S.Amdt. 381

SA 381. Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mr. Reed) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. ___. MODIFICATION OF COMPENSATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE
AFGHANISTAN WAR COMMISSION.

Section 1094(g)(1) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 135 Stat. 1942)
is amended to read as follows:
``(1) Compensation of members.--
``(A) Non-federal employees.--A member of the Commission
who is not an officer or employee of the Federal Government
shall be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent
of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of
the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United
States Code, for each day (including travel time) during
which the member is engaged in the performance of the duties
of the Commission.
``(B) Federal employees.--
``(i) In general.--A member of the Commission who is an
employee of the Federal Government may be compensated as
provided for under subparagraph (a) for periods of time
during which the member is engaged in the performance of the
duties of the Commission that fall outside of ordinary agency
working hours, as determined by the employing agency of such
member.
``(ii) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed to authorize dual pay for work performed
on behalf of the Commission and for a Federal agency during
the same hours of the same day.''.
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