EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF EXPERIMENTAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL.

SEC. 1104. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF EXPERIMENTAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL.(a) Three-Year Extension.—Subsection (e)(1) of section 1101 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note) is amended by striking “September 30, 2011” and inserting “September 30, 2014”.(b) Limitations on Additional Payments.—Such section is further amended—(1) in subsection (b)(3), by striking “under subsection (d)(1)” and inserting “under subsection (d)”; and(2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:“(d) Limitations on Additional Payments.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the total amount of additional payments paid to 123 STAT. 2486 an employee under subsection (b)(3) for any 12-month period may not exceed the lesser of the following amounts:“(A) $50,000 in fiscal year 2010, which may be adjusted annually thereafter by the Secretary, with a percentage increase equal to one-half of 1 percentage point less than the percentage by which the Employment Cost Index, published quarterly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the base quarter of the year before the preceding calendar year exceeds the Employment Cost Index for the base quarter of the second year before the preceding calendar year.“(B) The amount equal to 50 percent of the employee’s annual rate of basic pay.“(2) In paragraph (1), the term ‘base quarter’ has the meaning given that term in section 5302(3) of title 5, United States Code.“(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or section 5307 of title 5, United States Code, no additional payments may be paid to an employee under subsection (b)(3) in any calendar year if, or to the extent that, the employee’s total annual compensation in such calendar year will exceed the maximum amount of total annual compensation payable at the salary set in accordance with section 104 of title 3, United States Code.“(4) An employee appointed under the program is not eligible for any bonus, monetary award, or other monetary incentive for service under the appointment other than payments authorized by this section.”.(c) Reporting Requirements.—Paragraph (1) of subsection (g) of such section is amended to read as follows:“(1)(A) Not later than December 31 of each year in which the authority under this section is in effect, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the committees of Congress specified in subparagraph (B) a report on the operation of this section. Each report shall cover the fiscal year that most recently ended before such December 31.“(B) The committees of Congress specified in this subparagraph are—“(i) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and“(ii) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.”.