[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6249 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6249

To create a system to educate, train, and develop interagency national 
  security professionals across the Government; to require personnel 
 selected for senior-level interagency national security positions to 
 meet interagency education, training, and experience requirements; to 
  provide appropriate interagency training, education, and assignment 
  opportunities for national security professionals throughout their 
   careers; and to authorize funds and create program structures for 
                     implementation of the system.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2010

  Mr. Skelton (for himself and Mr. Davis of Kentucky) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To create a system to educate, train, and develop interagency national 
  security professionals across the Government; to require personnel 
 selected for senior-level interagency national security positions to 
 meet interagency education, training, and experience requirements; to 
  provide appropriate interagency training, education, and assignment 
  opportunities for national security professionals throughout their 
   careers; and to authorize funds and create program structures for 
                     implementation of the system.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Interagency 
National Security Professional Education, Administration, and 
Development System Act of 2010''.
    (b) Constitutional Authority.--This Act is enacted pursuant to the 
power granted Congress under article I, section 8 of the United States 
Constitution.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE; RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Employees with responsibility for national security 
        matters within the executive branch of the Government 
        (hereinafter in this Act referred to as ``national security 
        professionals'') are extraordinarily dedicated and talented 
        individuals who sacrifice a great deal to keep our Nation safe, 
        secure, and prosperous.
            (2) Modern national security challenges are complex and 
        dynamic, and frequently require integration of the full 
        spectrum of the capabilities and power of the United States and 
        its allies to successfully address and manage those challenges.
            (3) The current ``agency-centric'' cultures, incentives, 
        and structures within the United States national security 
        system prevent full and effective interagency cooperation and 
        coordination, leaving the Nation vulnerable to complex and 
        dynamic modern national security threats.
            (4) It is imperative to the national security of the United 
        States that our national security professionals are provided 
        with the interagency knowledge, skills, and experience they 
        need to effectively integrate and utilize the full capabilities 
        and power of the United States and its allies to address 
        national security challenges.
            (5) A transformation in the Government's approach to 
        educating, training, and developing its national security 
        professionals is needed.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to establish the 
Interagency National Security Professional Education, Administration, 
and Development System, which will--
            (1) develop the interagency knowledge, skills, and 
        experience of national security professionals working within 
        the agencies of the Government by--
                    (A) creating interagency national security 
                education, training, and assignment opportunities for 
                national security professionals; and
                    (B) incentivizing national security professionals 
                to undertake and their employing agencies to encourage 
                such opportunities;
            (2) ensure that individuals occupying senior-level 
        interagency national security positions have been thoroughly 
        prepared to seek out, recognize, and execute interagency 
        solutions to national security challenges;
            (3) provide increased consistency for educating, training, 
        and developing national security professionals across the 
        Government, while leaving individual agencies sufficient 
        flexibility to meet their specific needs and ensure that 
        agency-specific skills, competencies, and capabilities remain 
        robust; and
            (4) over time, augment agency cultures with interagency 
        perspectives and enhanced interagency collaboration, thereby 
        leading to better national security policy, better mission 
        execution, and a safer, more secure, and more prosperous 
        Nation.
    (c) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this Act, or any amendment 
made by this Act, shall be construed to affect--
            (1) the collective bargaining status or rights of any 
        Federal employees or unit thereof; or
            (2) any individual's eligibility for benefits, or the 
        amount of any benefits payable to an individual, under a 
        retirement system maintained by the United States for officers 
        or employees of the United States or for members of the 
        uniformed services.

SEC. 3. INTERAGENCY NATIONAL SECURITY PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, 
              ADMINISTRATION, AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:

 ``CHAPTER 102--INTERAGENCY NATIONAL SECURITY PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, 
                 ADMINISTRATION, AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM

``10201. Definitions.
``10202. Establishment and governance of Interagency National Security 
                            Professional Education, Administration, and 
                            Development System.
``10203. Identification of interagency national security positions.
``10204. Interagency qualification.
``10205. Senior-level interagency national security positions.
``10206. Interagency assignment defined.
``10207. Interagency National Security Professional Education and 
                            Training Consortium.
``10208. Funding, personnel float, and restriction on usage of funds.
``10209. Reporting requirements.
``10210. Implementation schedule.
