Sec. 554. Review and reform of FAA performance management system
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Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish an advisory panel comprising no more than 7 independent, nongovernmental experts in budget, finance, or personnel management to review and evaluate the effectiveness of the FAA’s personnel management system and performance management program for employees not covered by collective bargaining agreements. The advisory panel shall, at a minimum— review all appropriate FAA orders, policies, procedures, guidance, and the Human Resources Policy Manual; review any applicable reports regarding FAA’s personnel management system, including reports of the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General, Government Accountability Office, and National Academy of Public Administration, and determine the status of recommendations made in those reports; review the personnel management system of any other agency or governmental entity with a similar system to the FAA for best practices with regard to personnel management; assess the unique personnel authorities granted to the FAA, determine whether the FAA has taken full advantage of those authorities, and identify those authorities the FAA has not fully taken advantage of; review and determine the overall effectiveness of the FAA’s compensation, bonus pay, performance metrics, and evaluation processes for employees not covered by collective bargaining agreements; review whether existing performance metrics and bonus pay practices align with the FAA’s mission and significantly improve the FAA’s provision of air traffic services, implementation of air traffic control modernization initiatives, and accomplishment of other FAA operational objectives; identify the highest, lowest, and average complete compensation for each position of employees not covered by collective bargaining agreements; survey interested parties and stakeholders, including representatives of the aviation industry, for their views and recommendations regarding improvements to the FAA’s personnel management system and performance management program; develop recommendations to address the findings of the work done pursuant to paragraphs
(1)through (7), and to address views and recommendations raised by interested parties pursuant to paragraph (8); and develop recommendations to improve the FAA’s personnel management system and performance management program, including the compensation, bonus pay, performance metrics, and evaluation processes, for employees not covered by collective bargaining agreements. Not later than 1 year after initiating the review and evaluation pursuant to subsection (a), the advisory panel shall submit a report on the results of the review and evaluation and its recommendations to the Secretary, the Administrator, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. Not later than 3 months after submittal of the report pursuant to subsection (c), the Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report summarizing the findings of the advisory panel that— contains an explanation of how the Administrator will implement the recommendations of the advisory panel and measure the effectiveness of the recommendations; and specifies any recommendations that the Administrator will not implement and the reasons for not implementing such recommendations. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator has the authority to put in place any recommendations of the advisory panel. The advisory panel shall terminate on the date that is 60 days after the transmittal of the report pursuant to subsection (d). In this section, the term FAA means the Federal Aviation Administration.