[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3317]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4285. Mr. KIRK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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. ____. CRITICAL LANGUAGES PROFICIENCY BONUSES.

       (a) In General.--Subchapter IV of chapter 57 of title 5, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``Sec. 5762. Critical languages proficiency bonuses

       ``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
       ``(1) the term `covered agency' means--
       ``(A) the Central Intelligence Agency;
       ``(B) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
       ``(C) the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
       ``(D) the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency;
       ``(E) the National Reconnaissance Office;
       ``(F) the National Security Agency; and
       ``(G) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence;
       ``(2) the term `critical language' means--
       ``(A) Arabic;
       ``(B) Urdu;
       ``(C) Pashto;
       ``(D) Farsi;
       ``(E) Dari;
       ``(F) Tajiki;
       ``(G) Kurdish;
       ``(H) Turkish;
       ``(I) Somali; and
       ``(J) Hausa; and
       ``(3) the term `ILR' means the Interagency Language 
     Roundtable.
       ``(b) Bonuses.--
       ``(1) Recruiting bonus.--
       ``(A) In general.--The head of a covered agency may pay a 
     bonus under this section to an individual who is newly 
     appointed as an employee of the covered agency in a national 
     security position.
       ``(B) Amount.--The bonus described in subparagraph (A) 
     shall be equal to--
       ``(i) $25,000 if the individual has been assigned an ILR 
     skill level of 3, as of the date on which the individual is 
     appointed;
       ``(ii) $31,250 if the individual has been assigned an ILR 
     skill level of 4, as of the date on which the individual is 
     appointed; and
       ``(iii) $37,500 if the individual has been assigned an ILR 
     skill level of 5, as of the date on which the individual is 
     appointed.
       ``(2) Incentive bonus.--
       ``(A) In general.--The head of a covered agency may pay a 
     bonus under this section to an individual employed by the 
     covered agency in a national security position if--
       ``(i) before the date on which the individual is appointed 
     as an employee of the covered agency in a national security 
     position, the individual was not employed in a national 
     security position; and
       ``(ii) while employed by the covered agency in a national 
     security position, the individual is assigned an ILR skill 
     level of not lower than 3.
       ``(B) Amount.--The bonus described in subparagraph (A) 
     shall be equal to--
       ``(i) $20,000 if the individual is assigned an ILR skill 
     level of 3;
       ``(ii) $25,000 if the individual is assigned an ILR skill 
     level of 4; and
       ``(iii) $30,000 if the individual is assigned an ILR skill 
     level of 5.
       ``(C) Limitation.--An individual may receive only 1 bonus 
     under this paragraph.
       ``(3) Adjustment of amount.--The head of a covered agency 
     may adjust the amounts of the bonuses described in paragraph 
     (1) and (2) equal to amounts that the head of the covered 
     agency determines is necessary to maintain staff in the 
     covered agency with proficiency in critical languages.
       ``(4) Employees of the federal bureau of investigation.--A 
     bonus under this section may be awarded to an employee of the 
     Federal Bureau of Investigation in addition to any cash award 
     described in section 5761.''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of 
     sections for subchapter IV of chapter 57 of title 5, United 
     States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``5762. Critical languages proficiency bonuses.''.
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