---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 10102"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "10102"
heading: "Strategic human capital plan"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/10102"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart I — Miscellaneous"
  - "Chapter 101 — Federal Emergency Management Agency Personnel"
---

# §10102. Strategic human capital plan

- (a) **Plan Development.—** Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this chapter, the [Administrator](/usc/5/9801.md?p=2) shall develop and submit to the [appropriate committees of Congress](/usc/5/9801.md?p=6) a strategic human capital plan to shape and improve the workforce of the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1).
- (b) **Contents.—** The strategic human capital plan shall include—
  - (1) a workforce gap analysis, including an assessment of—
    - (A) the critical skills and competencies that will be needed in the workforce of the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) to support the mission and responsibilities of, and effectively manage, the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) during the 10-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this chapter;
    - (B) the skills and competencies of the workforce of the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) on the day before the date of enactment of this chapter and projected trends in that workforce, based on expected [losses](/usc/5/8401.md?p=18) due to retirement and other attrition; and
    - (C) the staffing levels of each category of [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2), including gaps in the workforce of the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) on the day before the date of enactment of this chapter and in the projected workforce of the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) that should be addressed to ensure that the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) has continued access to the critical skills and competencies described in [subparagraph (A)](#b-1-A);
  - (2) a plan of action for developing and reshaping the workforce of the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) to address the gaps in critical skills and competencies identified under [paragraph (1)(C)](#b-1-C), including—
    - (A) specific recruitment and retention goals, including the use of the bonus [authorities](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-6) under this chapter as well as other bonus [authorities](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-6) (including the program objective of the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) to be achieved through such goals);
    - (B) specific strategies for developing, [training](/usc/5/4101.md?p=4), deploying, compensating, and motivating and retaining the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) workforce and its ability to fulfill the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1)’s mission and responsibilities (including the program objectives of the [Department](/usc/5/10101.md?p=4) and the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) to be achieved through such strategies);
    - (C) specific strategies for recruiting individuals who have served in multiple [State](/usc/5/8521.md?p=a-3) [agencies](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) with emergency management responsibilities; and
    - (D) specific strategies for the development, [training](/usc/5/4101.md?p=4), and coordinated and rapid deployment of the [Surge Capacity Force](/usc/5/10101.md?p=5); and
  - (3) a discussion that—
    - (A) [details](/usc/5/3701.md?p=2) the number of [employees](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) of the [Department](/usc/5/10101.md?p=4) not employed by the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) serving in the [Surge Capacity Force](/usc/5/10101.md?p=5) and the qualifications or credentials of such individuals;
    - (B) [details](/usc/5/3701.md?p=2) the number of individuals not employed by the [Department](/usc/5/10101.md?p=4) serving in the [Surge Capacity Force](/usc/5/10101.md?p=5) and the qualifications or credentials of such individuals;
    - (C) describes the [training](/usc/5/4101.md?p=4) given to the [Surge Capacity Force](/usc/5/10101.md?p=5) during the calendar year preceding the year of submission of the plan under [subsection (c)](#c);
    - (D) [states](/usc/5/8521.md?p=a-3) whether the [Surge Capacity Force](/usc/5/10101.md?p=5) is able to adequately prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, including catastrophic incidents; and
    - (E) describes any additional [authorities](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-6) or resources necessary to address any deficiencies in the [Surge Capacity Force](/usc/5/10101.md?p=5).
- (c) **Annual Updates.—** Not later than May 1, 2007, and May 1st of each of the next 5 succeeding years, the [Administrator](/usc/5/9801.md?p=2) shall submit to the [appropriate committees of Congress](/usc/5/9801.md?p=6) an update of the strategic human capital plan, including an assessment by the [Administrator](/usc/5/9801.md?p=2), using results-oriented performance measures, of the progress of the [Department](/usc/5/10101.md?p=4) and the [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) in implementing the strategic human capital plan.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 621(a), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1412.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The date of enactment of this chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b)(1), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 109–295, which was approved Oct. 4, 2006.