Title: Timely Review of Infrastructure Act
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
Timely Review of Infrastructure Act
This bill amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)	to address insufficient compensation of its personnel.	FERC must consult with the Office of Personnel Management when making a determination of the appropriate compensation for its personnel.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6552 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6552

     To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to address 
   insufficient compensation of employees and other personnel of the 
     Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2018

 Mr. Olson (for himself, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, 
Mr. McCaul, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Gonzalez of Texas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to address 
   insufficient compensation of employees and other personnel of the 
     Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Timely Review of Infrastructure 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDRESSING INSUFFICIENT COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES AND OTHER 
              PERSONNEL OF THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION.

    (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)(1) 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 its functions in a timely, efficient, and effective 
manner, the Chairman may fix the compensation for such 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) A certification described in paragraph (1) shall apply with 
respect to a category of employees or other personnel, specify a 
maximum reasonable compensation for such category of employees or other 
personnel, and be valid for a 5-year period beginning on the date the 
certification is made. Not later than 90 days before the expiration of 
the certification, the Chairman shall determine whether the 
certification should be renewed for a subsequent 5-year period. 
    ``(3) Any employee or other personnel whose compensation was fixed 
by the Chairman in accordance with paragraph (1) may, at the discretion 
of the Chairman, retain the level of compensation so fixed, regardless 
of whether a certification described in paragraph (1) is in effect with 
respect to the compensation of such employee or other personnel.
    ``(4) The Chairman shall consult with the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management in the implementation of this subsection, 
including in the determination of compensation with respect to each 
category of employees or other personnel.
    ``(5) The Chairman may apply the provisions of this subsection with 
respect to experts and consultants whose services are procured by the 
Chairman in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code.''.
    (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and every two years thereafter for 10 years, the 
Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall submit to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a 
report on information relating to hiring, vacancies, and compensation 
at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, including any associated 
trends regarding such hiring, vacancies, and compensation.
    (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply beginning on 
the date that is 30 days after such date of enactment.
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