``Sec. 10201. Definitions
    ``For purposes of this chapter--
            ``(1) the term `Government' means the Government of the 
        United States;
            ``(2) the term `national security professional' means an 
        employee of an Executive agency who plans, coordinates, or 
        participates, in a substantive manner, in activities relating 
        to national security matters;
            ``(3) the term `national security matter' means any matter 
        that, as determined consistent with guidance issued by the 
        President, relates to threats to the United States, its people, 
        property, or interests, including threats from--
                    ``(A) human actions, intentional or otherwise;
                    ``(B) acts of nature; or
                    ``(C) accidents;
            ``(4) the term `agency' means an Executive agency;
            ``(5) the term `intelligence agency' has the meaning given 
        such term by section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947;
            ``(6) the term `intelligence community' has the meaning 
        given such term by section 3 of the National Security Act of 
        1947;
            ``(7) the term `INSPEAD System' or `System' means the 
        Interagency National Security Professional Education, 
        Administration, and Development System, as described in section 
        10202;
            ``(8) the term `Executive Steering Committee' means the 
        committee described in section 10202(d);
            ``(9) the term `Integration Office' means the office 
        established by or designated pursuant to section 10202(e);
            ``(10) the term `Interagency National Security Professional 
        Education and Training Consortium' or `Consortium' means the 
        consortium established by section 10207(a); and
            ``(11) the term `Interagency National Security Professional 
        Education, Administration, and Development System Fund' means 
        the fund established by section 10208(a).
``Sec. 10202. Establishment and governance of Interagency National 
              Security Professional Education, Administration, and 
              Development System
    ``(a) Establishment.--The President shall establish and maintain a 
system for the interagency education, training, and professional 
development of national security professionals, which shall be known as 
the `Interagency National Security Professional Education, 
Administration, and Development System'.
    ``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the INSPEAD System shall be to 
foster the development of exceptional national security professionals 
across the Government by--
            ``(1) developing the interagency knowledge, skills, and 
        abilities of national security professionals;
            ``(2) providing opportunities and incentives for national 
        security professionals to undertake interagency education, 
        training, and assignments;
            ``(3) ensuring that individuals occupying senior-level 
        national security positions have the interagency knowledge, 
        skills, abilities, and experience needed to seek out, 
        recognize, and execute interagency solutions to national 
        security challenges;
            ``(4) providing increased consistency for educating, 
        training, and developing national security professionals across 
        agencies, while ensuring sufficient flexibility for individual 
        agencies to continue to meet their agency-specific needs; and
            ``(5) augmenting agency cultures with interagency 
        perspective and vision, encouraging the exchange of ideas and 
        information between agencies, and building trust and 
        familiarity between personnel in different agencies.
    ``(c) Participation.--The following agencies shall participate in 
the INSPEAD System:
            ``(1) The Department of State.
            ``(2) The Department of Defense.
            ``(3) The Department of Justice.
            ``(4) The Department of the Treasury.
            ``(5) The Department of Energy.
            ``(6) The Department of Homeland Security.
            ``(7) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence 
        and all other intelligence agencies within the intelligence 
        community.
            ``(8) The Department of Commerce.
            ``(9) The Department of Transportation.
            ``(10) The Department of Agriculture.
            ``(11) The Department of Health and Human Services.
            ``(12) The United States Agency for International 
        Development.
            ``(13) Such other agencies as the President may designate.
    ``(d) Executive Steering Committee.--
            ``(1) There is established a committee which shall be known 
        as the `Executive Steering Committee' and the members of which 
        shall consist of--
                    ``(A) the head of each agency (or designee thereof, 
                not lower than the rank of assistant Secretary or its 
                equivalent) participating in the System, as identified 
                in subsection (c);
                    ``(B) the Director of the Office of Personnel 
                Management (or designee thereof);
                    ``(C) the president of the United States Institute 
                of Peace (or designee thereof); and
                    ``(D) the Assistant to the President for National 
                Security Affairs (or designee thereof) or, as 
                designated by the President, such Assistant's successor 
                in function (or designee thereof).
            ``(2) The Director of National Intelligence (or designee 
        thereof) shall represent the entire intelligence community on 
        the Executive Steering Committee, except as provided in 
        paragraph (3)(B).
