILR
skill level of 5, as of the date on which the individual is
appointed.
``(2) Incentive bonus.--
``(A) In general.--The head of a covered agency may pay a
bonus under this section to an individual employed by the
covered agency in a national security position if--
``(i) before the date on which the individual is appointed
as an employee of the covered agency in a national security
position, the individual was not employed in a national
security position; and
``(ii) while employed by the covered agency in a national
security position, the individual is assigned an ILR skill
level of not lower than 3.
``(B) Amount.--The bonus described in subparagraph (A)
shall be equal to--
``(i) $20,000 if the individual is assigned an ILR skill
level of 3;
``(ii) $25,000 if the individual is assigned an ILR skill
level of 4; and
``(iii) $30,000 if the individual is assigned an ILR skill
level of 5.
``(C) Limitation.--An individual may receive only 1 bonus
under this paragraph.
``(3) Adjustment of amount.--The head of a covered agency
may adjust the amounts of the bonuses described in paragraph
(1) and (2) equal to amounts that the head of the covered
agency determines is necessary to maintain staff in the
covered agency with proficiency in critical languages.
``(4) Employees of the federal bureau of investigation.--A
bonus under this section may be awarded to an employee of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation in addition to any cash award
described in section 5761.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of
sections for subchapter IV of chapter 57 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``5762. Critical languages proficiency bonuses.''.
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