S.Amdt. 2486

SA 2486. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Murphy) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr.
Inhofe 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, insert the
following:

SEC. 1210. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY OF AND HIRING AUTHORITY FOR
THE GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER.

(a) Extension.--Section 1287(j) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 2656 note)
is amended by striking ``the date that is 8 years after the
date of the enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``December
31, 2027''.
(b) Hiring Authority for Global Engagement Center.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of
State, during the five-year period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act 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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