I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2314 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 23, 2011 Mr. Davis of Kentucky (for himself and Mr. Tierney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Select Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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 A BILL To increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the Government by providing for greater interagency experience among national security and homeland security personnel through the development of a national security and homeland security human capital strategy and interagency rotational service by employees, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Interagency Personnel Rotation Act of 2011.

2.

Findings and purpose

(a)

Findings

Congress finds that— (1)the national security and homeland security challenges of the 21st century bridge the foreign and domestic divide and require a whole-of-Government approach in order for the United States Government to operate in the most effective and efficient manner; and (2)these challenges require that executive branch personnel— (A)view national security and homeland security issues from a whole-of-Government perspective; (B)understand the capabilities, authorities, resources, and constraints of other agencies; and (C)be able to rely upon networks and communities of interest composed of personnel from other agencies who work on the same national security or homeland security issues. (b)

Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the Government by fostering greater interagency experience among executive branch personnel on national security and homeland security matters involving more than one agency.

3.

Definitions

In this Act: (1)

Agency

The term agency has the meaning given the term Executive agency under section 105 of title 5, United States Code. (2)

Committee

The term Committee means the Committee on National Security Personnel established under section 5(a). (3)

Covered agency

The term covered agency means an agency that is part of an ICI. (4)

ICI

The term ICI means a National Security Interagency Community of Interest identified by the Committee under section 6(a). (5)

ICI position

The term ICI position— (A)means— (i)a position that— (I)is identified by the head of a covered agency as a position within that agency the primary duties of which relate to national security or homeland security policy formulation or execution; (II)is a position in the civil service (as defined in section 2101(1) of title 5, United States Code) in the executive branch of the Government for which the pay is at a rate at or greater than the minimum basic rate of pay for a position at GS–11 of the General Schedule; and (III)is a position within an ICI; or (ii)a position in an interagency body identified as an ICI position by the Committee under section 6(c)(1); and (B)shall not include— (i)any position described under paragraph (10)(A) or (C); or (ii)any position filled by an employee described under paragraph (10)(B). (6)

Intelligence community

The term intelligence community has the meaning given under section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)). (7)

Interagency body

The term interagency body means an interagency body identified by the Committee under section 6(c)(1). (8)

Interagency rotational service

The term interagency rotational service means service by an employee in— (A)an ICI position that is— (i)in— (I)a covered agency other than the covered agency employing the employee; or (II)an interagency body, without regard to whether the employee is employed by the agency in which the interagency body is located; and (ii)in the same ICI as the position in which the employee serves or has served before serving in that ICI position; or (B)a position in an interagency body identified by the Committee under section 6(c)(2). (9)

National Security Interagency Community of Interest

The term National Security Interagency Community of Interest means the personnel of the executive branch of the Government that— (A)as a group are employees of multiple agencies of the executive branch of the Government; and (B)have significant responsibility for the same substantive, functional, or regional subject area related to national security or homeland security that requires integration of the personnel and activities in that area across multiple agencies to ensure that the executive branch of the Government operates as a single, cohesive enterprise to maximize mission success and minimize cost. (10)

Political appointee

The term political appointee means an individual who— (A)is employed in a position described under sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States Code, (relating to the Executive Schedule); (B)is a limited term appointee, limited emergency appointee, or noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service, as defined under paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively, of section 3132(a) of title 5, United States Code; or (C)is employed in a position in the executive branch of the Government of a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (11)

Relevant committees of Congress

The term relevant committees of Congress means— (A)the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Health, Labor, Education, and Pensions, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and (B)the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Education and the Workforce, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives. (12)

Senior position

The term senior position means— (A)a Senior Executive Service position, as defined in section 3132(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code; (B)a position in the Senior Foreign Service established under the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.); (C)a position in the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service established under section 3151 of title 5, United States Code; and (D)any other equivalent position identified by the Committee.

4.

