Sec. 1205. Modifications to security cooperation workforce development program and establishment of defense security cooperation university
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Section 384 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— by amending subsection
(c)to read as follows: The Program shall consist of elements relating to the development and management of the security cooperation workforce for the purposes specified in subsection (b), including the following elements on training, certification, assignment, career development, and tracking of personnel of the security cooperation workforce: Establishment of a comprehensive system to track and account for all Department of Defense personnel in the security cooperation workforce, using systems of record in the military departments, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the combatant commands, Defense Agencies, Department of Defense Field Activities, and the National Guard. Establishment of a management information system, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, to ensure that the all organizations and elements of the Department provide standardized information and data to the Secretary on persons serving in security cooperation positions. Such management information system shall, at a minimum, provide for the collection and retention of information concerning the qualification, assignments, and tenure of persons in the security cooperation workforce. Implementation and management of the security cooperation human capital initiative under subsection (e). Establishment of a defense security cooperation service which shall include— members of the armed forces and civilians assigned to security cooperation organizations of United States missions overseas; and personnel of the Department of Defense performing functions in furtherance of section 515 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2321i ). Such other elements as the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate. ; in subsection (e)— in the subsection heading, by striking and inserting Guidance ; Security cooperation human capital initiative by striking paragraphs
(1)and
(2)and inserting the following new paragraph: The Secretary shall implement a security cooperation human capital initiative to identify, account for, and manage the career progression of personnel in the security cooperation workforce. ; by striking and inserting .—The guidance shall do the following
(3)Scope of guidance .—The security cooperation human capital initiative shall do the following:
(2)Elements in paragraph
(2)(as amended and redesignated by subparagraph (C))— by striking subparagraph (E); by redesignating subparagraphs
(F)through
(H)as paragraphs
(E)through (G), respectively; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: Identify career paths that provide a competency-based road map for security cooperation employees to aid in their career planning and professional development. Develop a competency-based approach to the security cooperation workforce that enables components of the Department of Defense to incorporate competencies in recruitment and retention tools such as job analysis, position descriptions, vacancy announcements, selection assessment questionnaires, and employee training and development plans. Align with the Department of Defense and Defense Security Cooperation Agency strategic planning, budget process, performance management goals, and metrics to ensure the appropriate workforce mix and skill sets to accomplish the security cooperation mission. Include assessment measures intended to assess progress in implementing the security cooperation workforce using results-oriented performance measures. by redesignating subsections
(f)through
(h)as subsections
(g)through (i), respectively; and by inserting after subsection
(e)the following new subsection: Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities shall— carry out all powers, functions, and duties of the Secretary of Defense with respect to the security cooperation workforce in the Department of Defense; ensure that the policies of the Secretary of Defense established in accordance with this section are implemented throughout the Department of Defense; and prescribe policies and requirements for the educational programs of the defense security cooperation university structure established under section 384a. . Subchapter VII of chapter 16 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 384 the following new section: The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, shall establish a structure for a defense security cooperation university to provide for— the professional educational development and training of the security cooperation workforce; research and analysis of defense security cooperation policy issues from an academic perspective; advancement of the profession of security cooperation by serving as an intellectual home for critical inquiry, research, knowledge, publication, and learning; operation of university components deemed necessary for the execution of the university mission. implementation and management of the program under section 384(a) of this title; and implementation of the security cooperation human capital initiative required under section 384(e) of this title to ensure the workforce is appropriately educated, trained, and allocated to execute its mission. The Secretary of Defense may employ civilian faculty members at the Defense Security Cooperation University pursuant to section 1595 of title 10, United States Code. The defense security cooperation university structure shall include the School of Security Cooperation Studies and the College of Strategic Security Cooperation. In engaging in research and development projects pursuant to subsection
(a)of section 4001 of this title by a contract, cooperative agreement, or grant pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of such section, the Secretary may enter into such contract or cooperative agreement or award such grant through the Defense Security Cooperation University. The Defense Security Cooperation University shall be considered a Government-operated Federal laboratory for purposes of section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 ( 15 U.S.C. 3710a ). The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy and the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, may authorize the President of the Defense Security Cooperation University to accept qualifying research grants. Any such grant may only be accepted if the work under the grant is to be carried out by a professor or instructor of the Defense Security Cooperation University for a scientific, literary, or educational purpose. A qualifying research grant under this section is a grant that is awarded on a competitive basis by an entity referred to in paragraph
(3)for a research project with a scientific, literary, or educational purpose. A grant may be accepted under this section only from a corporation, fund, foundation, educational institution, or similar entity that is organized and operated primarily for scientific, literary, or educational purposes. The Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency shall establish an account for administering funds received as research grants under this section. The President of the Defense Security Cooperation University shall use the funds in the account in accordance with applicable provisions of the regulations and the terms and condition of the grants received. Subject to such limitations as may be provided in appropriations Acts, appropriations available for the Defense Security Cooperation University may be used to pay expenses incurred by such University in applying for, and otherwise pursuing, the award of qualifying research grants. The Secretary of Defense, through the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this subsection. . Not later than January 1, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall designate the School of Security Cooperation Studies or the College of Strategic Security Cooperation of the Defense Security Cooperation University to serve as a Foreign Military Sales Center of Excellence for the following purposes: To improve the training and education of personnel engaged in the planning and execution of foreign military sales. To conduct research and establish best practices to ensure that foreign military sales are timely and effective. To expand existing curriculum to ensure that the relevant workforce is fully trained and prepared to manage and execute foreign military sales programs. The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, shall develop an implementation plan for the structure for a defense security cooperation university required under section 384a of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (b)). The implementation plan under paragraph
