HR 9614
NRC Staff Pay Alignment Act
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Bill overview
This bill, the NRC Staff Pay Alignment Act, amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to establish a process for compensating certain career appointees within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Specifically, it allows the Chairman to set the compensation of these appointees up to 110% of the maximum annual rate for Senior Executive Service positions, regardless of when they were hired. The bill also makes changes to a related Government Accountability Office report.
Key provisions
- Allows the NRC Chairman to set career appointee compensation up to 110% of the maximum Senior Executive Service pay rate.
- Applies this compensation authority regardless of when the appointee was hired.
- Protects existing performance appraisal systems of the NRC.
- Defines ‘career appointee’ using a specific definition from Title 5 of the United States Code.
- Modifies a section of the ADVANCE Act of 2024 related to a Government Accountability Office report.
Who is affected
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff
- Senior Executive Service employees
- Federal government employees
Notable changes
- Redesignates and modifies subsections within the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
- Changes the scope of the Government Accountability Office report through amendments to the ADVANCE Act of 2024.
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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session
H. R. 9614
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide compensation authority for certain career appointees, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the NRC Staff Pay Alignment Act
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by redesignating subsections (d) through (h) as subsections (e) through (i), respectively;
by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
in subsection (g) (as so redesignated), in paragraph (2)(C)—
subsection (g)(1)each place it appears and inserting
subsection (h)(1); and
in each of subclauses (II) and (IV), by striking subsection (g)(2)
each place it appears and inserting subsection (h)(2)
;
in clause (iv), by striking and
at the end;
by redesignating clause (v) as clause (vi); and
by inserting after clause (iv) the following:
the total number of career appointees that have their compensation fixed pursuant to subsection (d); and
in subsection (i) (as so redesignated)—
in each of paragraphs (1) and (3), by striking subsections (a) and (b)
each place it appears and inserting subsections (a), (b), and (d)
;
in paragraph (2), by striking or both subsections
and inserting subsection (d), or any combination of those subsections
; and
in paragraph (3)—
by inserting , or a career appointee,
after compensation of an employee or other personnel serving in a covered position
; and
by striking subsection (a) or (b)
and inserting subsection (a), (b), or (d)
.
subsections (a), (b), and (c)each place it appears and inserting
subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d).