Strategy and planning requirements

(a)

National Security Human Capital Strategy

(1)

Issuing of strategy

(A)

In general

Except as provided in subparagraph (B), not later than October 1 of the first fiscal year after the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted, and every 4 years thereafter, the Committee shall issue a National Security Human Capital Strategy to develop the national security and homeland security personnel necessary for accomplishing national security and homeland security objectives that require integration of personnel and activities from multiple agencies of the executive branch of the Government in order to ensure that the executive branch of the Government operates as a single, cohesive enterprise to maximize mission success and minimize cost. (B)

Modified date

If this Act is enacted on a date that is less than 180 days before the end of the fiscal year, then the Committee shall issue the National Security Human Capital Strategy under this paragraph not later than October 1 of the second fiscal year after the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted, and every 4 years thereafter. (2)

Plan

Each National Security Human Capital Strategy issued under paragraph (1) shall include a plan that— (A)provides for the phased implementation of this Act; (B)contains graduated and specific targets for the percentages of senior positions in an ICI that— (i)require interagency rotational service as an eligibility requirement; (ii)ensures that, not later than October 1 of the fifteenth fiscal year after the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted, not less than 85 percent of the ICI positions of each covered agency that are senior positions are designated under section 8(a)(1); and (C)includes a schedule for the issuance of directives relating to the requirements under this Act by the Committee. (3)

Submission to relevant committees of Congress

Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Committee issues a National Security Human Capital Strategy under paragraph (1), the Committee shall submit that strategy to the relevant committees of Congress. (b)

Reports on implementation

(1)

In general

Not later than 2 years after the date on which the Committee issues a National Security Human Capital Strategy under subsection (a), the Committee shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress a report on the implementation of the strategy and this Act. (2)

Contents

Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include updates to the plan contained in the most recent National Security Human Capital Strategy and detailed reporting that is specific to each ICI and to each covered agency and interagency body regarding— (A)implementation of the National Security Human Capital Strategy and this Act; and (B)performance measures for the National Security Human Capital Strategy and data on the performance measures.

5.

Committee on National Security Personnel

(a)

Establishment

There is established the Committee on National Security Personnel within the Executive Office of the President. (b)

Membership

The members of the Committee shall be the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. (c)

Chairperson

The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall be the Chairperson of the Committee. (d)

Functions

(1)

In general

The Committee shall perform the functions as provided under this Act to carry out service in an ICI position in another covered agency or interagency body by employees, the training required under section 9, and other activities under this Act. (2)

Directives

(A)

In general

In consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue directives and set standards for service in an ICI position in another covered agency or interagency body, the training required under section 9, and other activities under this Act, including the directives specifically required under this Act. (B)

Use by covered agencies

The head of each covered agency shall carry out the responsibilities under this Act in accordance with the directives issued by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (C)

Submission to Congress

Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget issues a directive under this Act, the Director shall submit the directive to the relevant committees of Congress. (e)

Support and implementation

(1)

Board

There is established a board to assist the Committee, which shall be composed of 1 designee (who shall serve in an Executive schedule position at level III) selected by each of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Director of National Intelligence. (2)

Chief Human Capital Officers Council

The Chief Human Capital Officers Council shall provide advice to the Committee regarding technical human capital issues relating to the implementation of this Act. (3)

Covered agency officials

The head of each covered agency shall designate an officer and office within that covered agency with responsibility for the implementation of this Act.

6.

National Security Interagency Communities of Interest

(a)

Identification of ICIs

The Committee— (1)shall identify ICIs on an ongoing basis for purposes of carrying out this Act; and (2)may alter or discontinue an ICI identified under paragraph (1). (b)

Identification of ICI positions

(1)

In general

Subject to paragraph (4), the head of each covered agency shall identify ICI positions within that covered agency. (2)

Position with administrative or technical duties

(A)

Exclusion for administrative duties

A position the primary duties of which relate to administrative duties (including duties relating to procurement, accounting, and finance) shall not be identified as an ICI position. (B)

Technology duties

(i)

In general

The Committee shall determine which positions the primary duties of which relate to information technology or engineering may be identified as ICI positions by the head of a covered agency. The Committee may provide guidance regarding the positions that may be identified as ICI positions under this clause or approve the identification of the ICI positions on a case-by-case basis, as the Committee determines appropriate. (ii)

Information technology positions

A position that relates to information technology may be identified as an ICI position for an ICI relating to cybersecurity. (3)

Other provisions

(A)

Multiple ICIs

A position may be within more than 1 ICI. (B)

Changes

Subject to paragraph (4), the head of a covered agency may change which positions are identified as ICI positions or which ICI an ICI position is within. (4)

Review and approval by the Committee

(A)

In general

The Committee shall— (i)provide guidance to the heads of covered agencies concerning criteria for identifying or changing the identification of ICI positions; (ii)establish criteria concerning identifications and changes to the identifications of ICI positions which may be made by the head of a covered agency and take effect without review and approval by the Committee; (iii)establish criteria concerning identifications and changes to the identifications of ICI positions which may be made by the head of a covered agency and shall be reviewed and approved by the Committee before the identification or change may take effect; and (iv)develop a schedule for the Committee to review identifications of and changes to the identifications of ICI positions that took effect without prior review and approval under the criteria established under clause (ii). (B)

