[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 12, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5234-S5235]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 990. Mr. BOOZMAN 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 year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON DELEGATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY IN 
                   CONNECTION WITH DOMICILE-TO-DUTY LIMITATIONS.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than December 1, 2017, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
     report setting forth an assessment of the feasability and 
     advisability of permitting the Secretaries of the military 
     departments to delegate to commanding officers in general and 
     flag officer positions authority to waive limitations on the 
     use of passenger carriers as a means of transporting 
     Government personnel between residence and place of 
     employment under section 1344 of title 31, United States Code 
     (commonly referred to as ``Domicile-to-Duty''), for members 
     of the Armed Forces and civilian personnel of the military 
     departments who have significant responsibility for missions 
     executing or supporting round-the-clock performance of combat 
     operations or intelligence, counterintelligence, protective 
     service, or criminal law enforcement duties.
       (b) Elements.--The assessment required pursuant to 
     subsection (a) shall--
       (1) assume that any delegation of waiver authority as 
     described in that subsection

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     shall complement, and not replace, the waiver authority of 
     the Secretaries of the military departments under section 
     1344 of title 31, United States Code; and
       (2) take into account the extent to which delegation of 
     such waiver authority would impact the safe and efficient 
     conduct of missions described in that subsection.
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