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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Federal Workforce Reduction Act of
2010''.

SEC. 2. REDUCING THE NUMBER OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

Section 3101 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ''Each Executive agency'' and inserting
''(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), each Executive
agency''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
''(b) Reduction in Number of Employees.--
''(1) Hiring freeze.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
during fiscal year 2011 and each succeeding fiscal year for
which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (in
such manner as the Director determines to be appropriate)
projects a Federal budget deficit, the head of an Executive
agency may not appoint any individual to a position in the
agency.
''(2) Permitting appointments from federal workforce hiring
pool.--
''(A) Establishment of pool.--The President shall
establish a Federal workforce hiring pool consisting of
positions which may be allocated among all Executive
agencies.
''(B) Procedures.--The head of an Executive agency
may appoint an individual to a position in the agency
if--
''(i) there is a position available in the
Federal workforce hiring pool;
''(ii) the head of the Executive agency
submits a request to the President for the
allocation of a position in the Federal
workforce hiring pool to the agency for
purposes of making an appointment; and
''(iii) the President approves the request.
''(C) Process and criteria for approving
requests.--The President shall promulgate regulations--
''(i) setting forth the process by which
the head of an Executive agency may make a
request under this subsection; and
''(ii) setting forth the criteria by which
the President shall determine on a competitive
basis whether to approve a request by the head
of an Executive agency under this subsection.
''(D) Number of positions in pool.--
''(i) Initial number.--As of the first day
of fiscal year 2011, the number of positions in
the Federal workforce hiring pool shall equal
zero.
''(ii) Changes to initial number.--After
the first day of fiscal year 2011, the number
of positions in the Federal workforce hiring
pool--
''(I) shall increase by .50 for
each full-time-equivalent position in
any Executive agency which subsequently
becomes vacant; and
''(II) shall decrease by 1.0 for
each request for a full-time equivalent
position which is approved by the
President under this subsection.
''(3) Waiver in case of emergency or need to protect
national security.--The President may waive this subsection
with respect to the hiring of an employee for a position upon a
determination by the President that--
''(A) the existence of a state of war or other
national security concern so requires; or
''(B) the existence of an extraordinary emergency
threatening life, health, safety, or property so
requires.
''(4) Action through opm.--The President shall carry out
this subsection through the Director of the Office of Personnel
Management, who shall consult with the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget.
''(5) Reports to congress.--
''(A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the
end of each quarter of a fiscal year, the President
shall provide Congress with a report containing a list
of each appointment approved by the President under
this subsection during the quarter, broken down by
executive agency.
''(B) Information included.--The list contained in
a report provided to Congress under subparagraph (A)
shall include a description of the position associated
with each approved appointment, but shall not provide
any information that may be used to identify the
individual appointed to the position.
''(C) Public dissemination.--The President shall
make each report provided to Congress under
subparagraph (A) available to the public by posting the
report on the official public website of the Executive
Office of the President in a searchable, sortable, and
downloadable manner.
''(6) Exclusion of certain executive agencies.--This
subsection does not apply to--
''(A) the Department of Defense;
''(B) the Department of Homeland Security; or
''(C) the Department of Veterans' Affairs.''.
[A]: Federal Workforce Reduction Act of 2010 - Prohibits the head of an executive agency from appointing any individual to a position in the agency in any fiscal year for which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) projects a federal budget deficit. Makes an exception if: (1) there is a position available in the federal workforce hiring pool (to be established by the President); and (2) the President approves an agency head's request for the allocation of a position in the pool to the agency.

Sets the number of positions in the hiring pool at zero as of the first day of FY2011, after which the number shall: (1) increase by .50 for each full time-equivalent position in any agency which subsequently becomes vacant; and (2) decrease by 1.0 for each request for a full time-equivalent position that is approved by the President. Authorizes the President to waive this limitation upon determining that such waiver is required by the existence of a state of war, other national security concern, or an extraordinary emergency threatening life, health, safety, or property.