Action by covered agencies

The head of a covered agency may not identify a position as an ICI position or change an ICI position or which ICI an ICI position is within if the identification or change is not— (i)authorized to be made without the advance authorization of the Committee under subparagraph (A)(ii); or (ii)approved by the Committee under subparagraph (A)(iii). (c)

Interagency bodies

(1)

Identification

(A)

In general

The Committee shall identify— (i)entities in the executive branch of the Government that are primarily involved in interagency activities; and (ii)components of agencies that are primarily involved in interagency activities and have a mission distinct from the agency within which the component is located. (B)

Certain bodies

The Committee shall identify the National Security Council and the Directorate of Strategic Operational Planning of the National Counterterrorism Center as interagency bodies under this paragraph. (2)

Positions in interagency bodies

(A)

In general

For purposes of this Act— (i)the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs shall perform the duties of the head of a covered agency for ICI positions within the National Security Council; (ii)the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center shall perform the duties of the head of a covered agency for ICI positions within the Directorate of Strategic Operational Planning of the National Counterterrorism Center; and (iii)the Committee shall designate the Federal officer who shall perform the duties of the head of a covered agency for ICI positions within any other interagency body. (B)

Identification of positions

The officials described or designated under subparagraph (A) shall identify— (i)positions within their respective interagency bodies that are ICI positions; and (ii)positions within their respective interagency bodies— (I)that are not within an ICI; (II)that are not a position described under section 3(10)(A) or (C) or a position filled by an employee described under section 3(10)(B); and (III)for which service in the position shall constitute interagency rotational service. (C)

Review and approval by the Committee

The identification of, change of, and determinations relating to positions described in subparagraph (B) by a Federal officer described in or designated under subparagraph (A) shall be subject to review and approval by the Committee in the same manner and to the same extent as provided for the head of a covered agency under this Act.

7.

ICI rotational service

(a)

Exclusion of senior positions

For purposes of this section, the term ICI position does not include a senior position. (b)

Rotations

(1)

In general

The Committee shall provide for employees serving in an ICI position to be assigned on a rotational basis to another ICI position that is— (A)within another covered agency or within an interagency body; and (B)within the same ICI. (2)

Service within multiple ICIs

An employee who has served or is serving in an ICI position that is within 2 or more ICIs may be assigned to an ICI position in any of such ICIs. (3)

Exception

An employee may be assigned to an ICI position in another covered agency or in an interagency body that is not in the ICI applicable to an ICI position in which the employee serves or has served if— (A)the employee has particular nongovernmental or other expertise or skills that are relevant to the assigned ICI position; and (B)the head of the covered agency employing the employee, the head of the covered agency to which the assignment is made, and the Committee approve the assignment. (4)

Officers of the Armed Forces

(A)

Service in ICIs

The policies, procedures, and practices for the management of officers of the Armed Forces established pursuant to section 661 of title 10, United States Code, may provide for the assignment of officers of the Armed Forces to ICI positions or positions designated under section 6(c)(2)(B)(ii) and for the treatment of such assignments as joint duty assignments for purposes of chapter 38 of such title. (B)

Directives

The Committee shall specify the requirements and limitations applicable to the assignment of officers of the Armed Forces to ICI positions or positions designated under section 6(c)(2)(B)(ii). The directives specifying such requirements and limitations shall be issued with the concurrence of the Secretary of Defense. (5)

Return to prior position

(A)

In general

Subject to subparagraph (B), an employee performing service in an ICI position in another covered agency or interagency body or in a position designated under section 6(c)(2)(B)(ii) shall be entitled to return to the position held by the employee in the covered agency employing the employee within a reasonable period of time after the end of the period of service. (B)

Reasonable exceptions

The Committee shall determine under what circumstances it is reasonable to make an exception to the requirement under subparagraph (A) and issue guidance regarding making such an exception. (c)

Voluntary nature of rotational service

(1)

In general

Except as provided in paragraph (2), service in an ICI position in another covered agency or interagency body shall be voluntary by an employee. (2)

Authority to assign involuntarily

If the head of a covered agency has the authority under another provision of law to assign an employee involuntarily to a position and the employee is serving in an ICI position, the head of the covered agency may assign the employee involuntarily to serve in an ICI position in another covered agency or interagency body. (d)

Directives

(1)

