Sec. 3146. REPORTS ON DIVERSITY OF CERTAIN CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
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## SEC. 3146 REPORTS ON DIVERSITY OF CERTAIN CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ###
(a)Annual Reports Not later than December 31, 2020, and each year thereafter through 2022, the Administrator for Nuclear Security shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the diversity of contractor employees of the National Nuclear Security Administration. ###
(b)Matters Included Subject to subsection (c), each report under subsection
(a)shall include, for each covered element of the Administration, the following: ####
(1)With respect to the fiscal year covered by the report and the previous fiscal year, demographic data of— #####
(A)the contractor employees of the covered element; #####
(B)the contractor employees hired at the covered element during each such year; and #####
(C)the contractor employees of the covered element who voluntarily separated during each such year. ####
(2)To the extent practical, a breakdown of the data under paragraph
(1)by each position in the Standard Occupational Classification System of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. ####
(3)A description of the plan to increase diversity at the covered element, and how such plan responds to any trends identified with respect to the data under paragraph (1). ####
(4)An identification of the office of the covered element responsible for implementing such plan and a description of how that office determines whether the covered element is meeting the goals of the plan. ####
(5)A description of the training resources relating to diversity, equality, and inclusion mandated for contractor employees of the covered element with hiring authority, and an identification of how many such contractor employees have been trained. ###
(c)Data The Administrator shall carry out this section using data that is— ####
(1)otherwise available to the Administrator and to the management and operating contractors of the nuclear security enterprise; ####
(2)collected in accordance with applicable laws and regulations of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, regulations of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs of the Department of Labor, and applicable provisions of Federal law on privacy; and ####
(3)obtained from relevant elements of the Federal Government pursuant to a memorandum of understanding specifying the terms and conditions for the sharing of such data, including by identifying— #####
(A)the statutory authority governing such sharing; #####
(B)the minimum amount of data needed to be shared; #####
(C)the exact data to be shared; #####
(D)the method of securely sharing such data; and #####
(E)the limitations on the use and disclosure of such data. ###
(d)Publication The Administrator shall make publicly available on the internet website of the Department of Energy each report under subsection (a), subject to the regulations and Federal law specified in subsection (c)(2). ###
(e)GAO Review Not later than one year after the date on which the Administrator submits the first report under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense committees a review of— ####
(1)the diversity of contractor employees with respect to both the hiring and retention of such employees; ####
(2)the demographic composition of such employees; and ####
(3)the issues relating to diversity that such report identifies and the steps taken to address such issues. ###
(f)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— ####
(1)the National Nuclear Security Administration is undertaking the largest and most complex workload since the end of the Cold War; ####
(2)ensuring that the nuclear security enterprise hires, trains, and retains a diverse and highly educated workforce is a national security priority of the United States; ####
(3)more than 5,000 employees were hired at the laboratories, plants, and sites of the National Nuclear Security Administration during fiscal year 2019; and ####
(4)the National Nuclear Security Administration has taken important actions to hire and retain the best and brightest workforce and is encouraged to continue to build upon those efforts, particularly as its aging workforce continues to retire. ###
(g)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)Contractor employee The term “contractor employee” means an employee of a management and operating contractor of the nuclear security enterprise. ####
(2)Covered element The term “covered element” means each national security laboratory and nuclear weapons production facility (as such terms are defined in section 3281 of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2471)). ####
(3)Nuclear security enterprise The term “nuclear security enterprise” has the meaning that term in section 3281 of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2471)).
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REPORTS ON DIVERSITY OF CERTAIN CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
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