            ``(3) The President may, if, in the judgment of the 
        President, national security or the operation of the INSPEAD 
        System would be enhanced thereby, require that any of the 
        following also serve as members of the Executive Steering 
        Committee:
                    ``(A) The head of any agency not otherwise 
                participating in the System.
                    ``(B) The head of any intelligence agency within 
                the intelligence community, other than the Director of 
                National Intelligence.
            ``(4) The member under paragraph (1)(D) shall serve as the 
        chair of the Executive Steering Committee.
            ``(5) The President, with the advice of the chair of the 
        Executive Steering Committee, shall establish policies 
        regarding the governance and operations of the Executive 
        Steering Committee.
    ``(e) Integration Office.--
            ``(1) An office, to be known as the `Integration Office', 
        shall be established or designated within the Executive Office 
        of the President--
                    ``(A) to perform overall coordination of activities 
                and policies relating to the INSPEAD System;
                    ``(B) to ensure the implementation and execution of 
                the policies of the System, including by overseeing the 
                activities of the participating agencies relating to 
                the System;
                    ``(C) to advise the Executive Steering Committee on 
                matters and policies relating to the System;
                    ``(D) to support the functions of the Interagency 
                National Security Professional Education and Training 
                Consortium and Board of Regents established pursuant to 
                section 10207; and
                    ``(E) to support the functions of the Executive 
                Steering Committee.
            ``(2) The agencies participating in the System shall, in a 
        manner consistent with otherwise applicable provisions of law, 
        provide assistance, support, and access to information to the 
        Integration Office for the performance of its duties.
    ``(f) Policies and Procedures.--The Executive Steering Committee 
shall establish policies and procedures for governing, implementing, 
and executing the INSPEAD System, including policies and procedures 
relating to--
            ``(1) the interagency knowledge, skills, experience, 
        abilities, and qualifications desired or required of national 
        security professionals at all career levels across all agencies 
        participating in the System, particularly individuals holding 
        interagency national security positions;
            ``(2) criteria for the identification of interagency 
        national security positions at all career levels within all 
        agencies participating in the System;
            ``(3) guidance on the management of national security 
        professionals and positions across the Government, such that 
        interagency assignments are available, encouraged, and 
        incentivized;
            ``(4) the development, management, and coordination of 
        interagency educational opportunities for national security 
        professionals;
            ``(5) the development, management, and coordination of 
        interagency training opportunities for national security 
        professionals;
            ``(6) overseeing and monitoring the careers of employees 
        who undertake interagency assignments, education, and training 
        opportunities offered by the System;
            ``(7) ensuring that employees who undertake interagency 
        assignments, education, and training opportunities are promoted 
        and rewarded at rates not less than those of individuals who do 
        not;
            ``(8) incentivizing employees to participate in the System 
        and pursue interagency qualification, which may include 
        consideration for accelerated promotion, one-time compensation 
        bonuses, and a General Schedule step increase (or the 
        equivalent) upon completion of an interagency qualification 
        level;
            ``(9) the management of the Interagency National Security 
        Professional Education, Administration, and Development System 
        Fund; and
            ``(10) the operation and functions of the Integration 
        Office.
``Sec. 10203. Identification of interagency national security positions
    ``(a) Criteria.--In order to carry out this section, the Executive 
Steering Committee shall establish the criteria to be used in 
determining which positions within an agency are interagency national 
security positions. Such criteria shall include, for each career level 
(as identified under this subsection based on position duties and 
responsibilities)--
            ``(1) a position's involvement or participation in the 
        planning, coordination, or execution of activities relating to 
        national security matters;
            ``(2) a position's required or desired level of interaction 
        and engagement with other agencies; and
            ``(3) such other criteria as the Executive Steering 
        Committee considers appropriate.
    ``(b) Initial Identification and Subsequent Review.--Each agency 
participating in the INSPEAD System, as identified under section 
10202(c), shall identify and thereafter periodically review, with the 
assistance of the Integration Office and the Office of Personnel 
Management, all positions within such agency that meet the criteria for 
inclusion in the System as `interagency national security positions' 
and designate those positions accordingly.
    ``(c) Procedures for New Positions.--The Executive Steering 
Committee shall establish and publish policies and procedures for 
determining whether newly created positions meet the criteria developed 
pursuant to this section and must be designated interagency national 
security positions before being filled.
