S.Amdt. 2573

SA 2573. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2499 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill S. 178, to
condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in
Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and
harassment of these communities inside and outside China; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR PANDEMIC RECOVERY.

Section 4018(e) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9053) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``The Special'' and inserting the
following:
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the
Special''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) Additional authorities.--
``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), the Special
Inspector General may exercise any authority provided to the
head of a temporary organization under section 3161 of title
5, United States Code, without regard to whether the Office
of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery
qualifies as a temporary organization under subsection (a) of
that section.
``(ii) Limitations.--With respect to the exercise of
authority under subsection (b) of section 3161 of title 5,
United States Code, as permitted under clause (i) of this
subparagraph--

``(I) the Special Inspector General may not make any
appointment under that subsection on or after the later of--

``(aa) the date that is 180 days after the date of
enactment of this subparagraph; or
``(bb) the date that is 180 days after the date on which
the Special Inspector General is confirmed by the Senate;

``(II) paragraph (2) of that subsection (relating to
periods of appointments) shall not apply; and
``(III) no period of an appointment made under that
subsection may extend after the date on which the Office of
the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery
terminates under subsection (h).''; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(5) Reemployment of annuitants.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), if an
annuitant receiving an annuity from the Civil Service
Retirement and Disability Fund becomes employed in a position
in the Office of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic
Recovery--
``(i) the annuity of that annuitant shall continue; and
``(ii) that reemployed annuitant shall not be considered to
be an employee for the purposes of chapter 83 or 84 of title
5, United States Code.
``(B) Limitations.--Subparagraph (A) shall apply to--
``(i) not more than 25 employees of the Office of the
Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery at any
particular time, as designated by the Special Inspector
General; and
``(ii) pay periods beginning after the date of enactment of
this paragraph.''.
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