Sec. 3118. National Nuclear Security Administration pay and performance system

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The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall carry out the demonstration project until the date that is five years after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Administrator shall carry out such project in accordance with the demonstration project plan, including with respect to the authority of the Administrator to modify such system pursuant to such plan and waiving certain authorities or requirements under such plan. The Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors may carry out the demonstration project with respect to the employees of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program in positions in the competitive service.

In carrying out the demonstration project, the Administrator shall authorize, and establish incentives for, employees of the National Nuclear Security Administration to have rotational assignments among different programs of the Administration, the headquarters and field offices of the Administration, and the management and operating contractors of the Administration. The Administrator shall establish requirements for employees of the Administration who are in the demonstration project to be promoted to senior-level positions in the Administration, including requirements with respect to— professional training and continuing education; and a certain number and types of rotational assignments under paragraph (3), as determined by the Administrator.

In this subsection: The term demonstration project means the National Nuclear Security Administration Pay Banding and Performance-Based Pay Adjustment Demonstration Project that is carried out— pursuant to section 4703 of title 5, United States Code; and in accordance with the demonstration project plan and this subsection. The term demonstration project plan means the demonstration project plan published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2007 (72 Fed. Reg. 72,776). The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall increase the use of rotational assignments of employees of the management and operating contractors of the National Nuclear Security Administration to the headquarters of the Administration, the Department of Defense and the military departments, the intelligence community, and other departments and agencies of the Federal Government.

The Administrator shall carry out paragraph

(1)by— establishing incentives for— the management and operating contractors of the Administration and the employees of such contractors to participate in rotational assignments; and the departments and agencies of the Federal Government specified in such paragraph to facilitate such assignments; providing professional and leadership development opportunities during such assignments; using details and other applicable authorities and programs, including the mobility program under subchapter VI of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Program ); and taking such other actions as the Administrator determines appropriate to increase the use of such rotational assignments. The Director for Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation of the National Nuclear Security Administration shall carry out a red-team analysis of the Federal employee staffing structure of the Administration with respect to the Administrator for Nuclear Security meeting the authorized personnel levels under section 3241A of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act ( 50 U.S.C. 22441a ). The analysis under paragraph

(1)shall include assessments of— the number of Federal employees within each program of the Administration, and whether such numbers are appropriately balanced with respect to the size, scope, functions, budgets, and risks, of the program; and the number of Senior Executive Service positions within the Administration, including a comparison of such number to other comparable departments and agencies of the Federal Government, and whether such number is appropriate. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act— the Administrator for Nuclear Security shall provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional committees on the implementation of— section 3248 of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act, as added by subsection (a); and subsection (b); and the Director for Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation shall provide to such committees a briefing on the analysis under subsection (c). In this subsection, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate; the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives.

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72 FR 72
50 USC 22441a

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Sec. 3118

National Nuclear Security Administration pay and performance system

Fed. Reg.72 FR 72

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