Identification of positions open for rotational service

The Committee shall— (A)require, and provide guidelines relating to, the identification by the head of each covered agency of ICI positions in the covered agency that are open for assignment of employees serving or who have served in ICI positions in other covered agencies or an interagency body; (B)specify how many ICI positions the head of each covered agency shall make available for assignment of employees serving or who have served in ICI positions in other covered agencies or an interagency body; and (C)ensure that each ICI position in a covered agency or interagency body that is available for assignment of an employee from another covered agency or interagency body is filled by an employee serving in a position with a level of responsibility comparable to the position that is available for assignment. (2)

Minimum period for service

With respect to the period of service in an ICI position in another covered agency or interagency body, the Committee— (A)shall ensure that the period of service is sufficient to gain an adequately detailed understanding and perspective of the covered agency or interagency body at which the employee is assigned; (B)may provide for different periods for service, depending upon the nature of the position, including whether the position is in an area that is a combat zone for purposes of section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and (C)shall require that an employee performing service in an ICI position in another covered agency or interagency body is informed of the period of service for the position before beginning such service. (e)

Selection of ICI positions open for rotational service

(1)

In general

Subject to paragraph (2), the head of each covered agency shall determine which ICI positions in the covered agency shall be available to be filled by employees from another covered agency and may modify a determination under this paragraph. (2)

Review of determination of ICI positions open for rotational service

(A)

In general

The Committee shall— (i)provide guidance to the heads of covered agencies concerning criteria for determining and modifying determinations of which ICI positions are available to be filled by employees from another covered agency; (ii)establish criteria concerning determinations and modifications to determinations regarding ICI positions that are available to be filled by employees from another covered agency which may be made by the head of a covered agency and take effect without review and approval by the Committee; (iii)establish criteria concerning which determinations and modifications to determinations regarding ICI positions that are available to be filled by employees from another covered agency may be made by the head of a covered agency and shall be reviewed and approved by the Committee before the determination or modification may take effect; and (iv)develop a schedule for the Committee to review determinations and modifications to determinations that an ICI position is available to be filled by employees from another covered agency that took effect without prior review and approval under the criteria established under clause (ii). (B)

Action by covered agencies

The head of a covered agency may not determine an ICI position as available to be filled by employees from another covered agency or make a modification of the determination if the determination or modification is not— (i)authorized to be made without the advance authorization of the Committee under subparagraph (A)(ii); or (ii)approved by the Committee under subparagraph (A)(iii). (3)

List

The Committee shall maintain a single, integrated list of positions available to be filled by employees from another covered agency under this section and shall make the list available to Federal employees on an ongoing basis in order to facilitate applications for the positions and long-term career planning by employees of the executive branch of the Government, except to the extent that the Committee determines that the identity of certain positions should not be distributed in order to protect national security or homeland security. (f)

Prevention of need for increased personnel levels

(1)

Phase in

The Committee shall phase in the requirement to designate ICI positions for assignment across covered agencies in a manner that ensures that there is a reasonable equivalence between the number of employees rotating out of the covered agencies or interagency bodies within an ICI and the number of employees rotating into the covered agencies or interagency bodies within an ICI. (2)

Filling positions rotating out

The Committee shall ensure that employees are rotated across covered agencies and interagency bodies within an ICI in a manner that ensures that the original ICI positions of all employees performing service in an ICI position in another covered agency or interagency body are filled within a reasonable period by— (A)employees from another covered agency or interagency body who are performing service in an ICI position in another covered agency or interagency body; or (B)other available employees. (g)

Open and fair competition

Each covered agency or interagency body that has an ICI position available to be filled by an employee from another covered agency shall coordinate with the Office of Personnel Management to ensure that the position is filled in a fully open and competitive manner that is consistent with the merit system principles set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2301(b) of title 5, United States Code, except if the ICI position is otherwise exempt under another provision of law. (h)

Collective bargaining rights and other personnel law matters

(1)

National security exclusion

The identification of a position as available for service by an employee of another covered agency or as being within an ICI shall not be a basis for an order under section 7103(b) of title 5, United States Code, excluding the covered agency, or a subdivision thereof, in which the position is located from the applicability of chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code. (2)

On rotation

An employee performing service in an ICI position in another covered agency or interagency body shall have collective bargaining rights to the extent and in the manner that such rights would be available to the employee if the employee were detailed or assigned under a provision of law other than this Act from the agency employing the employee to the agency in which the ICI position in which the employee is serving is located. (3)

Consultation

The Committee shall consult with relevant associations, unions, and other groups involved in collective bargaining or encouraging public service or organizational reform of the Government in formulating and implementing policies under this Act. (i)

Reporting

Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Committee issues the first National Security Human Capital Strategy under section 4(a)(1), and every year thereafter, the Committee shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress— (1)a consolidated list of ICI positions, which shall include an explanation of the reasons that each position was identified as being within the ICI; and (2)a consolidated list of ICI positions made available to be filled by employees from another covered agency, which shall include an explanation of the methodology used by the covered agency in determining which positions were and were not to be made available.

