[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3966]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1956. Mr. CARPER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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. 1116. PERSONNEL APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY.

       (a) In General.--Section 306 of the Homeland Security Act 
     of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 186) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(e) Personnel Appointment Authority.--
       ``(1) In general.--In appointing employees to positions in 
     the Directorate of Science and Technology, the Secretary 
     shall have the hiring and management authorities described in 
     section 1101 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note; 
     Public Law 105-261) (referred to in this subsection as 
     `section 1101').
       ``(2) Term of appointments.--The term of appointments for 
     employees under subsection (c)(1) of section 1101 may not 
     exceed 5 years before the granting of any extension under 
     subsection (c)(2) of that section.
       ``(3) Termination.--The authority under this subsection 
     shall terminate on the date on which the authority to carry 
     out the program under section 1101 terminates under section 
     1101(e)(1).''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 307(b) of the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 187(b)) is amended by--
       (1) striking paragraph (6); and
       (2) redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (6).
       (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in the amendments made 
     by this section shall be construed to limit the authority 
     granted under paragraph (6) of section 307(b) of the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 187(b)), as in effect on the 
     day before the date of enactment of this Act.
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