Sec. 1112. LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

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## SEC. 1112 LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT ###

(a)In General No person may assign, transfer, transition, merge, or consolidate any function, responsibility, authority, service, system, or program that is assigned in law to the Office of Personnel Management to or with the General Services Administration, the Office of Management and Budget, or the Executive Office of the President, until on or after the date that is 180 days after the date on which the report required by subsection

(c)is submitted to the appropriate committees of Congress, and subject to the enactment of any legislation required. ###

(b)Independent Study and Report ####

(1)In general Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (in this section referred to as the “Director”) shall contract with the National Academy of Public Administration (in this section referred to as the “Academy”) to conduct a study addressing each of the elements set forth in paragraph

(3)and to report the findings and recommendations derived from such study. ####

(2)Deadline Not later than one year after the date the contract required by paragraph

(1)is entered into, the Academy shall submit the report prepared under such contract to the Director and the appropriate committees of Congress. ####

(3)Requirements The study and report required by paragraph

(1)and

(2)shall include a comprehensive assessment and analysis of— #####

(A)the statutory mandates assigned to the Office of Personnel Management and the challenges associated with the Office’s execution of those mandates; #####

(B)the non-statutory functions, responsibilities, authorities, services, systems, and programs performed or executed by the Office of Personnel Management; the Office’s justification for carrying out such functions, responsibilities, authorities, services, systems, and programs; and the challenges associated with the Office’s execution of same; #####

(C)the means, options, and recommended courses of action for addressing the challenges identified pursuant to subparagraphs

(A)and (B), including an analysis of the benefits, costs, and feasibility of each option and the effect of each on labor-management agreements; #####

(D)a timetable for the implementation of options and recommended courses of action identified pursuant to subparagraph (C); #####

(E)statutory or regulatory changes necessary to execute any course of action recommended; #####

(F)the methods for involving, engaging with, and receiving input from other Federal agencies, departments, and entities potentially affected by any change in the structure, functions, responsibilities, authorities of the Office of Personnel Management that may be recommended; #####

(G)the views of identified stakeholders, including other Federal agencies, departments, and entities; non-Federal entities or organizations representing customers or intended beneficiaries of Office of Personnel Management functions, services, systems, or programs; and such individual customers and intended beneficiaries; and #####

(H)such other matters as the Director may prescribe. ###

(c)OPM Report ####

(1)In general Not later than 180 days after the date on which the report is submitted pursuant to subsection (b)(2) to the Director and the appropriate committees of Congress, the Director, in consultation with the General Services Administration, the Office of Management and Budget, and other appropriate Federal agencies, departments, or entities, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the views of the Office of Personnel Management on the findings and recommendations set forth in the report prepared under subsection (b), together with any recommendations for changes in the structure, functions, responsibilities, and authorities of the Office of Personnel Management. ####

(2)Business case analysis Any recommendation submitted in the report under paragraph

(1)for change shall be accompanied by a business case analysis setting forth the operational efficiencies and cost savings (in both the short- and long-terms) associated with such change, and a proposal for legislative or administrative action required to effect the change proposed. ###

(d)Definition of Appropriate Committees of Congress For purposes of this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” are the Committees on Appropriations and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives.