A bill to extend the authority of, and provide hiring authority for, the Global Engagement Center.

Bill: 117-s-2033
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2021-06-10
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Department of State

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Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

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Latest action: action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-06-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill extends the authorization for the Global Engagement Center of the Department of State through calendar year 2027, and it provides the State Department with hiring authority for the center that is not controlled by requirements for competitive service positions or classification and general schedule pay rates.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2033 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 10, 2021 Mr. Portman (for himself and Mr. Murphy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To extend the authority of, and provide hiring authority for, the Global Engagement Center.

1. Extension of authority of and hiring authority for the Global Engagement Center (a) Extension Section 1287(j) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) is amended by striking the date that is 8 years after the date of the enactment of this Act and inserting December 31, 2027 . (b) Hiring authority for Global Engagement Center Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of State, during the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and solely to carry out functions of the Global Engagement Center established by such section, may— (1) appoint employees without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, regarding appointments in the competitive service; and (2) fix the basic compensation of such employees without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title regarding classification and General Schedule pay rates.