8.

Interagency rotational service as a requirement for selection to senior positions in ICIs

(a)

Requirement for promotion to selected senior positions within ICIs

Except as otherwise provided in this section, the head of each covered agency shall— (1)designate ICI positions of the covered agency that are senior positions for which interagency rotational service shall be an eligibility requirement; and (2)not later than October 1 of the fifteenth fiscal year after the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted, designate not less than 85 percent of the ICI positions of the covered agency that are senior positions to be senior positions for which interagency rotational service shall be an eligibility requirement. (b)

Exemptions

(1)

In general

An employee may be appointed to a senior position designated under subsection (a) without meeting the interagency rotational service requirement if before the appointment the employee— (A)is not employed in the executive branch of the Government when selected for the senior position; (B)is serving in a senior position that is not an ICI position; (C)has not served in the executive branch of the Government for a sufficient period, as determined by the Committee, to have performed interagency rotational service; (D)entered service in the executive branch of the Government at or above GS–15 of the General Schedule, or equivalent; (E)has prior service in another agency that provides the employee with relevant experience in the applicable ICI, as determined by the Committee; or (F)is in another class of employees exempted from subsection (a) by the Committee. (2)

Notice

Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Committee determines to exempt a class of employees under paragraph (1)(F), the Committee shall notify the relevant committees of Congress of the exemption. (c)

Waivers

(1)

In general

On a case-by-case basis, the head of a covered agency may waive the requirement that an employee being appointed to a senior position designated under subsection (a) has performed interagency rotational service. (2)

Years 3 to 8

During the period beginning on October 1 of the second fiscal year after the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted and ending on September 30 of the seventh fiscal year after the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted, the head of a covered agency may issue a waiver under paragraph (1) for good cause. (3)

Years 9 to 15

During the period beginning October 1 of the eighth fiscal year after the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted and ending on September 30 of the fourteenth fiscal year after the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted, the head of a covered agency may issue a waiver under paragraph (1) if— (A)there is a lack of qualified candidates for the senior position who have satisfied the requirement under subsection (a); (B)a lack of sufficient positions available to be filled by employees from another covered agency prevented the most qualified candidate for the senior position from completing interagency rotational service; or (C)the most qualified candidate for the senior position has prior service in a position in another agency that, although involving duties comparable to an ICI position, does not qualify as interagency rotational service. (4)

After year 15

(A)

In general

After the period described in paragraph (3), the head of a covered agency may issue a waiver under paragraph (1) if— (i)there are extraordinary circumstances relating to the senior position; and (ii)the Committee concurs with issuing the waiver. (B)

Nondelegation

The authority to issue a waiver under paragraph (1) may not be delegated after the period described in paragraph (3). (5)

Reporting

Not later than 30 days after the date on which a waiver is issued under paragraph (1), the Committee shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress a report containing a description of the waiver and an explanation of the justification for the waiver. (d)

Other rotational requirements

(1)

Definitions

In this subsection: (A)

DHS rotational service program

The term DHS rotational service program means any program established before the date of enactment of this Act that provides for rotation assignments of employees within the Department of Homeland Security. (B)

IC rotational service program

The term IC rotational service program means any program established before the date of enactment of this Act that provides for rotation assignments of employees across the agencies or elements of the intelligence community. (2)

Department of Homeland Security

If an employee of the Department of Homeland Security has performed service in an ICI position in another covered agency or interagency body, the employee may not be denied an appointment to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security because of any other requirement to perform service on a rotational basis under a DHS rotational service program. (3)

Officers of the Armed Forces

Section 668(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (A)by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (B)by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2): (2)(A)The definition required by paragraph (1) may provide for the treatment as a joint duty assignment of any assignment of officers to an ICI position or a position in an interagency body that is not an ICI position as the Secretary may specify in the regulations required by that paragraph. (B)In this paragraph, the terms ICI position and interagency body have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the Interagency Personnel Rotation Act of 2011. . (4)

Credit for service in another component within an agency

(A)

