[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3406]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 315. Mr. PERDUE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 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. 11__. MODIFICATION OF DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN 
                   PERSONNEL INVOLVED WITH DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                   MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.

       Section 9905(a) of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as 
     paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
       ``(2) Any position in a facility or location that provides 
     work or support for activities referred to in paragraph (1), 
     including a facility or location geographically independent 
     of the location of activities referred to in that 
     paragraph.''.
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