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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6442. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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. __. 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. 1599k. 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 1599k 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:
“1599k. 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 is repealed.