SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Timely Review of In-
frastructure Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDRESSING INSUFFICIENT COMPENSATION OF 
EMPLOYEES AND OTHER PERSONNEL OF THE 
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMIS-
SION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 401 of the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7171) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) ADDRESSING INSUFFICIENT COMPENSATION OF 
EMPLOYEES AND OTHER PERSONNEL OF THE COMMIS-
SION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, if the Chairman publicly certifies 
that compensation for a category of employees or 
other personnel of the Commission is insufficient to 
retain or attract employees and other personnel to 
allow the Commission to carry out the functions of 
the Commission in a timely, efficient, and effective 
manner, the Chairman may fix the compensation for 
the category of employees or other personnel without 
regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 
53 of title 5, United States Code, or any other civil 
service law.
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—A cer-
tification issued under paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) apply with respect to a category of 
employees or other personnel responsible for 
conducting work of a scientific, technological, 
engineering, or mathematical nature; 
‘‘(B) specify a maximum amount of rea-
sonable compensation for the category of em-
ployees or other personnel; 
‘‘(C) be valid for a 5-year period beginning 
on the date on which the certification is issued; 
‘‘(D) be no broader than necessary to 
achieve the objective of retaining or attracting 
employees and other personnel to allow the 
Commission to carry out the functions of the 
Commission in a timely, efficient, and effective 
manner; and 
‘‘(E) include an explanation for why the 
other approaches available to the Chairman for 
retaining and attracting employees and other 
personnel are inadequate. 
‘‘(3) RENEWAL.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 
days before the date of expiration of a certifi-
cation issued under paragraph (1), the Chair-
man shall determine whether the certification 
should be renewed for a subsequent 5-year pe-
riod. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—If the Chairman de-
termines that a certification should be renewed 
under subparagraph (A), the Chairman may 
renew the certification, subject to the certifi-
cation requirements under paragraph (2) that 
were applicable to the initial certification. 
‘‘(4) NEW HIRES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An employee or other 
personnel that is a member of a category of em-
ployees or other personnel that would have been 
covered by a certification issued under para-
graph (1), but was hired during a period in 
which the certification has expired and has not 
been renewed under paragraph (3) shall not be 
eligible for compensation at the level that would 
have applied to the employee or other personnel 
if the certification had been in effect on the 
date on which the employee or other personnel 
was hired. 
‘‘(B) COMPENSATION OF NEW HIRES ON 
RENEWAL.—On renewal of a certification under 
paragraph (3), the Chairman may fix the com-
pensation of the employees or other personnel 
described in subparagraph (A) at the level es-
tablished for the category of employees or other 
personnel in the certification. 
‘‘(5) RETENTION
OF
LEVEL
OF
FIXED
COM-
PENSATION.—A category of employees or other per-
sonnel, the compensation of which was fixed by the 
Chairman in accordance with paragraph (1), may, at 
the discretion of the Chairman, have the level of 
fixed compensation for the category of employees or 
other personnel retained, regardless of whether a 
certification described under that paragraph is in ef-
fect with respect to the compensation of the category 
of employees or other personnel. 
‘‘(6) CONSULTATION
REQUIRED.—The Chair-
man shall consult with the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management in implementing this sub-
section, including in the determination of the 
amount of compensation with respect to each cat-
egory of employees or other personnel. 
‘‘(7) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Chairman may—