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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3751 

To amend the CARES Act to provide the Special Inspector General for 

Pandemic Recovery with additional personnel authorities, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 18, 2020 

Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. CRAPO, Ms. ERNST, and Mr. 

BOOKER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the CARES Act to provide the Special Inspector 

General for Pandemic Recovery with additional personnel 

authorities, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Special Inspector Gen5 eral for Pandemic Recovery Expedited Hiring Authorities 

6 Act of 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR PANDEMIC RE2 COVERY. 

3 Section 4018(e) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116– 

4 136) is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘The Special’’ and insert7 ing the following: 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara9 graph (B), the Special’’; and 

10 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.— 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

13 (ii), the Special Inspector General may ex14 ercise any authority provided to the head 

15 of a temporary organization under section 

16 3161 of title 5, United States Code, with17 out regard to whether the Office of the 

18 Special Inspector General for Pandemic 

19 Recovery qualifies as a temporary organi20 zation under subsection (a) of that section. 

21 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATIONS.—With respect to 

22 the exercise of authority under subsection 

23 (b) of section 3161 of title 5, United 

24 States Code, as permitted under clause (i) 

25 of this subparagraph— 


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1 ‘‘(I) the Special Inspector Gen2 eral may not make any appointment 

3 under that subsection on or after the 

4 later of— 

5 ‘‘(aa) the date that is 180 

6 days after the date of enactment 

7 of the Special Inspector General 

8 for Pandemic Recovery Expedited 

9 Hiring Authorities Act of 2020; 

10 or 

11 ‘‘(bb) the date that is 180 

12 days after the date on which the 

13 Special Inspector General is con14 firmed by the Senate; 

15 ‘‘(II) paragraph (2) of that sub16 section (relating to periods of appoint17 ments) shall not apply; and 

18 ‘‘(III) no period of an appoint19 ment made under that subsection may 

20 extend after the date on which the Of21 fice of the Special Inspector General 

22 for Pandemic Recovery terminates 

23 under subsection (h).’’; and 

24 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

25 ‘‘(5) REEMPLOYMENT OF ANNUITANTS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara2 graph (B), if an annuitant receiving an annuity 

3 from the Civil Service Retirement and Dis4 ability Fund becomes employed in a position in 

5 the Office of the Special Inspector General for 

6 Pandemic Recovery— 

7 ‘‘(i) the annuity of that annuitant 

8 shall continue; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) that reemployed annuitant shall 

10 not be considered to be an employee for 

11 the purposes of chapter 83 or 84 of title 

12 5, United States Code. 

13 ‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.—Subparagraph (A) 

14 shall apply to— 

15 ‘‘(i) not more than 25 employees of 

16 the Office of the Special Inspector General 

17 for Pandemic Recovery at any particular 

18 time, as designated by the Special Inspec19 tor General; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) pay periods beginning after the 

21 date of enactment of the Special Inspector 

22 General for Pandemic Recovery Expedited 

23 Hiring Authorities Act of 2020.’’. 

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