S.Amdt. 2613

SA 2613. Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Kaine, Mr.
Warner, Mr. Reed, Ms. Warren, and Ms. Hirono) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer
(for Ms. Sinema (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy,
Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and
Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid
highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 1152, strike lines 4 through 7 and insert the
following:
``(A) In general.--The Director may, without regard to any
provision of title 5 governing the appointment of employees
in the civil service--
``(i) appoint a total of not more than 140 scientific and
engineering personnel to positions in ARPA-I, in order to
facilitate the recruitment of eminent experts to support the
goals described in subsection (c);
On page 1152, lines 11 and 12, strike ``, without regard to
the civil service laws''.

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