S.Amdt. 990

SA 990. Mr. BOOZMAN 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 year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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

SEC. ___. REPORT ON DELEGATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY IN
CONNECTION WITH DOMICILE-TO-DUTY LIMITATIONS.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than December 1, 2017, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a
report setting forth an assessment of the feasability and
advisability of permitting the Secretaries of the military
departments to delegate to commanding officers in general and
flag officer positions authority to waive limitations on the
use of passenger carriers as a means of transporting
Government personnel between residence and place of
employment under section 1344 of title 31, United States Code
(commonly referred to as ``Domicile-to-Duty''), for members
of the Armed Forces and civilian personnel of the military
departments who have significant responsibility for missions
executing or supporting round-the-clock performance of combat
operations or intelligence, counterintelligence, protective
service, or criminal law enforcement duties.
(b) Elements.--The assessment required pursuant to
subsection (a) shall--
(1) assume that any delegation of waiver authority as
described in that subsection

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shall complement, and not replace, the waiver authority of
the Secretaries of the military departments under section
1344 of title 31, United States Code; and
(2) take into account the extent to which delegation of
such waiver authority would impact the safe and efficient
conduct of missions described in that subsection.
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