[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2570]
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  SA 381. Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mr. Reed) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. MODIFICATION OF COMPENSATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE 
                   AFGHANISTAN WAR COMMISSION.

       Section 1094(g)(1) of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 135 Stat. 1942) 
     is amended to read as follows:
       ``(1) Compensation of members.--
       ``(A) Non-federal employees.--A member of the Commission 
     who is not an officer or employee of the Federal Government 
     shall be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent 
     of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of 
     the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 
     States Code, for each day (including travel time) during 
     which the member is engaged in the performance of the duties 
     of the Commission.
       ``(B) Federal employees.--
       ``(i) In general.--A member of the Commission who is an 
     employee of the Federal Government may be compensated as 
     provided for under subparagraph (a) for periods of time 
     during which the member is engaged in the performance of the 
     duties of the Commission that fall outside of ordinary agency 
     working hours, as determined by the employing agency of such 
     member.
       ``(ii) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this paragraph 
     shall be construed to authorize dual pay for work performed 
     on behalf of the Commission and for a Federal agency during 
     the same hours of the same day.''.
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