[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4931-S4932]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5555. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 in title XI, insert the 
     following:

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     SEC. ___. MAKING PERMANENT THE DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR 
                   DOMESTIC DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE FACILITIES, 
                   THE MAJOR RANGE AND TEST FACILITIES BASE, AND 
                   THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONAL TEST 
                   AND EVALUATION.

       (a) Codification of Section 1125 of FY 2017 NDAA.--Chapter 
     81 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
     the end a new section consisting of--
       (1) a heading as follows:

     ``Sec. 1599j. Direct hire authority for domestic defense 
       industrial base facilities, the Major Range and Test 
       Facilities Base, and the Office of the Director of 
       Operational Test and Evaluation''; and

       (2) a text consisting of the text of section 1125 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (10 
     U.S.C. 1580 note prec.).
       (b) Conforming Amendments in Connection With 
     Codification.--Section 1599j of title 10, United States Code, 
     as added by subsection (a), is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by striking ``During each of fiscal years 2017 through 
     2025, the Secretary'' and inserting ``The Secretary''; and
       (B) by striking ``United States Code,''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) by striking ``During fiscal years 2017 through 2021, 
     the Secretary'' and inserting ``The Secretary''; and
       (B) by striking ``United States Code,''.
       (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 81 of such title is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new item:

``1599j. Direct hire authority for domestic defense industrial base 
              facilities, the Major Range and Test Facilities Base, and 
              the Office of the Director of Operational Test and 
              Evaluation.''.
       (d) Conforming Repeal.--Section 1125 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (10 U.S.C. 
     1580 note prec.) is repealed.
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