    ``(d) Exemption for Presidential Appointees.--
            ``(1) In general.--This chapter and the System do not apply 
        to any position to which an individual is appointed by the 
        President or to the individual holding any such position.
            ``(2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that, 
        in the selection and appointment of any individual for a 
        position that (but for paragraph (1)) would otherwise meet the 
        criteria for an interagency national security position, due 
        consideration should be given to such individual's interagency 
        experience and qualifications.
    ``(e) Recruitment.--Job announcements for interagency national 
security positions shall solicit applications from the widest 
population allowable by law.
``Sec. 10204. Interagency qualification
    ``(a) Interagency Qualification Levels.--The Executive Steering 
Committee shall establish various levels of interagency qualification 
for national security professionals, as well as the requirements for 
employees to achieve qualification at each level. Each level shall, at 
a minimum, have--
            ``(1) interagency education requirements;
            ``(2) interagency training requirements; and
            ``(3) interagency experience or assignment requirements.
The purpose of establishing such qualification levels shall be to 
ensure systematic, progressive, career-long development of national 
security professionals in the knowledge, skills, experience, and 
abilities that enable them to be highly effective participants in 
interagency activities related to national security matters.
    ``(b) Qualification Levels Required or Desired for Filling 
Interagency National Security Positions.--Using guidance established by 
the Executive Steering Committee, and with assistance from the 
Integration Office, the agencies participating in the INSPEAD System 
shall identify, for each interagency national security position 
identified pursuant to section 10203, the interagency qualification 
level required or desired of employees filling such positions.
    ``(c) Normal Procedures.--The Executive Steering Committee, with 
the assistance of the Integration Office, shall establish and publish 
normal procedures for individuals to achieve the requirements for 
various levels of interagency qualification. These procedures shall 
describe what interagency education, training, and assignment 
opportunities enable an employee to meet the requirements for 
interagency qualification at various levels.
    ``(d) Review Procedures.--The Executive Steering Committee, with 
the assistance of the Integration Office, shall establish and publish 
procedures for individuals to apply for a review of work assignments, 
education, training, and other appropriate experiences that are 
undertaken outside of the normal procedures of the INSPEAD System and 
for which the individual desires to receive interagency qualification 
credit. To encourage the participating agencies to continue to seek 
exceptional talent from all sources, these procedures shall address, at 
a minimum, individuals with appropriate and distinguished work history 
outside the Government.
    ``(e) Accounting for Prior Experiences.--The Executive Steering 
Committee, with the assistance of the Integration Office, shall 
establish and execute a process for properly accounting for interagency 
assignments, education, and training undertaken by individuals prior to 
implementation of the INSPEAD System that satisfy requirements for 
interagency qualification.
    ``(f) Career Guidance.--Based upon the normal procedures 
established by the Executive Steering Committee pursuant to subsection 
(c), the head of each participating agency shall establish career 
guidelines for employees in their agency to understand and work toward 
achieving the various levels of interagency qualification. Such 
guidelines shall include guidance regarding interagency education, 
interagency training, interagency assignments, and such other matters 
as the head of the agency considers appropriate.
``Sec. 10205. Senior-level interagency national security positions
    ``(a) Senior-Level Interagency National Security Positions.--
Interagency national security positions within the Government's senior-
level personnel systems that are identified pursuant to section 10203 
shall be designated as `senior-level interagency national security 
positions' and shall be subject to the requirements of this section. 
For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term `position within the 
Government's senior-level personnel systems' refers to--
            ``(1) a position within the Senior Executive Service;
            ``(2) a position within the Senior Intelligence Service;
            ``(3) a position within the Defense Intelligence Senior 
        Executive Service;
            ``(4) a position within the Senior Foreign Service; and
            ``(5) any other position in an agency which is classified 
        above grade GS-15 of the General Schedule pursuant to section 
        5108 or in level IV or V of the Executive Schedule, or an 
        equivalent position, which--
                    ``(A) is not required to be filled by appointment 
                by the President, by and with the advice and consent of 
                the Senate; and
                    ``(B) would otherwise be considered a Senior 
                Executive Service position under section 3132(a)(2), 
                but for section 3132(a)(1).
