Sec. 1115. ASSESSMENT OF ACCELERATED PROMOTION PROGRAM SUSPENSION

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## SEC. 1115 ASSESSMENT OF ACCELERATED PROMOTION PROGRAM SUSPENSION ###

(a)In General Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall conduct an assessment of the impacts resulting from the Navy’s suspension in 2016 of the Accelerated Promotion Program (in this section referred to as the “APP”). The Inspector General may consult with the Secretary of the Navy in carrying out such assessment, but the Navy may not play any other role in such assessment. ###

(b)Elements The assessment required under subsection

(a)shall include the following elements: ####

(1)An identification of the employees who were hired at the four public shipyards between January 23, 2016, and December 22, 2016, covering the period in which APP was suspended, and who would have otherwise been eligible for APP had the program been in effect at the time they were hired. ####

(2)An assessment for each employee identified in paragraph

(1)to determine the difference between wages earned from the date of hire to the date on which the wage data would be collected and the wages which would have been earned during this same period should that employee have participated in APP from the date of hire and been promoted according to the average promotion timeframe for participants hired in the five-year period prior to the suspension. ####

(3)An assessment for each employee identified in paragraph

(1)to determine at what grade and step each effected employee would be at on October 1, 2020, had that employee been promoted according to the average promotion timeframe for participants hired in the five-year period prior to the suspension. ####

(4)An evaluation of existing authorities available to the Secretary to determine whether the Secretary can take measures using those authorities to provide the pay difference and corresponding interest, at a rate of the federal short-term interest rate plus 3 percent, to each effected employee identified in paragraph

(2)and directly promote the employee to the grade and step identified in paragraph (3). ###

(c)Report The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall submit, to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, a report on the results of the evaluation by not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and shall provide interim briefings upon request.