Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Defense Acquisition Workforce Human Capital Management Improvement Act of 2016”.
Defense Acquisition Workforce Human Capital Management Improvement Act of 2016
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require reports to Congress on matters of the military departments and Defense Agencies in support of the biennial strategic workforce plans of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 2 Reports to Congress on matters of military departments and Defense Agencies in support of biennial strategic workforce plans
Element in strategic workforce plan on use of special hiring authorities— Subsection (b)(1) of section 115b of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
in subparagraph (C), by striking “and” at the end;
in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
“(E) the use, if any, of special hiring authorities made by the Secretaries of the military departments and the heads of the Defense agencies to address the matters described in this paragraph, and a description of the additional authorities required to support the enhancement of the civilian employee workforce of the Department.”
Transmittal to Congress of reports of military departments and defense agencies to Secretary of Defense— Subsection (g) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Congress each report submitted to the Secretary pursuant to this subsection.”.
Effective date— The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to plans submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (a) of section 115b of title 10, United States Code, and reports submitted to the Secretary of Defense by the Secretaries of the military departments and the heads of the Defense Agencies pursuant to subsection (g) of such section after the date.