[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3327]
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  SA 1802. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 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 A of title XI, add the following:

     SEC. __. INCLUSION OF NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 
                   IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
                   AUTHORITY TO ATTRACT EXPERTS IN SCIENCE AND 
                   ENGINEERING.

       (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 1599h of title 
     10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(7) National geospatial-intelligence agency.--The 
     Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency may 
     carry out a program of personnel management authority 
     provided in subsection (b) in order to facilitate recruitment 
     of eminent experts in science or engineering for the 
     Agency.''.
       (b) Scope of Appointment Authority.--Subsection (b)(1) of 
     such section is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in subparagraph (F), by adding ``and'' at the end; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(G) in the case of the National Geospatial-Intelligence 
     Agency, appoint scientists and engineers to a total of not 
     more than 5 scientific and engineering positions in the 
     Agency;''.
       (c) Enhanced Pay Authority.--Subsection (b)(2)(A) of such 
     section is amended--
       (1) by striking ``paragraph (1)(B)'' and inserting 
     ``subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1)''; and
       (2) by inserting ``or employees appointed pursuant to 
     subparagraph (G) of such paragraph to any of 3 positions 
     designated by the Director of the National Geospatial-
     Intelligence Agency'' after ``this subparagraph''.
       (d) Extension of Terms of Appointment.--Subsection (c)(2) 
     of such section is amended by striking ``or the Joint 
     Artificial Intelligence Center'' and inserting ``the Joint 
     Artificial Intelligence Center, or the National Geospatial-
     Intelligence Agency''.
       (e) Study Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Intelligence and Security and the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall jointly submit to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress a study on the utility of providing 
     elements of the intelligence community of the Department of 
     Defense, other than the National Geospatial-Intelligence 
     Agency, personnel management authority to attract experts in 
     science and engineering under section 1599h of title 10, 
     United States Code.
       (2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (i) the Committee on Armed Services and the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (ii) the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (B) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence 
     community'' has the meaning given such term in section 3 of 
     the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).
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