Sec. 1109. PILOT PROGRAM ON DYNAMIC SHAPING OF THE WORKFORCE TO IMPROVE THE TECHNICAL SKILLS AND EXPERTISE AT CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LABORATORIES
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## SEC. 1109 PILOT PROGRAM ON DYNAMIC SHAPING OF THE WORKFORCE TO IMPROVE THE TECHNICAL SKILLS AND EXPERTISE AT CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LABORATORIES **[**[10 U.S.C. 2358 note](/us/usc/t10/s2358)**]** ###
(a)Pilot Program Required The Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program to utilize the authorities specified in subsection
(b)at the Department of Defense laboratories specified in subsection
(c)to provide the directors of such laboratories the authority to dynamically shape the mix of technical skills and expertise in the workforces of such laboratories in order to achieve one or more of the following: ####
(1)To meet organizational and Department-designated missions in the most cost-effective and efficient manner. ####
(2)To upgrade and enhance the scientific quality of the workforces of such laboratories. ####
(3)To shape such workforces to better respond to such missions. ####
(4)To reduce the average unit cost of such workforces. ###
(b)Workforce Shaping Authorities The authorities that shall be available for use by the director of a Department of Defense laboratory under the pilot program are the following: ####
(1)Flexible length and renewable term technical appointments #####
(A)In general Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, authority otherwise available to the director by law (and within the available budgetary resources of the laboratory) to make appointments as follows: ######
(i)Appointment of qualified scientific and technical personnel who are not current Department of Defense civilian employees into any scientific or technical position in the laboratory for a period of more than one year but not more than six years. ######
(ii)Appointment of qualified scientific and technical personnel who are Department civilian employees in term appointments into any scientific or technical position in the laboratory for a period of more than one year but not more than six years. #####
(B)Benefits Personnel appointed under this paragraph shall be provided with benefits comparable to those provided to similar employees at the laboratory concerned, including professional development opportunities, eligibility for all laboratory awards programs, and designation as “status applicants” for the purposes of eligibility for positions in the Federal service. #####
(C)Extension of appointments The appointment of any individual under this paragraph may be extended without limit in up to six year increments at any time during any term of service under such conditions as the director concerned shall establish for purposes of this paragraph. ####
(2)Reemployment of annuitants Authorities to authorize the director of any science and technology reinvention laboratory (in this section referred to as “STRL”) to reemploy annuitants in accordance with section 9902(g) of title 5, United States Code, except that as a condition for reemployment the director may authorize the deduction from the pay of any annuitant so reemployed of an amount up to the amount of the annuity otherwise payable to such annuitant allocable to the period of actual employment of such annuitant, which amount shall be determined in a manner specified by the director for purposes of this paragraph to ensure the most cost effective execution of designated missions by the laboratory while retaining critical technical skills. ####
(3)Early retirement incentives Authorities to authorize the director of any STRL to authorize voluntary early retirement of employees in accordance with section 8336 or 8414 of title 5, United States Code, without regard to section 8336(d)(2)(D) or 8414(b)(1)(B) of such title, and with employees so separated voluntarily from service. ####
(4)Separation incentive pay Authorities to authorize the director of any STRL to pay voluntary separation pay to employees in accordance with section 3522 of title 5, United States Code, and with— #####
(A)employees so separated voluntarily from service under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for purposes of the pilot program; and #####
(B)payments to employees so separated authorized under section 3523 of such title without regard to— ######
(i)the plan otherwise required by section 3522 of such title; and ######
(ii)paragraph
(1)or
(3)of section 3523(b) of such title. ###
(c)Laboratories The Department of Defense laboratories specified in this subsection are the laboratories designated under subsections
(a)and
(b)of section 4121 of title 10, United States Code. ###
(d)Expiration ####
(1)In general The authority in this section shall expire on December 31, 2027. ####
(2)Continuation of authorities exercised before termination The expiration in paragraph
(1)shall not be construed to effect the continuation after the date specified in paragraph
(1)of any term of employment or other benefit authorized under this section before that date in accordance with the terms of such authorization.
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PILOT PROGRAM ON DYNAMIC SHAPING OF THE WORKFORCE TO IMPROVE THE TECHNICAL SKILLS AND EXPERTISE AT CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LABORATORIES
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