[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 21, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4359]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2486. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Murphy) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. 
Inhofe 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 XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 1210. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY OF AND HIRING AUTHORITY FOR 
                   THE GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER.

       (a) Extension.--Section 1287(j) of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 2656 note) 
     is amended by striking ``the date that is 8 years after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``December 
     31, 2027''.
       (b) Hiring Authority for Global Engagement Center.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
     State, during the five-year period beginning on the date of 
     the enactment of this Act and solely to carry out functions 
     of the Global Engagement Center established by such section, 
     may--
       (1) appoint employees without regard to the provisions of 
     title 5, United States Code, regarding appointments in the 
     competitive service; and
       (2) fix the basic compensation of such employees without 
     regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such 
     title regarding classification and General Schedule pay 
     rates.

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