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Union Calendar No. 113 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2067 
[Report No. 113–156] 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to make permanent the authority 
of the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a separate compensation 
and performance management system with respect to persons holding 
critical scientific, technical, or professional positions within the Alcohol 
and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Department of the Treasury. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2013 
Mr. MEADOWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
JULY 16, 2013 
Additional sponsor: Mr. CONNOLLY 
JULY 16, 2013 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to make permanent 
the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to estab-
lish a separate compensation and performance manage-
ment system with respect to persons holding critical sci-
entific, technical, or professional positions within the Al-
cohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Department 
of the Treasury. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alcohol and Tobacco 
Tax and Trade Bureau Personnel Flexibilities Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart I of part III of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 
95 the following: 
‘‘CHAPTER 96—ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO 
TAX AND TRADE BUREAU 
‘‘9601. Definitions; applicability. 
‘‘9602. Compensation and performance management system. 
‘‘§ 9601. Definitions; applicability 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this chapter— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary 
of the Treasury; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘Bureau’ means the Alcohol and 
Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Department of the 
Treasury; and 
‘‘(3) the terms ‘senior executive’ and ‘Senior 
Executive Service position’ have the respective mean-
ings given them in section 3132(a). 
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—A compensation and perform-
ance management system established under section 9602 
shall not cover, and nothing in any such system shall be 
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considered to apply with respect to, a senior executive or 
a Senior Executive Service position. 
‘‘§ 9602. Compensation and performance management 
system 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a system, applying such criteria and procedures 
as the Secretary considers appropriate, which shall 
govern the compensation and performance manage-
ment of any number of employees holding critical 
scientific, technical, or professional positions in the 
Bureau. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY.—Subject to the provisions of 
this chapter— 
‘‘(A) the establishment of a compensation 
and performance management system under 
this section shall not be limited by any lack of 
specific authority under this title to take the ac-
tion contemplated, or by any provision of this 
title or any rule or regulation prescribed under 
this title which is inconsistent with the action; 
and 
‘‘(B) the total number of positions covered 
by the system or systems established under au-
thority of this section (determined on a full- 
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