[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3846]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2815. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Brown) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. 
Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title XI, add the following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE MOBILITY IN 
                   SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FIELDS.

       (a) Report Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall enter 
     into an agreement with a Federally funded research and 
     development center to submit to the congressional defense 
     committees, not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, a report on the effects of rotating 
     members of the Senior Executive Service of the Department of 
     Defense in science and technology fields. The report shall 
     include interviews with current and former members of such 
     the Senior Executive Service of the Department of Defense in 
     science and technology and personnel managers in science and 
     technology organizations.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
     shall include the following elements:
       (1) A description and comparison of policies of each of the 
     military departments and the Office of the Secretary of 
     Defense relating to positions in the Senior Executive Service 
     in science and technology fields.
       (2) A discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of 
     Senior Executive Service mobility and whether the policy 
     should be different for positions in science and technology 
     fields.
       (3) Identification of positions in the Senior Executive 
     Service that may have been misclassified as technical 
     positions.
       (4) An assessment of the extent to which mobility 
     requirements of the Senior Executive Service are a factor in 
     retirement or recruitment, and whether that differs for 
     science and technology fields from other fields.
       (5) Such recommendations for legislative or administrative 
     action as the Federally funded research and development 
     center may have with respect to rotating members of the 
     Senior Executive Service of the Department in science and 
     technology fields.
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