    ``(b) Qualification Requirement for Filling Senior-Level 
Interagency National Security Positions.--The highest level of 
interagency qualification established pursuant to section 10204(a) 
shall be required for an individual to serve in senior-level 
interagency national security positions designated pursuant to this 
section. The purpose of requiring this highest level of interagency 
qualification shall be to ensure that personnel serving in senior-level 
interagency national security positions have the requisite knowledge, 
skills, experience, and abilities to be highly proficient leaders of 
interagency activities related to national security matters. An 
individual may not be designated as interagency-qualified at this 
highest level until the individual successfully completes--
            ``(1) an appropriate program of interagency national 
        security professional education, as prescribed by the Executive 
        Steering Committee and offered by the Interagency National 
        Security Professional Education and Training Consortium;
            ``(2) an appropriate program of interagency national 
        security training, as prescribed by the Executive Steering 
        Committee;
            ``(3) an interagency assignment, as defined pursuant to 
        section 10206, that consists of, at a minimum, 1 interagency 
        assignment lasting at least 24 months or 2 separate interagency 
        assignments lasting at least 12 months each; and
            ``(4) such other assignments and experiences, demonstrating 
        the individual's knowledge, skills, and abilities in 
        interagency national security matters, as the Executive 
        Steering Committee may prescribe.
    ``(c) Waivers.--The head of the agency seeking to fill a senior-
level interagency national security position designated pursuant to 
this section may, on a case-by-case basis, request a waiver of portions 
of the interagency-qualification requirements established pursuant to 
subsection (b) if the agency head determines--
            ``(1) such waiver is critical for the national security of 
        the United States; or
            ``(2) no individual is available who meets the interagency 
        qualification requirements of subsection (b).
For each waiver requested under this subsection, the agency head shall 
submit a statement of justification to the Integration Office, 
including details relating to the position and the candidate desired to 
fill the position. Waivers must be approved by the Executive Steering 
Committee before the desired candidate may be appointed to fill the 
position on a permanent basis.
``Sec. 10206. Interagency assignment defined
    ``(a) In General.--The Executive Steering Committee shall define an 
`interagency assignment' for purposes of this chapter.
    ``(b) Limitation.--The definition shall be limited to assignments 
in which the individual so assigned--
            ``(1) gains significant experience in addressing national 
        security matters by means of interagency cooperation and 
        coordination; or
            ``(2) gains significant understanding of the operations, 
        roles, responsibilities, and cultures of 1 or more other 
        agencies participating in the INSPEAD System.
    ``(c) Exclusions.--The definition shall exclude--
            ``(1) an assignment within the agency in or under which 
        such individual is employed, unless the assignment is a full-
        time assignment to an interagency organization or team, as 
        defined by the Executive Steering Committee; and
            ``(2) an assignment made primarily or exclusively for 
        training or educational purposes.
    ``(d) Determination of Interagency Assignments.--
            ``(1) Each agency shall determine, for individuals employed 
        by such agency, which assignments satisfy the requirements of 
        subsections (a) through (c).
            ``(2) The Integration Office, from time to time, shall 
        review such number of interagency assignments, for individuals 
        employed by a particular agency, as will enable the Integration 
        Office to determine whether such agency is defining interagency 
        assignments in conformance with the requirements of subsections 
        (a) through (c).
            ``(3) If the Integration Office finds under paragraph (2) 
        that 1 or more assignments, involving individuals employed by 
        an agency, are not in conformance with the requirements of 
        subsections (a) through (c)--
                    ``(A) the Integration Office shall report its 
                findings to the Executive Steering Committee; and
                    ``(B) the Executive Steering Committee may, in 
                accordance with such procedures as the Committee by 
                regulation prescribes, take such action as the 
                Committee considers necessary to ensure that--
                            ``(i) the assignment or assignments in 
                        question are brought into conformance with the 
                        requirements of subsections (a) through (c); 
                        and
                            ``(ii) future assignments of individuals 
                        employed by such agency will be in conformance 
                        with those requirements.
``Sec. 10207. Interagency National Security Professional Education and 
              Training Consortium
    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) The Executive Steering Committee shall establish an 
        Interagency National Security Professional Education and 
        Training Consortium, which shall be composed of such 
        universities, colleges, and other institutions (whether public, 
        private, or governmental) as the Committee may determine and 
        which agree to participate.
