[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 140 (Thursday, August 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5981]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2613. Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Kaine, Mr. 
Warner, Mr. Reed, Ms. Warren, and Ms. Hirono) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer 
(for Ms. Sinema (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, 
Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and 
Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid 
highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        On page 1152, strike lines 4 through 7 and insert the 
     following:
       ``(A) In general.--The Director may, without regard to any 
     provision of title 5 governing the appointment of employees 
     in the civil service--
       ``(i) appoint a total of not more than 140 scientific and 
     engineering personnel to positions in ARPA-I, in order to 
     facilitate the recruitment of eminent experts to support the 
     goals described in subsection (c);
       On page 1152, lines 11 and 12, strike ``, without regard to 
     the civil service laws''.

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