Exempts the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ''Fair Treatment for Experienced
Pilots Act''.
SEC. 2. AGE STANDARDS FOR PILOTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
''Sec. 44729. Age standards for pilots
''(a) In General.--Subject to the limitation in subsection (c), a
pilot may serve in multicrew covered operations until attaining 65
years of age.
''(b) Covered Operations Defined.--In this section, the term
'covered operations' means operations under part 121 of title 14, Code
of Federal Regulations.
''(c) Limitation for International Flights.--
''(1) Applicability of icao standard.--A pilot who has attained
60 years of age may serve as pilot-in-command in covered operations
between the United States and another country only if there is
another pilot in the flight deck crew who has not yet attained 60
years of age.
''(2) Sunset of limitation.--Paragraph (1) shall cease to be
effective on such date as the Convention on International Civil
Aviation provides that a pilot who has attained 60 years of age may
serve as pilot-in-command in international commercial operations
without regard to whether there is another pilot in the flight deck
crew who has not attained age 60.
''(d) Sunset of Age 60 Retirement Rule.--On and after the date of
enactment of this section, section 121.383(c) of title 14, Code of
Federal Regulations, shall cease to be effective.
''(e) Applicability.--
''(1) Nonretroactivity.--No person who has attained 60 years of
age before the date of enactment of this section may serve as a
pilot for an air carrier engaged in covered operations unless--
''(A) such person is in the employment of that air carrier
in such operations on such date of enactment as a required
flight deck crew member; or
''(B) such person is newly hired by an air carrier as a
pilot on or after such date of enactment without credit for
prior seniority or prior longevity for benefits or other terms
related to length of service prior to the date of rehire under
any labor agreement or employment policies of the air carrier.
''(2) Protection for compliance.--An action taken in
conformance with this section, taken in conformance with a
regulation issued to carry out this section, or taken prior to the
date of enactment of this section in conformance with section
121.383(c) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect
before such date of enactment), may not serve as a basis for
liability or relief in a proceeding, brought under any employment
law or regulation, before any court or agency of the United States
or of any State or locality.
''(f) Amendments to Labor Agreements and Benefit Plans.--Any
amendment to a labor agreement or benefit plan of an air carrier that
is required to conform with the requirements of this section or a
regulation issued to carry out this section, and is applicable to
pilots represented for collective bargaining, shall be made by
agreement of the air carrier and the designated bargaining
representative of the pilots of the air carrier.
''(g) Medical Standards and Records.--
''(1) Medical examinations and standards.--Except as provided
by paragraph (2), a person serving as a pilot for an air carrier
engaged in covered operations shall not be subject to different
medical standards, or different, greater, or more frequent medical
examinations, on account of age unless the Secretary determines
(based on data received or studies published after the date of
enactment of this section) that different medical standards, or
different, greater, or more frequent medical examinations, are
needed to ensure an adequate level of safety in flight.
''(2) Duration of first-class medical certificate.--No person
who has attained 60 years of age may serve as a pilot of an air
carrier engaged in covered operations unless the person has a
first-class medical certificate. Such a certificate shall expire on
the last day of the 6-month period following the date of
examination shown on the certificate.
''(h) Safety.--
''(1) Training.--Each air carrier engaged in covered operations
shall continue to use pilot training and qualification programs
approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, with specific
emphasis on initial and recurrent training and qualification of
pilots who have attained 60 years of age, to ensure continued
acceptable levels of pilot skill and judgment.
''(2) Line evaluations.--Not later than 6 months after the date
of enactment of this section, and every 6 months thereafter, an air
carrier engaged in covered operations shall evaluate the
performance of each pilot of the air carrier who has attained 60
years of age through a line check of such pilot. Notwithstanding
the preceding sentence, an air carrier shall not be required to
conduct for a 6-month period a line check under this paragraph of a
pilot serving as second-in-command if the pilot has undergone a
regularly scheduled simulator evaluation during that period.
''(3) GAO report.--Not later than 24 months after the date of
enactment of this section, the Comptroller General shall submit to
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate a report concerning the effect, if
any, on aviation safety of the modification to pilot age standards
made by subsection (a).''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 447 of title 49,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

''44729. Age standards for pilots.''.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
[A]: Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act - Amends federal transportation law to allow a pilot who has attained 60 years of age to serve as a passenger airline pilot until the age of 65, provided that a pilot who has attained age 60 may serve as pilot-in-command on international flights only if there is another pilot in the flight crew who has not yet attained 60 years of age.

Prohibits subjecting pilots to different medical examinations and standards on account of age unless to ensure an adequate level of safety in flight, except that no person who has attained 60 years of age may serve as a pilot unless such person has a first-class medical certificate.

Requires air carriers to: (1) continue to provide FAA-approved training to pilots, with specific emphasis on initial and recurring training and qualification of pilots who have attained 60 years of age; and (2) evaluate, every six months, the performance of pilots who have attained 60 years of age through a line check of such pilot.

Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the effect of the modification of pilot age requirements, if any, on aviation safety.

