S.Amdt. 974

SA 974. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Brown) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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

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year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:

SEC. __. ENROLLMENT OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE HOMELAND
SECURITY INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES AIR
FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.

(a) Enrollment Authorized.--Section 9314a of title 10,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by inserting ``and homeland security industry
employees'' after ``defense industry employees'';
(ii) by inserting ``or homeland security industry
employee'' after ``defense industry employee''; and
(iii) by inserting ``or homeland security-focused'' after
``defense-focused'';
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``125 defense industry
employees'' and inserting ``an aggregate of 125 defense
industry employees and homeland security industry
employees''; and
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``or homeland security
industry employee'' after ``defense industry employee'' each
place it appears;
(2) in subsection (c), by inserting ``and homeland security
industry employees'' after ``defense industry employees''
each place it appears;
(3) in subsection (d)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by inserting ``and homeland security industry
employees'' after ``defense industry employees''; and
(ii) by inserting ``or homeland security'' after ``and
defense''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or the Department of
Homeland Security, as applicable'' after ``the Department of
Defense''; and
(4) in subsection (f), by inserting ``and homeland security
industry employees'' after ``defense industry employees''.
(b) Homeland Security Industry Employees.--Subsection (b)
of such section is amended--
(1) by inserting after the first sentence the following new
sentence: ``For purposes of this section, an eligible
homeland security industry employee is an individual employed
by a private firm in one of the critical infrastructure
sectors identified in Presidential Policy Directive 21
(Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience).''; and
(2) in the last sentence, by inserting ``or homeland
security industry employee'' after ``defense industry
employee''.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section heading amendment.--The heading of such section
is amended to read as follows:

``Sec. 9314a. United States Air Force Institute of
Technology: admission of defense industry civilians;
admission of homeland security industry civilians''.

(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 901 of such title is amended by striking
the item relating to section 9314a and inserting the
following new item:

``9314a. United States Air Force Institute of Technology: admission of
defense industry civilians; admission of homeland
security industry civilians.''.
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