[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2040 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2040

  To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for assignment of 
  employees of federally funded research and development centers and 
    Federal employees between Federal agencies and federally funded 
                   research and development centers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 21 (legislative day, April 11), 1994

Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Craig, Mr. 
Sasser, and Mr. Mathews) introduced the following bill; which was read 
      twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for assignment of 
  employees of federally funded research and development centers and 
    Federal employees between Federal agencies and federally funded 
                   research and development centers.

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

SECTION 1. ASSIGNMENTS OF EMPLOYEES BETWEEN FEDERAL AGENCIES AND 
              FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.

    (a) Authority.--Section 3371(4) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking out ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (B);
            (2) by striking out the period at the end of subparagraph 
        (C) and inserting in lieu thereof ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) a federally funded research and development 
                center.''.
    (b) Provisions Governing Assignments.--Section 3372 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(e) Under regulations prescribed pursuant to section 3376 of this 
title--
            ``(1) an assignment of an employee of a Federal agency to 
        an other organization, and an employee so assigned, shall be 
        treated in the same way as an assignment of an employee of a 
        Federal agency to a State or local government, and an employee 
        so assigned, is treated under the provisions of this subchapter 
        governing an assignment of an employee of a Federal agency to a 
        State or local government; and
            ``(2) an assignment of an employee of an other organization 
        to a Federal agency, and an employee so assigned, shall be 
        treated in the same way as an assignment of an employee of a 
        State or local government to a Federal agency, and an employee 
        so assigned, is treated under the provisions of this subchapter 
        governing an assignment of an employee of a State or local 
        government to a Federal agency.''.

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