[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Promoting Antiterrorism Cooperation
through Technology and Science Act'' or the ''PACTS Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds the following:
(1) The development and implementation of technology is
critical to combating terrorism and other high consequence
events and implementing a comprehensive homeland security
strategy.
(2) The United States and its allies in the global war on
terrorism share a common interest in facilitating research,
development, testing, and evaluation of equipment,
capabilities, technologies, and services that will aid in
detecting, preventing, responding to, recovering from, and
mitigating against acts of terrorism.
(3) Certain United States allies in the global war on
terrorism, including Israel, the United Kingdom, Canada,
Australia, and Singapore have extensive experience with, and
technological expertise in, homeland security.
(4) The United States and certain of its allies in the
global war on terrorism have a history of successful
collaboration in developing mutually beneficial equipment,
capabilities, technologies, and services in the areas of
defense, agriculture, and telecommunications.
(5) The United States and its allies in the global war on
terrorism will mutually benefit from the sharing of
technological expertise to combat domestic and international
terrorism.
(6) The establishment of an office to facilitate and
support cooperative endeavors between and among government
agencies, for-profit business entities, academic institutions,
and nonprofit entities of the United States and its allies will
safeguard lives and property worldwide against acts of
terrorism and other high consequence events.

SEC. 3. PROMOTING ANTITERRORISM THROUGH INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACT.

(a) In General.--The Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by
inserting after section 313 (6 U.S.C. 193) the following:

''SEC. 314. PROMOTING ANTITERRORISM THROUGH INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
PROGRAM.

''(a) Definitions.--In this section:
''(1) Director.--The term 'Director' means the Director
selected under subsection (b)(2).
''(2) International cooperative activity.--The term
'international cooperative activity' includes--
''(A) coordinated research projects, joint research
projects, or joint ventures;
''(B) joint studies or technical demonstrations;
''(C) coordinated field exercises, scientific
seminars, conferences, symposia, and workshops;
''(D) training of scientists and engineers;
''(E) visits and exchanges of scientists,
engineers, or other appropriate personnel;
''(F) exchanges or sharing of scientific and
technological information; and
''(G) joint use of laboratory facilities and
equipment.
''(b) Science and Technology Homeland Security International
Cooperative Programs Office.--
''(1) Establishment.--The Under Secretary shall establish
the Science and Technology Homeland Security International
Cooperative Programs Office.
''(2) Director.--The Office shall be headed by a Director,
who--
''(A) shall be selected by and shall report to the
Under Secretary; and
''(B) may be an officer of the Department serving
in another position.
''(3) Responsibilities.--
''(A) Development of mechanisms.--The Director
shall be responsible for developing, in consultation
with the Department of State, understandings or
agreements that allow and support international
cooperative activity in support of homeland security
research, development, and comparative testing.
''(B) Priorities.--The Director shall be
responsible for developing, in coordination with the
Directorate of Science and Technology, the other
components of the Department of Homeland Security, and
other Federal agencies, strategic priorities for
international cooperative activity in support of
homeland security research, development, and
comparative testing.
''(C) Activities.--The Director shall facilitate
the planning, development, and implementation of
international cooperative activity to address the
strategic priorities developed under subparagraph (B)
through mechanisms the Under Secretary considers
appropriate, including grants, cooperative agreements,
or contracts to or with foreign public or private
entities, governmental organizations, businesses,
federally funded research and development centers, and
universities.
''(D) Identification of partners.--The Director
shall facilitate the matching of United States entities
engaged in homeland security research with non-United
States entities engaged in homeland security research
so that they may partner in homeland security research
activities.
''(4) Coordination.--The Director shall ensure that the
activities under this subsection are coordinated with those of
other relevant research agencies, and may run projects jointly
with other agencies.
''(5) Conferences and workshops.--The Director may hold
international homeland security technology workshops and
conferences to improve contact among the international
community of technology developers and to help establish
direction for future technology goals.
''(c) International Cooperative Activities.--
''(1) Authorization.--The Under Secretary is authorized to
carry out international cooperative activities to support the
responsibilities specified under section 302.
''(2) Mechanisms and equitability.--In carrying out this
section, the Under Secretary may award grants to and enter into
cooperative agreements or contracts with United States
governmental organizations, businesses (including small
businesses and small and disadvantaged businesses), federally
funded research and development centers, institutions of higher
education, and foreign public or private entities. The Under
Secretary shall ensure that funding and resources expended in
international cooperative activities will be equitably matched
by the foreign partner organization through direct funding or
funding of complementary activities, or through provision of
staff, facilities, materials, or equipment.
''(3) Loans of equipment.--The Under Secretary may make or
accept loans of equipment for research and development and
comparative testing purposes.
''(4) Cooperation.--The Under Secretary is authorized to
conduct international cooperative activities jointly with other
agencies.
''(5) Foreign partners.--Partners may include Israel, the
United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Singapore, and other allies
in the global war on terrorism, as appropriate.
''(6) Exotic diseases.--As part of the international
cooperative activities authorized in this section, the Under
Secretary, in coordination with the Chief Medical Officer, may
facilitate the development of information sharing and other
types of cooperative mechanisms with foreign countries,
including nations in Africa, to strengthen American
preparedness against threats to the Nation's agricultural and
public health sectors from exotic diseases.
''(d) Budget Allocation.--There are authorized to be appropriated
to the Secretary, to be derived from amounts otherwise authorized for
the Directorate of Science and Technology, $25,000,000 for each of the
fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for activities under this section.
''(e) Foreign Reimbursements.--Whenever the Science and Technology
Homeland Security International Cooperative Programs Office
participates in an international cooperative activity with a foreign
country on a cost-sharing basis, any reimbursements or contributions
received from that foreign country to meet its share of the project may
be credited to appropriate current appropriations accounts of the
Directorate of Science and Technology.
''(f) Report to Congress on International Cooperative Activities.--
''(1) Initial report.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of enactment of this section, the Under Secretary, acting
through the Director, shall transmit to the Congress a report
containing--
''(A) a brief description of each partnership
formed under subsection (b)(4), including the
participants, goals, and amount and sources of funding;
and
''(B) a list of international cooperative
activities underway, including the participants, goals,
expected duration, and amount and sources of funding,
including resources provided to support the activities
in lieu of direct funding.
''(2) Updates.--At the end of the fiscal year that occurs 5
years after the transmittal of the report under subsection (a),
and every 5 years thereafter, the Under Secretary, acting
through the Director, shall transmit to the Congress an update
of the report required under subsection (a).''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 is amended by adding after the item relating to
section 313 the following new item:

