S.Amdt. 1888

SA 1888. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Murphy) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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 A of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1210. MODIFICATION TO AND HIRING AUTHORITY FOR THE
GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER.

(a) Elimination of Termination Date for the Global
Engagement Center.--Section 1287 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 2656 note)
is amended--
(1) in subsection (h), by striking the second sentence; and
(2) by striking subsection (j).
(b) Hiring Authority for Global Engagement Center.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of
State, on a time-limited basis and solely to carry out
functions of the Global Engagement Center established by such
section, may--
(1) appoint employees without regard to the provisions of
title 5, United States Code, regarding appointments in the
competitive service; and
(2) fix the basic compensation of such employees without
regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such
title regarding classification and General Schedule pay
rates.
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