To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide authority to the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration to provide a cash award to Administration employees with foreign language skills, and for other purposes.

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1296 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide authority to the Adminis- trator of the Drug Enforcement Administration to provide a cash award to Administration employees with foreign language skills, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 24, 2021 Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N (for herself and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide authority to the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Adminis- tration to provide a cash award to Administration em- ployees with foreign language skills, and for other pur- poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. CASH AWARD FOR DRUG ENFORCEMENT AD- 3 MINISTRATION EMPLOYEES WITH FOREIGN 4 LANGUAGE SKILLS. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5761 of title 5, United 6 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:06 Mar 20, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1296.IH H1296 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1296 IH ‘‘§ 5761. Foreign language proficiency pay awards for 1 the Federal Bureau of Investigation and 2 the Drug Enforcement Administration 3 ‘‘The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 4 or the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Adminis- 5 tration may, under regulations prescribed by the Director 6 or the Administrator (as the case may be), pay a cash 7 award of up to 10 percent of basic pay to any Bureau 8 or Administration employee (as the case may be) who 9 maintains proficiency in a language or languages critical 10 to the mission or who uses one or more foreign languages 11 in the performance of official duties.’’. 12 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 13 for subchapter IV of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 14 Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 15 5761 and inserting the following: 16 ‘‘5761. Foreign language proficiency pay awards for the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration.’’. Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:06 Mar 20, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1296.IH H1296 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS