Sec. 103. Personnel ceiling adjustments
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The Director of National Intelligence may authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for fiscal year 2017 by the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 102(a) if the Director of National Intelligence determines that such action is necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions, except that the number of personnel employed in excess of the number authorized under such section may not, for any element of the intelligence community, exceed— 3 percent of the number of civilian personnel authorized under such schedule for such element; or 10 percent of the number of civilian personnel authorized under such schedule for such element for the purposes of contractor conversions.
The Director of National Intelligence shall establish guidelines that govern, for each element of the intelligence community, the treatment under the personnel levels authorized under section 102(a), including any exemption from such personnel levels, of employment or assignment in— a student program, trainee program, or similar program; a reserve corps or as a reemployed annuitant; or details, joint duty, or long-term, full-time training. Not later than 15 days prior to the exercise of an authority described in subsection (a), the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees— a written notice of the exercise of such authority; and in the case of an exercise of such authority subject to the limitation in subsection (a)(2), a written justification for the contractor conversion.