S.Amdt. 315

SA 315. Mr. PERDUE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 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 title XI, add the following:

SEC. 11__. MODIFICATION OF DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN
PERSONNEL INVOLVED WITH DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.

Section 9905(a) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as
paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) Any position in a facility or location that provides
work or support for activities referred to in paragraph (1),
including a facility or location geographically independent
of the location of activities referred to in that
paragraph.''.
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