Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery Expedited Hiring Authorities Act of 2020

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3751 To amend the CARES Act to provide the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery with additional personnel authorities, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 18, 2020 Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. CRAPO, Ms. ERNST, and Mr. BOOKER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To amend the CARES Act to provide the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery with additional personnel authorities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Special Inspector Gen- 4 eral for Pandemic Recovery Expedited Hiring Authorities 5 Act of 2020’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:31 Jun 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3751.IS S3751 ctelli on DSK30NT082PROD with BILLS 2 •S 3751 IS SEC. 2. SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR PANDEMIC RE- 1 COVERY. 2 Section 4018(e) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116– 3 136) is amended— 4 (1) in paragraph (1)— 5 (A) by striking ‘‘The Special’’ and insert- 6 ing the following: 7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara- 8 graph (B), the Special’’; and 9 (B) by adding at the end the following: 10 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.— 11 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 12 (ii), the Special Inspector General may ex- 13 ercise any authority provided to the head 14 of a temporary organization under section 15 3161 of title 5, United States Code, with- 16 out regard to whether the Office of the 17 Special Inspector General for Pandemic 18 Recovery qualifies as a temporary organi- 19 zation under subsection (a) of that section. 20 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATIONS.—With respect to 21 the exercise of authority under subsection 22 (b) of section 3161 of title 5, United 23 States Code, as permitted under clause (i) 24 of this subparagraph— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:31 Jun 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3751.IS S3751 ctelli on DSK30NT082PROD with BILLS 3 •S 3751 IS ‘‘(I) the Special Inspector Gen- 1 eral may not make any appointment 2 under that subsection on or after the 3 later of— 4 ‘‘(aa) the date that is 180 5 days after the date of enactment 6 of the Special Inspector General 7 for Pandemic Recovery Expedited 8 Hiring Authorities Act of 2020; 9 or 10 ‘‘(bb) the date that is 180 11 days after the date on which the 12 Special Inspector General is con- 13 firmed by the Senate; 14 ‘‘(II) paragraph (2) of that sub- 15 section (relating to periods of appoint- 16 ments) shall not apply; and 17 ‘‘(III) no period of an appoint- 18 ment made under that subsection may 19 extend after the date on which the Of- 20 fice of the Special Inspector General 21 for Pandemic Recovery terminates 22 under subsection (h).’’; and 23 (2) by adding at the end the following: 24 ‘‘(5) REEMPLOYMENT OF ANNUITANTS.— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:31 Jun 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3751.IS S3751 ctelli on DSK30NT082PROD with BILLS 4 •S 3751 IS ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara- 1 graph (B), if an annuitant receiving an annuity 2 from the Civil Service Retirement and Dis- 3 ability Fund becomes employed in a position in 4 the Office of the Special Inspector General for 5 Pandemic Recovery— 6 ‘‘(i) the annuity of that annuitant 7 shall continue; and 8 ‘‘(ii) that reemployed annuitant shall 9 not be considered to be an employee for 10 the purposes of chapter 83 or 84 of title 11 5, United States Code. 12 ‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.—Subparagraph (A) 13 shall apply to— 14 ‘‘(i) not more than 25 employees of 15 the Office of the Special Inspector General 16 for Pandemic Recovery at any particular 17 time, as designated by the Special Inspec- 18 tor General; and 19 ‘‘(ii) pay periods beginning after the 20 date of enactment of the Special Inspector 21 General for Pandemic Recovery Expedited 22 Hiring Authorities Act of 2020.’’. 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:31 Jun 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S3751.IS S3751 ctelli on DSK30NT082PROD with BILLS