[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 88 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3441]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4393. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her 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:

       Strike section 1151 and insert the following:

     SEC. 1151. TERMINATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY ON 
                   FLAT RATE PER DIEM FOR LONG-TERM TEMPORARY DUTY 
                   FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT.

       (a) Termination.--The policy of the Department of Defense 
     on flat rate per diem for long-term temporary duty for 
     civilian employees of the Department (MAP/CAP 118-13), 
     effective as of November 1, 2014, is hereby terminated, and 
     the rate of per diem payable for such employees for such duty 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be the rate 
     of per diem that was payable for such employees for such duty 
     as of October 31, 2014.
       (b) Funding and Offset.--Within the amounts authorized to 
     be appropriated for fiscal year 2017 for the Department of 
     Defense by section 301--
       (1) the amount available for Undistributed Operation and 
     Maintenance as specified in the funding table in section 4301 
     is hereby increased by $52,000,000, with the amount of the 
     increase to be available for payment of per diem for long-
     term temporary duty for civilian employees of the Department 
     of Defense in connection with the termination of policy made 
     by subsection (a); and
       (2) the amount available for the Defense Contract 
     Management Agency as specified in the funding table in 
     section 4301 is hereby reduced by $52,000,000, with the 
     amount of the reduction to be applied to amounts otherwise 
     available for Administration and Servicewide Activities.
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