S.Amdt. 4387

SA 4387. Mr. CARPER 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 end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1097. PERSONNEL APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY.

(a) In General.--Section 306 of the Homeland Security Act
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 186) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(e) Personnel Appointment Authority.--
``(1) In general.--In appointing employees to positions in
the Directorate of Science and Technology, the Secretary
shall have the hiring and management authorities described in
section 1101 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note;
Public Law 105-261) (referred to in this subsection as
`section 1101').
``(2) Term of appointments.--The term of appointments for
employees under subsection (c)(1) of section 1101 may not
exceed 5 years before the granting of any extension under
subsection (c)(2) of that section.
``(3) Termination.--The authority under this subsection
shall terminate on the date on which the authority to carry
out the program under section 1101 terminates under section
1101(e)(1).''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 307(b) of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 187(b)) is amended by--
(1) striking paragraph (6); and
(2) redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (6).
(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in the amendments made
by this section shall be construed to limit the authority
granted under paragraph (6) of section 307(b) of the

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Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 187(b)), as in effect
on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.
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