[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7922-S7923]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4412. Mr. PETERS 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. COMPETITIVE STATUS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES HIRED BY 
                   INSPECTORS GENERAL TO SUPPORT THE LEAD IG 
                   MISSION.

       Section 8L(d)(5) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
     U.S.C. App.) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``a lead Inspector 
     General for'' and inserting ``any Inspector General specified 
     in subsection (c) for oversight of''; and

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       (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``2 years'' and 
     inserting ``4 years''.
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