[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2033 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2033

   To extend the authority of, and provide hiring authority for, the 
                       Global Engagement Center.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 10, 2021

Mr. Portman (for himself and Mr. Murphy) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
   To extend the authority of, and provide hiring authority for, the 
                       Global Engagement Center.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY OF AND HIRING AUTHORITY FOR THE 
              GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER.

    (a) Extension.--Section 1287(j) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 2656 note) is amended 
by striking ``the date that is 8 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act'' and inserting ``December 31, 2027''.
    (b) Hiring Authority for Global Engagement Center.--Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary of State, during the five-
year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
solely to carry out functions of the Global Engagement Center 
established by such section, may--
            (1) appoint employees without regard to the provisions of 
        title 5, United States Code, regarding appointments in the 
        competitive service; and
            (2) fix the basic compensation of such employees without 
        regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such 
        title regarding classification and General Schedule pay rates.
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