            ``(2) The mission of the Consortium shall be to educate and 
        train national security professionals, at all career levels 
        from the various agencies participating in the INSPEAD System, 
        in a consistent curriculum that provides students with the 
        knowledge and skills necessary to successfully address complex 
        and dynamic modern national security issues across agencies.
            ``(3)(A) The Executive Steering Committee shall appoint a 
        Board of Regents--
                    ``(i) to develop and maintain guidelines for the 
                curriculum, syllabi, and learning objectives for 
                courses that can be taken by national security 
                professionals to fulfill interagency qualification 
                requirements of the System and are offered by 
                institutions comprising the Consortium;
                    ``(ii) to oversee and validate such courses taught 
                by institutions comprising the Consortium, to ensure 
                they are consistent and fulfill the purpose of the 
                System;
                    ``(iii) to recommend to the Executive Steering 
                Committee that an institution be granted membership in 
                the Consortium or that the membership of an institution 
                be denied or revoked; and
                    ``(iv) to perform such other duties in managing and 
                regulating the Consortium as the Executive Steering 
                Committee may determine.
            ``(B) The Board of Regents shall be composed of experts in 
        education and training, national security matters, public 
        administration and policy, and such other topics as the 
        Executive Steering Committee considers appropriate. The 
        Executive Steering Committee shall periodically review the 
        curriculum, syllabi, and learning objectives, and all other 
        aspects of the Consortium program.
            ``(4) To foster long-term cooperation and stronger 
        relations with allies of the United States, the Executive 
        Steering Committee shall endeavor to create appropriate 
        opportunities for government personnel (civilian and military) 
        of allied foreign nations, who have duties similar to those of 
        national security professionals, to study and train alongside 
        national security professionals through the Consortium.
            ``(5) To enhance cooperation with local and State 
        governments on national security matters, the Executive 
        Steering Committee shall endeavor to create appropriate 
        opportunities for employees of local and State governments to 
        study and train alongside national security professionals 
        through the Consortium.
            ``(6) The Executive Steering Committee shall study the 
        means and appropriateness of enabling personnel from quasi-
        governmental organizations, Federally funded research and 
        development corporations, nongovernmental organizations, and 
        private corporations that support agencies on national security 
        matters to study and train alongside national security 
        professionals through the Consortium, and may provide such 
        access if warranted.
    ``(b) Interagency National Security Capstone Course.--
            ``(1) Upon selection, promotion, or transfer to fill a 
        senior-level interagency national security position designated 
        pursuant to section 10205(a), an individual shall be required, 
        if such individual has not done so before, to attend an 
        interagency national security education course designed 
        specifically to prepare new senior-level national security 
        professionals to work effectively across agencies. The 
        individual must complete this course within 6 months after 
        filling the position. The Board of Regents (established 
        pursuant to subsection (a)(3)) shall oversee the curriculum, 
        syllabi, learning objectives, and faculty for this course.
            ``(2) The head of an agency seeking to fill a senior-level 
        interagency national security position may, on a case-by-case 
        basis, request a waiver of the requirements of paragraph (1) if 
        the agency head determines--
                    ``(A) such waiver is critical for national 
                security; or
                    ``(B) such individual has extensive interagency 
                experience as a result of previous assignments, 
                education, or training.
        For each waiver requested under this paragraph, the agency head 
        shall submit a statement of justification to the Integration 
        Office, including details relating to the position and the 
        candidate desired to fill the position. Waivers must be 
        approved by the Executive Steering Committee before the desired 
        candidate may be appointed to fill the position on a permanent 
        basis.
    ``(c) Other Interagency Education and Training Opportunities for 
National Security Professionals.--
            ``(1) The head of each agency participating in the INSPEAD 
        System shall require that such agency's education and training 
        programs include programs, for national security professionals 
        at all career levels, that--
                    ``(A) strengthen the interagency knowledge and 
                skills of their national security professionals;
                    ``(B) prepare their national security professionals 
                for interagency assignments; and
                    ``(C) offer opportunities to learn and train 
                alongside national security professionals from other 
                agencies.
            ``(2) The head of each agency shall ensure that interagency 
        education and training opportunities under the System shall 
        augment, and shall not replace (in whole or in part), agency-
        specific education and training opportunities.
