[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2627]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 476. Mr. LUJAN 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 XXXII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. MODIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS 
                   FOR DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD.

       Section 313(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
     2286b(b)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``to the extent 
     authorized by section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 
     Code,''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2), to read as follows:
       ``(2) The limitations on rates and contract duration 
     specified in section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, 
     shall not apply to a contract entered into under paragraph 
     (1)(B).''.
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