S.Amdt. 5924

SA 5924. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 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, insert the following:

SEC. ___. CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS FOR POSITION OF GENERAL
COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS
AUTHORITY.

Section 7104(f) of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``(4)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the
General Counsel dies, resigns, is removed, or is otherwise
unable to perform the functions and duties of the position of
General Counsel, and (as of the date of that death,
resignation, removal, or beginning of inability to serve) no
individual is serving as Acting General Counsel, the Deputy
General Counsel shall perform the functions and duties of the
position of General Counsel temporarily in an acting capacity
until the date on which an individual assumes office as
General Counsel or Acting General Counsel.
``(B) An individual serving pursuant to subparagraph (A)
shall have all authorities vested in the General Counsel
under this chapter, including all authorities described in
paragraph (2).
``(C) Subparagraph (A) shall apply if, as of the date of
enactment of this paragraph, the offices of General Counsel
and Acting General Counsel are both vacant.''.
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