``Sec. 10208. Funding, personnel float, and restriction on usage of 
              funds
    ``(a) General Fund.--
            ``(1) There is established a fund, to be known as the 
        `Interagency National Security Professional Education, 
        Administration, and Development System Fund'. Such Fund shall 
        be available for--
                    ``(A) the expenses incurred, in the administration 
                of this chapter, by--
                            ``(i) the Executive Steering Committee;
                            ``(ii) the Integration Office; and
                            ``(iii) the Board of Regents;
                    ``(B) such expenses incurred by the Interagency 
                National Security Professional Education and Training 
                Consortium to carry out this chapter as the Executive 
                Steering Committee may determine; and
                    ``(C) such other purposes relating to the 
                administration of the System as the Executive Steering 
                Committee may determine.
            ``(2) There are authorized to be appropriated for the 
        Interagency National Security Professional Education, 
        Administration, and Development System Fund such sums as may be 
        necessary to carry out the purposes set forth in paragraph (1). 
        Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain 
        available until expended. The President shall include in each 
        annual budget request to Congress a request for funding to the 
        Interagency National Security Professional Education, 
        Administration, and Development System Fund.
    ``(b) Agency Funds.--The President shall include in each annual 
budget request to Congress a statement of the amount of funding 
requested for operation of the INSPEAD System within each participating 
agency. The Integration Office, with guidance from the Office of 
Management and Budget, shall provide, in a transmittal to the head of 
each agency participating in the System, not later than July 1 of each 
year, guidance for determining the agency's level of funding necessary 
for operation of the System within that agency. The head of each 
participating agency shall include the funding amount so determined for 
the System in the agency's budget request for the next fiscal year 
scheduled for formulation under chapter 11 of title 31, and each of the 
4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(c) Float.--Within the agency funding requests developed pursuant 
to subsection (b), the President's annual budget request for the 
INSPEAD System shall include funding to establish and maintain a 
personnel `float' for each agency. This `float' will enable the 
agencies to continue day-to-day functions and mission operations while 
allowing agency national security professionals to participate in 
interagency education, training, and assignment opportunities provided 
by the System that require absences from their normal duties.
    ``(d) Restriction.--Funds authorized or stipulated under this 
section may not be used to conduct mission-related or day-to-day 
operations of an agency, or to defray (in whole or in part) the costs 
of agency-specific education or training.
``Sec. 10209. Reporting requirements
    ``(a) Initial Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this chapter, the President shall submit to Congress a 
written report containing an implementation plan for the INSPEAD 
System. This report shall, at a minimum, address--
            ``(1) the list of agencies participating in the System, as 
        determined under section 10202(c);
            ``(2) progress and a timeline on development and issuance 
        of policies and procedures required to implement and operate 
        the System, including those required pursuant to section 
        10202(f);
            ``(3) progress and a timeline on implementation of the 
        organizational structure of the System, including--
                    ``(A) the Executive Steering Committee;
                    ``(B) the Integration Office; and
                    ``(C) the Interagency National Security 
                Professional Education and Training Consortium (as 
                described in section 10207) Board of Regents (as so 
                described);
            ``(4) progress and a timeline on implementing a 
        comprehensive program of interagency national security 
        education, training, and assignment opportunities;
            ``(5) cost estimates to support full implementation and 
        operation of the System, including the personnel `float' 
        required pursuant to section 10208(c); and
            ``(6) such other matters as the Executive Steering 
        Committee determines important for full transparency of the 
        implementation of the System.
    ``(b) Annual Reports.--The Executive Steering Committee, with the 
assistance of the Integration Office, shall submit to Congress each 
year, at the time that the President's budget request is submitted to 
Congress that year under section 1105(a) of title 31, a report 
detailing the implementation and operations of the INSPEAD System. Each 
such report shall include, at a minimum, details relating to--
            ``(1) statistics concerning the promotion and advancement 
        of individuals who participate in the interagency assignment, 
        education, and training opportunities provided by the System 
        and those who do not;
            ``(2) expenditures from the Interagency National Security 
        Professional Education, Administration, and Development System 
        Fund under section 10208(a), and from agency funds under 
        section 10208(b), during the preceding fiscal year;
            ``(3) the number and a brief description of the senior-
        level interagency national security positions in each agency 
        participating in the System;
            ``(4) statistics relating to the number of employees in the 
        participating agencies, broken down by agency and by the 
        various levels of interagency qualification;
            ``(5) an overview of education and training courses offered 
        by the Interagency National Security Professional Education and 
        Training Consortium, and statistics on the number of employees 
        participating in such courses;
            ``(6) waivers, broken down by agency, granted with respect 
        to any of the requirements and policies established by this 
        chapter, the President, or the Executive Steering Committee;
            ``(7) statistics relating to the application and review of 
        individuals seeking interagency qualification outside the 
        normal procedures of the System, including those with 
        appropriate and distinguished work experience outside the 
        Government; and
            ``(8) any legislation which the President or the Executive 
        Steering Committee considers necessary to improve the System.
