[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 188 (Tuesday, October 26, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7374]
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  SA 3878. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Murphy) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. 
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 G of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1283. 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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