Sec. 116. Department of Homeland Security rotation program
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Section 844(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(6)U.S.C. 414(a)) is amended as follows: In paragraph (1)— by striking Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the and inserting The ; and by striking for employees of the Department and inserting for certain personnel within the Department . In paragraph (2)— by redesignating subparagraphs
(A)through
(G)as subparagraphs
(C)through (I), and inserting before subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, the following: seek to foster greater Departmental integration and unity of effort; seek to help enhance the knowledge, skills, and abilities of participating personnel with respect to the Department’s programs, policies, and activities; ; in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by striking middle and senior level ; and in subparagraph (G), as so redesignated, by inserting before invigorate the following: seek to improve morale and retention throughout the Department and . In paragraph (3)(B), by striking clause
(iii)and redesignating clauses
(iv)through
(viii)as clauses
(iii)through (vii). By redesignating paragraphs
(4)and
(5)as paragraphs
(5)and (6), and inserting after paragraph
(3)the following: In carrying out any program established pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall— before selecting employees for participation in such program, disseminate information broadly within the Department about the availability of the program, qualifications for participation in the program, including full-time employment within the employing component or office not less than one year, and the general provisions of the program; require each candidate for participation in the program to be nominated by the head of the candidate’s employing component or office and that the Secretary, or the Secretary’s designee, select each employee for the program solely on the basis of relative ability, knowledge, and skills, after fair and open competition that assures that all candidates receive equal opportunity; ensure that each employee participating in the program shall be entitled to return, within a reasonable period of time after the end of the period of participation, to the position held by the employee, or a corresponding or higher position, in the employee’s employing component or office; require that the rights that would be available to the employee if the employee were detailed from the employing component or office to another Federal agency or office remain available to the employee during the employee participation in the program; and require that, during the period of participation by an employee in the program, performance evaluations for the employee— shall be conducted by officials in the employee’s office or component with input from the supervisors of the employee at the component or office in which the employee is placed during that period; and shall be provided the same weight with respect to promotions and other rewards as performance evaluations for service in the employee’s office or component. . Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide information to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate about the status of the homeland security rotation program authorized by section 844 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by this section.