''Sec. 314. Promoting antiterrorism through international cooperation
program.''.

Passed the House of Representatives February 27, 2007.

Attest:

LORRAINE C. MILLER,

Clerk.
[A]:
Promoting Antiterrorism Cooperation through Technology and Science Act, or PACTS Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Under Secretary for Science and Technology of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish the Science and Technology Homeland Security International Cooperative Programs Office (the Office).

Provides for the Office to be headed by a Director, who: (1) shall be selected by and shall report to the Under Secretary; and (2) may be an officer of DHS serving in another position.

Requires the Director to: (1) develop, in consultation with the Department of State, understandings or agreements that allow and support international cooperative activity in support of homeland security research, development, and comparative testing; (2) develop, in coordination with the Directorate of Science and Technology, the other components of DHS, and other federal agencies, strategic priorities for such activity; and (3) facilitate the planning, development, and implementation of international cooperative activity to address such priorities.

Requires the Director to: (1) facilitate the matching of U.S. entities with non-U.S. entities that may partner in homeland security research activities; and (2) ensure that activities are coordinated with those of other relevant research agencies. Permits the Director to run projects jointly with other agencies.

Authorizes the Director to hold international homeland security technology workshops and conferences to improve contact among the international community of technology developers and to help establish direction for future technology goals.

Authorizes the Under Secretary to carry out international cooperative activities to support specified responsibilities of the Under Secretary, including through the award of grants and the entering into of cooperative agreements or contracts. Instructs the Under Secretary to ensure that funding and resources expended in international cooperative activities will be equitably matched by the foreign partner organization through direct funding or funding of complimentary activities, or through the provision of staff, facilities, materials, or equipment.

Permits the Under Secretary to make or accept loans of equipment for research and development and comparative testing purposes.

Authorizes the Under Secretary to conduct international cooperative activities jointly with other agencies.

Specifies that foreign partners may include: (1) Israel; (2) the United Kingdom; (3) Canada; (4) Australia; (5) Singapore; and (6) other allies in the global war on terrorism, as appropriate.

Authorizes the Under Secretary, in coordination with the Chief Medical Officer, as part of the international cooperative activities authorized by this Act, to facilitate the development of information sharing and other types of cooperative mechanisms with foreign countries, including African nations, to strengthen American preparedness against threats to the U.S's agricultural and public health sectors from exotic diseases.

Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of DHS, which shall be derived from amounts otherwise authorized for the Directorate of Science and Technology, for FY2008-FY2011 for activities under this Act.

States that, whenever the Office participates in an international cooperative activity with a foreign country on a cost-sharing basis, any reimbursements or contributions received from that foreign country to meet its share of the project may be credited to appropriate current appropriations accounts of the Directorate of Science and Technology.

Requires the Under Secretary, acting through the Director, to transmit: (1) a specified report to Congress on such international cooperative activities; and (2) updates of such report every five years.