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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Interagency National Security Professional Education, 

4 Administration, and Development System Act of 2010’’. 

5 (b) CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.—This Act is en6 acted pursuant to the power granted Congress under arti7 cle I, section 8 of the United States Constitution. 

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

9 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

10 (1) Employees with responsibility for national 

11 security matters within the executive branch of the 

12 Government (hereinafter in this Act referred to as 

13 ‘‘national security professionals’’) are extraordinarily 

14 dedicated and talented individuals who sacrifice a 

15 great deal to keep our Nation safe, secure, and pros16 perous. 

17 (2) Modern national security challenges are 

18 complex and dynamic, and frequently require inte19 gration of the full spectrum of the capabilities and 

20 power of the United States and its allies to success21 fully address and manage those challenges. 

22 (3) The current ‘‘agency-centric’’ cultures, in23 centives, and structures within the United States na24 tional security system prevent full and effective 

25 interagency cooperation and coordination, leaving 


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1 the Nation vulnerable to complex and dynamic mod2 ern national security threats. 

3 (4) It is imperative to the national security of 

4 the United States that our national security profes5 sionals are provided with the interagency knowledge, 

6 skills, and experience they need to effectively inte7 grate and utilize the full capabilities and power of 

8 the United States and its allies to address national 

9 security challenges. 

10 (5) A transformation in the Government’s ap11 proach to educating, training, and developing its na12 tional security professionals is needed. 

13 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to estab14 lish the Interagency National Security Professional Edu15 cation, Administration, and Development System, which 

16 will— 

17 (1) develop the interagency knowledge, skills, 

18 and experience of national security professionals 

19 working within the agencies of the Government by— 

20 (A) creating interagency national security 

21 education, training, and assignment opportuni22 ties for national security professionals; and 

23 (B) incentivizing national security profes24 sionals to undertake and their employing agen25 cies to encourage such opportunities; 


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1 (2) ensure that individuals occupying senior2 level interagency national security positions have 

3 been thoroughly prepared to seek out, recognize, and 

4 execute interagency solutions to national security 

5 challenges; 

6 (3) provide increased consistency for educating, 

7 training, and developing national security profes8 sionals across the Government, while leaving indi9 vidual agencies sufficient flexibility to meet their 

10 specific needs and ensure that agency-specific skills, 

11 competencies, and capabilities remain robust; and 

12 (4) over time, augment agency cultures with 

13 interagency perspectives and enhanced interagency 

14 collaboration, thereby leading to better national se15 curity policy, better mission execution, and a safer, 

16 more secure, and more prosperous Nation. 

17 (c) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act, 

18 or any amendment made by this Act, shall be construed 

19 to affect— 

20 (1) the collective bargaining status or rights of 

21 any Federal employees or unit thereof; or 

22 (2) any individual’s eligibility for benefits, or 

23 the amount of any benefits payable to an individual, 

24 under a retirement system maintained by the United 


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1 States for officers or employees of the United States 

2 or for members of the uniformed services. 

3 SEC. 3. INTERAGENCY NATIONAL SECURITY PROFES4 SIONAL EDUCATION, ADMINISTRATION, AND 

5 DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title 5, United States Code, is 

7 amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘CHAPTER 102—INTERAGENCY NATIONAL 

9 SECURITY PROFESSIONAL EDU10 CATION, ADMINISTRATION, AND DE11 VELOPMENT 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. 

12 ‘‘§ 10201. Definitions 

13 ‘‘For purposes of this chapter— 

14 ‘‘(1) the term ‘Government’ means the Govern15 ment of the United States; 

16 ‘‘(2) the term ‘national security professional’ 

17 means an employee of an Executive agency who 

18 plans, coordinates, or participates, in a substantive 


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1 manner, in activities relating to national security 

2 matters; 

3 ‘‘(3) the term ‘national security matter’ means 

4 any matter that, as determined consistent with guid5 ance issued by the President, relates to threats to 

6 the United States, its people, property, or interests, 

7 including threats from— 

8 ‘‘(A) human actions, intentional or other9 wise; 

10 ‘‘(B) acts of nature; or 

11 ‘‘(C) accidents; 

12 ‘‘(4) the term ‘agency’ means an Executive 

13 agency; 

14 ‘‘(5) the term ‘intelligence agency’ has the 

15 meaning given such term by section 504 of the Na16 tional Security Act of 1947; 

