[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 114 (Wednesday, July 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4395]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2144. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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:

     SEC. ___. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN PERSONNEL OF THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN THE INDO-PACIFIC.

       Section 9905(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(15) Any position in Guam, the Commonwealth of the 
     Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the 
     Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of the 
     Marshall Islands supporting military mission or posture 
     requirements in the Indo-Pacific.''.
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