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

SEC. 1068. 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 or an institution of higher education, 108 STAT. 2853and 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, except that the rate of pay of an employee assigned to a federally funded research and development center may not exceed the rate of pay that such employee would be paid for continued service in the position in the Federal agency from which assigned; and “(2) an assignment of an employee of an other organization or an institution of higher education 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.”.