In general

During the first 8 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted, an employee that performed service in a rotation to another component of the covered agency that employs the employee identified under subparagraph (B) may be appointed to an ICI position that is a senior position in that covered agency without regard to any designation under subsection (a). (B)

Identification of components

Subject to approval by the Committee, the head of a covered agency may identify the components of the covered agency that are sufficiently independent in functionality for service in a rotation in the component to qualify as service in another component of the covered agency for purposes of subparagraph (A). (5)

Intelligence community personnel

During the first 8 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted, an employee of a covered agency that performed service in a rotation in the intelligence community under an IC rotational service program may be appointed to an ICI position that is a senior position in that covered agency without regard to any designation under subsection (a). (6)

Reports

The head of each covered agency shall include information relating to this subsection in any relevant report to the relevant committees of Congress required under this Act. (e)

Performance appraisals

The Committee shall— (1)ensure that the employees receive performance evaluations that are based primarily on their contribution to the work of the covered agency in which the employee is performing service in an ICI position in another covered agency or interagency body and the functioning of the applicable ICI; and (2)require that— (A)officials at the covered agency employing the employee conduct the evaluations based on input from the supervisors of the employee during service in an ICI position in another covered agency or interagency body; and (B)the evaluations shall be provided the same weight in the receipt of promotions and other rewards by the employee from the covered agency employing the employee as performance evaluations receive for other employees of the covered agency. (f)

Incentives for participation

The Committee shall identify ways in which the head of a covered agency shall use the authorities of the head of the covered agency to institute incentives to encourage employees to perform service in an ICI position in another covered agency or interagency body, regardless of the interest of any employee to be promoted to an ICI position that is a senior position. (g)

Foreign service

Section 607(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4007(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4)At the election of an individual subject to a maximum time in class limitation under this subsection, any period of service in an ICI position (as defined in section 3 of the Interagency Personnel Rotation Act of 2011) that is not within the Department of State shall not be used for purposes of determining the period during which the individual has served in a class. .

9.

Education and training for personnel serving in interagency communities of interest

(a)

Training and education requirements

(1)

Participation by personnel in ICI positions

(A)

Orientation training and education

During the second fiscal year after the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted, and each fiscal year thereafter, each employee serving in an ICI position shall participate in orientation training and education. (B)

Ongoing training and education

During the third fiscal year after the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted, and each fiscal year thereafter, each employee serving in an ICI position shall participate in ongoing training and education. (2)

Failure to obtain training and education

An employee serving in an ICI position who does not successfully complete the orientation training and education and the ongoing training and education required under paragraph (1) may not perform service in an ICI position in another covered agency or interagency body. (3)

Contents of training

The training and education required under paragraph (1) shall include training and education on— (A)national security and homeland security strategy, both general and as relevant to the applicable ICI; (B)the criticality of interagency integration for accomplishing national security and homeland security objectives in an efficient and effective manner; (C)the roles, functions, authorities, cultures, and resources of agencies involved in the applicable ICI; and (D)practical skills and strategies for ensuring maximum interagency cohesion, including effective meeting management, project management, negotiation, and interagency team-building. (4)

Online training

Unless the Committee determines that the benefits of an in-person training for increasing interagency coordination to improve interagency effectiveness and efficiency outweigh the cost, the training and education required under paragraph (1) shall be online. (b)

Use of consortium

(1)

In general

The Committee may use a consortium of agencies, educational institutions, and nongovernmental organizations to provide the training and education required under this section, including by the use of preexisting courses and materials. (2)

Inclusions

The consortium used under paragraph (1) may include Government educational entities such as the Foreign Service Institute, the National Defense University, the Army War College, and the Naval War College, if the head of the agency of which the educational entity is a component determines that participation in the training and education will not adversely impact the capabilities of the agency.

10.

Interagency process and strategies training for political appointees

(a)

Establishment

(1)

In general

Subject to the direction of the Committee, the Office of Personnel Management shall establish a course for political appointees relating to the objectives, history, and functioning of the senior-level interagency process and strategies for ensuring maximum interagency cohesion and the accomplishment of national security and homeland security objectives in an efficient and effective manner. (2)

Length of course

The length of a course established under paragraph (1) may be different for different positions, based on the seniority of the position and other factors as the Committee determines appropriate. (b)

Requirement

Not later than 120 days after an individual is appointed to a position which makes the individual a political appointee, that individual shall take the course established under subsection (a). (c)

Application

This section shall apply to appointments made on and after the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted.