[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 12, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5229-S5230]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 974. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Brown) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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

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year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:

     SEC. __. ENROLLMENT OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE HOMELAND 
                   SECURITY INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES AIR 
                   FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.

       (a) Enrollment Authorized.--Section 9314a of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by inserting ``and homeland security industry 
     employees'' after ``defense industry employees'';
       (ii) by inserting ``or homeland security industry 
     employee'' after ``defense industry employee''; and
       (iii) by inserting ``or homeland security-focused'' after 
     ``defense-focused'';
       (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``125 defense industry 
     employees'' and inserting ``an aggregate of 125 defense 
     industry employees and homeland security industry 
     employees''; and
       (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``or homeland security 
     industry employee'' after ``defense industry employee'' each 
     place it appears;
       (2) in subsection (c), by inserting ``and homeland security 
     industry employees'' after ``defense industry employees'' 
     each place it appears;
       (3) in subsection (d)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by inserting ``and homeland security industry 
     employees'' after ``defense industry employees''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``or homeland security'' after ``and 
     defense''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or the Department of 
     Homeland Security, as applicable'' after ``the Department of 
     Defense''; and
       (4) in subsection (f), by inserting ``and homeland security 
     industry employees'' after ``defense industry employees''.
       (b) Homeland Security Industry Employees.--Subsection (b) 
     of such section is amended--
       (1) by inserting after the first sentence the following new 
     sentence: ``For purposes of this section, an eligible 
     homeland security industry employee is an individual employed 
     by a private firm in one of the critical infrastructure 
     sectors identified in Presidential Policy Directive 21 
     (Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience).''; and
       (2) in the last sentence, by inserting ``or homeland 
     security industry employee'' after ``defense industry 
     employee''.
       (c) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Section heading amendment.--The heading of such section 
     is amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 9314a. United States Air Force Institute of 
       Technology: admission of defense industry civilians; 
       admission of homeland security industry civilians''.

       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 901 of such title is amended by striking 
     the item relating to section 9314a and inserting the 
     following new item:

``9314a. United States Air Force Institute of Technology: admission of 
              defense industry civilians; admission of homeland 
              security industry civilians.''.
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