[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2314 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 2314

To facilitate the conducting of a demonstration project to improve the 
 personnel management policies and practices affecting the acquisition 
                workforce of the Department of Defense.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 12, 1995

  Mr. Spratt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on National Security, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Government Reform and Oversight, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To facilitate the conducting of a demonstration project to improve the 
 personnel management policies and practices affecting the acquisition 
                workforce of the Department of Defense.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT RELATING TO CERTAIN PERSONNEL 
              MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

    (a) Commencement.--The Secretary of Defense is encouraged to take 
such steps as may be necessary to provide for the commencement of a 
demonstration project, the purpose of which would be to determine the 
feasibility or desirability of one or more proposals for improving the 
personnel management policies or procedures that apply with respect to 
the acquisition workforce of the Department of Defense.
    (b) Terms and Conditions.--
            (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        subsection, any demonstration project described in subsection 
        (a) shall be subject to section 4703 of title 5, United States 
        Code, and all other provisions of such title that apply with 
        respect to any demonstration project under such section.
            (2) Exceptions.--Subject to paragraph (3), in applying 
        section 4703 of title 5, United States Code, with respect to a 
        demonstration project described in subsection (a)--
                    (A) ``180 days'' in subsection (b)(4) of such 
                section shall be deemed to read ``120 days'';
                    (B) ``90 days'' in subsection (b)(6) of such 
                section shall be deemed to read ``30 days''; and
                    (C) subsection (d)(1)(A) of such section shall be 
                disregarded.
            (3) Condition.--Paragraph (2) shall not apply with respect 
        to a demonstration project unless it--
                    (A) involves only the acquisition workforce of the 
                Department of Defense (or any part thereof); and
                    (B) commences during the 3-year period beginning on 
                the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``acquisition workforce'' refers to the persons serving in acquisition 
positions within the Department of Defense, as designated pursuant to 
section 1721(a) of title 10, United States Code.
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