``Sec. 10210. Implementation schedule
    ``(a) Rollout, Pilot, and Full Implementation.--
            ``(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of this section, the 
        President and Executive Steering Committee may phase-in 
        implementation of the INSPEAD System's policies and 
        requirements in a manner that enables national security 
        professionals to recognize and begin acquiring the requirements 
        for interagency qualification and enables agencies and the 
        governance structures of the System to implement policies and 
        programs to support the INSPEAD System.
            ``(2) All of the requirements of the System, including 
        section 10205(b), shall be fully applicable to at least 4 of 
        the agencies identified in section 10202(c), as chosen by the 
        President, no later than 24 months after the date of the 
        enactment of this chapter. All of the policies, procedures, and 
        career guidance required to operate the System under this 
        paragraph shall be issued no later than 18 months after the 
        date of the enactment of this chapter.
            ``(3) All of the requirements of the System, including 
        section 10205(b), shall be fully applicable to all of the 
        agencies selected for participation in the System pursuant to 
        section 10202(c) no later than 48 months after the date of the 
        enactment of this chapter. All of the policies, procedures, and 
        career guidance required to operate the full System shall be 
        issued no later than 42 months after the date of the enactment 
        of this chapter.
    ``(b) Identification of Interagency National Security Positions.--
Initial identification of interagency national security positions 
pursuant to section 10203(b) shall be completed by an agency no later 
than 12 months before the requirements of the INSPEAD System are fully 
applicable to that agency, as determined by the President.
    ``(c) Education and Training Programs.--Initial interagency 
education and training programs shall be established and available no 
later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this chapter.
    ``(d) Interagency Assignment Requirement.--Any individual, employed 
in or under an agency, who occupies a senior-level interagency national 
security position on the date as of which all requirements of the 
System, including section 10205(b), become fully applicable with 
respect to such agency, shall be exempt from the requirements 
established in section 10205(b) and 10207(b) for the duration of their 
individual careers.
    ``(e) Inclusion of Uniformed Military Personnel.--
            ``(1) Not later than 48 months after the date of the 
        enactment of this chapter, the Secretary of Defense shall make 
        the requirements of the System, including those of section 
        10205(b), applicable to commissioned officers.
            ``(2) At least 12 months before the requirements of the 
        System are applicable to commissioned officers, the Secretary 
        of Defense, with the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
        of Staff and the Executive Steering Committee, shall issue 
        policies and procedures for including commissioned officers in 
        the System. These policies and procedures shall be fully 
        integrated with professional military education, training, and 
        joint duty assignment policies and procedures.
            ``(3) At least 24 months before the requirements of the 
        System are applicable to commissioned officers, the Secretary 
        of Defense shall identify, using the same criteria developed 
        pursuant to section 10202(f)(2) and section 10203(a), 
        commissioned officer positions that shall be designated 
        interagency national security positions pursuant to section 
        10203. Such positions that are filled by general officers or 
        flag officers shall be designated senior-level interagency 
        national security positions pursuant to section 10205 and shall 
        be subject to the requirements of such designation.
            ``(4) Enlisted members and warrant officers of the Armed 
        Forces shall not be subject to the requirements of this chapter 
        or the System, unless so designated by the Secretary of 
        Defense.
            ``(5) For purposes of this subsection, the terms 
        `commissioned officer', `enlisted member', `warrant officer', 
        `general officer', and `flag officer' have the meaning given 
        such terms by section 101(b) of title 10.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for part III of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``102. Interagency National Security Professional Education,   10201''.
                            Administration, and Development 
                            System.
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