17 ‘‘(6) the term ‘intelligence community’ has the 

18 meaning given such term by section 3 of the Na19 tional Security Act of 1947; 

20 ‘‘(7) the term ‘INSPEAD System’ or ‘System’ 

21 means the Interagency National Security Profes22 sional Education, Administration, and Development 

23 System, as described in section 10202; 

24 ‘‘(8) the term ‘Executive Steering Committee’ 

25 means the committee described in section 10202(d); 


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1 ‘‘(9) the term ‘Integration Office’ means the of2 fice established by or designated pursuant to section 

3 10202(e); 

4 ‘‘(10) the term ‘Interagency National Security 

5 Professional Education and Training Consortium’ or 

6 ‘Consortium’ means the consortium established by 

7 section 10207(a); and 

8 ‘‘(11) the term ‘Interagency National Security 

9 Professional Education, Administration, and Devel10 opment System Fund’ means the fund established by 

11 section 10208(a). 

12 ‘‘§ 10202. Establishment and governance of Inter13 agency National Security Professional 

14 Education, Administration, and Develop15 ment System 

16 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall estab17 lish and maintain a system for the interagency education, 

18 training, and professional development of national security 

19 professionals, which shall be known as the ‘Interagency 

20 National Security Professional Education, Administration, 

21 and Development System’. 

22 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the INSPEAD Sys23 tem shall be to foster the development of exceptional na24 tional security professionals across the Government by— 


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1 ‘‘(1) developing the interagency knowledge, 

2 skills, and abilities of national security professionals; 

3 ‘‘(2) providing opportunities and incentives for 

4 national security professionals to undertake inter5 agency education, training, and assignments; 

6 ‘‘(3) ensuring that individuals occupying senior7 level national security positions have the interagency 

8 knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience needed to 

9 seek out, recognize, and execute interagency solu10 tions to national security challenges; 

11 ‘‘(4) providing increased consistency for edu12 cating, training, and developing national security 

13 professionals across agencies, while ensuring suffi14 cient flexibility for individual agencies to continue to 

15 meet their agency-specific needs; and 

16 ‘‘(5) augmenting agency cultures with inter17 agency perspective and vision, encouraging the ex18 change of ideas and information between agencies, 

19 and building trust and familiarity between personnel 

20 in different agencies. 

21 ‘‘(c) PARTICIPATION.—The following agencies shall 

22 participate in the INSPEAD System: 

23 ‘‘(1) The Department of State. 

24 ‘‘(2) The Department of Defense. 

25 ‘‘(3) The Department of Justice. 


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1 ‘‘(4) The Department of the Treasury. 

2 ‘‘(5) The Department of Energy. 

3 ‘‘(6) The Department of Homeland Security. 

4 ‘‘(7) The Office of the Director of National In5 telligence and all other intelligence agencies within 

6 the intelligence community. 

7 ‘‘(8) The Department of Commerce. 

8 ‘‘(9) The Department of Transportation. 

9 ‘‘(10) The Department of Agriculture. 

10 ‘‘(11) The Department of Health and Human 

11 Services. 

12 ‘‘(12) The United States Agency for Inter13 national Development. 

14 ‘‘(13) Such other agencies as the President may 

15 designate. 

16 ‘‘(d) EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE.— 

17 ‘‘(1) There is established a committee which 

18 shall be known as the ‘Executive Steering Com19 mittee’ and the members of which shall consist of— 

20 ‘‘(A) the head of each agency (or designee 

21 thereof, not lower than the rank of assistant 

22 Secretary or its equivalent) participating in the 

23 System, as identified in subsection (c); 

24 ‘‘(B) the Director of the Office of Per25 sonnel Management (or designee thereof); 


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1 ‘‘(C) the president of the United States In2 stitute of Peace (or designee thereof); and 

3 ‘‘(D) the Assistant to the President for 

4 National Security Affairs (or designee thereof) 

5 or, as designated by the President, such Assist6 ant’s successor in function (or designee there7 of). 

8 ‘‘(2) The Director of National Intelligence (or 

9 designee thereof) shall represent the entire intel10 ligence community on the Executive Steering Com11 mittee, except as provided in paragraph (3)(B). 