(1)shall provide for the following: Operation under a charter developed by the Secretary of Defense. Establishment of a university mission to achieve objectives formulated by the Secretary of Defense. Such objectives shall include— the achievement of more efficient and effective use of available security cooperation resources by coordinating Department of Defense security cooperation education and training programs and tailoring those programs to support the careers of personnel in security cooperation positions; the development of education, training, research, and publication capabilities in the area of security cooperation; and implementation of the security cooperation human capital initiative required under section 384(e) of title 10, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)) to ensure the workforce is appropriately educated, trained, and allocated to execute its mission. Establishment of appropriate lines of authority (including relationships between the university any existing security cooperation education and training institutions and activities) and accountability for the accomplishment of the university mission (as established by the Secretary). A coherent framework for the educational development of personnel in security cooperation positions. Appropriate organizations, such as a policy guidance council, composed of senior Department of Defense officials, to recommend or establish policy, and a board of visitors, composed of persons selected for their preeminence in the fields of academia, business, and the defense industry, to advise on organization management, curricula, methods of instruction, facilities, and other matters of interest to the university. Implementation of the management information system required under section 384(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), to address, with respect to the security cooperation workforce: the exchange of human resource data electronically, leveraging automated and secure real-time or near real-time interfaces between a program-managed management information system and the human resource system of record of the various components; the technical expertise and business skills to ensure the Department is able to manage the full scope of chapter 16 of title 10, United States Code including any and all reporting requirements while achieving best value for the expenditure of public resources; the collection and retention of information concerning the positions and billets; the collection and retention of information concerning the qualifications, assignments, and tenure of persons currently in the security cooperation workforce and alumni of the security cooperation workforce who may return to the security cooperation workforce; the chain of command within each organization that employs members of the security cooperation workforce; the full workforce (whether full-time or part-time) engaged in planning, executing, and managing— foreign military sales; end-use monitoring and the number of hours of training and education provided with respect to end-use monitoring laws, regulations, principles, and practice; and institutional capacity building and the training and education provided to institutional capacity building planners and practitioners. measures to ensure the workforce described in clause
(vi)receives the appropriate levels of training and education: succession management and career paths. expenditures associated with recruiting, retention, awards, and other incentives available to, and provided to, the security cooperation workforce. any other information necessary for the Secretary of Defense to comply with the requirements of this section and the amendments made by this section. Implementation of the defense security cooperation service required under section 384(c)(4) of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), including plans and measures to address— the overall command and control relationships and organizational construct of the defense security cooperation service; the anticipated number of personnel necessary to manage the defense security cooperation service at initial operating capacity and at full operational capacity; the conditions that define initial operating capacity and full operational capacity and the anticipated dates at which the defense security cooperation service is expected to reach those milestones; the number of military and civilian personnel working at embassies of the United States abroad that will be incorporated into the defense security cooperation service; and any additional authorities needed for the effective implementation of the defense security cooperation service. Requirements for each military department, combatant command, Defense Agency, Department of Defense Field Activity, or any other organization of the Department managing security cooperation workforce personnel to provide to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, not later than July 1 of each year, a joint table of distribution or equivalent formal manpower document that— lists each position in the security cooperation workforce of the organization concerned; and uniquely codes every position within component manpower systems for the security cooperation workforce. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives the implementation plan developed under paragraph (1), including the charter required under paragraph (2)(A). Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, shall carry out the implementation plan developed under paragraph (1). Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than once every two years thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the Department of Defense security cooperation workforce. Each report under paragraph
(1)shall— identify current and projected security cooperation workforce manpower requirements, including expeditionary requirements within the context of total force planning, needed to meet the security cooperation mission; identify critical skill gaps (such as recruitment in the existing or projected workforce) and development of strategies to manage the security cooperation workforce to address those gaps; address development, validation, implementation, and assessment of security cooperation workforce and Department-wide competencies for security cooperation and associated occupational series using the Department taxonomy; produce a comparison between competency proficiency levels against target proficiency levels at enterprise and individual levels to identify competency gaps and gap closure strategies, for competencies needed at the time of the report and in the future; identify any exceptions and waivers granted with respect to the application of qualification, assignment, and tenure policies, procedures, and practices to persons, billets or positions; indicate relative promotion rates for security cooperation workforce personnel; and include any other matters the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate. The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an independent evaluation of the actions taken by the Secretary of Defense to carry out the requirements of this section and the amendments made by this section. Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the evaluation conducted under paragraph (1). Such report shall include— an analysis of the effectiveness of the actions taken by the Secretary to carry out the requirements of this section and the amendments made by this section; and such legislative and administrative recommendations as the Comptroller General considers appropriate to meet the objectives of this section and the amendments made by this section.
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