12 ‘‘(3) The President may, if, in the judgment of 

13 the President, national security or the operation of 

14 the INSPEAD System would be enhanced thereby, 

15 require that any of the following also serve as mem16 bers of the Executive Steering Committee: 

17 ‘‘(A) The head of any agency not otherwise 

18 participating in the System. 

19 ‘‘(B) The head of any intelligence agency 

20 within the intelligence community, other than 

21 the Director of National Intelligence. 

22 ‘‘(4) The member under paragraph (1)(D) shall 

23 serve as the chair of the Executive Steering Com24 mittee. 


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1 ‘‘(5) The President, with the advice of the chair 

2 of the Executive Steering Committee, shall establish 

3 policies regarding the governance and operations of 

4 the Executive Steering Committee. 

5 ‘‘(e) INTEGRATION OFFICE.— 

6 ‘‘(1) An office, to be known as the ‘Integration 

7 Office’, shall be established or designated within the 

8 Executive Office of the President— 

9 ‘‘(A) to perform overall coordination of ac10 tivities and policies relating to the INSPEAD 

11 System; 

12 ‘‘(B) to ensure the implementation and 

13 execution of the policies of the System, includ14 ing by overseeing the activities of the partici15 pating agencies relating to the System; 

16 ‘‘(C) to advise the Executive Steering 

17 Committee on matters and policies relating to 

18 the System; 

19 ‘‘(D) to support the functions of the Inter20 agency National Security Professional Edu21 cation and Training Consortium and Board of 

22 Regents established pursuant to section 10207; 

23 and 

24 ‘‘(E) to support the functions of the Exec25 utive Steering Committee. 


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1 ‘‘(2) The agencies participating in the System 

2 shall, in a manner consistent with otherwise applica3 ble provisions of law, provide assistance, support, 

4 and access to information to the Integration Office 

5 for the performance of its duties. 

6 ‘‘(f) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—The Executive 

7 Steering Committee shall establish policies and procedures 

8 for governing, implementing, and executing the INSPEAD 

9 System, including policies and procedures relating to— 

10 ‘‘(1) the interagency knowledge, skills, experi11 ence, abilities, and qualifications desired or required 

12 of national security professionals at all career levels 

13 across all agencies participating in the System, par14 ticularly individuals holding interagency national se15 curity positions; 

16 ‘‘(2) criteria for the identification of inter17 agency national security positions at all career levels 

18 within all agencies participating in the System; 

19 ‘‘(3) guidance on the management of national 

20 security professionals and positions across the Gov21 ernment, such that interagency assignments are 

22 available, encouraged, and incentivized; 

23 ‘‘(4) the development, management, and coordi24 nation of interagency educational opportunities for 

25 national security professionals; 


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1 ‘‘(5) the development, management, and coordi2 nation of interagency training opportunities for na3 tional security professionals; 

4 ‘‘(6) overseeing and monitoring the careers of 

5 employees who undertake interagency assignments, 

6 education, and training opportunities offered by the 

7 System; 

8 ‘‘(7) ensuring that employees who undertake 

9 interagency assignments, education, and training op10 portunities are promoted and rewarded at rates not 

11 less than those of individuals who do not; 

12 ‘‘(8) incentivizing employees to participate in 

13 the System and pursue interagency qualification, 

14 which may include consideration for accelerated pro15 motion, one-time compensation bonuses, and a Gen16 eral Schedule step increase (or the equivalent) upon 

17 completion of an interagency qualification level; 

18 ‘‘(9) the management of the Interagency Na19 tional Security Professional Education, Administra20 tion, and Development System Fund; and 

21 ‘‘(10) the operation and functions of the Inte22 gration Office. 


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1 ‘‘§ 10203. Identification of interagency national secu2 rity positions 

3 ‘‘(a) CRITERIA.—In order to carry out this section, 

4 the Executive Steering Committee shall establish the cri5 teria to be used in determining which positions within an 

6 agency are interagency national security positions. Such 

7 criteria shall include, for each career level (as identified 

8 under this subsection based on position duties and respon9 sibilities)— 

10 ‘‘(1) a position’s involvement or participation in 

11 the planning, coordination, or execution of activities 

12 relating to national security matters; 

13 ‘‘(2) a position’s required or desired level of 

14 interaction and engagement with other agencies; and 

15 ‘‘(3) such other criteria as the Executive Steer16 ing Committee considers appropriate. 

17 ‘‘(b) INITIAL IDENTIFICATION AND SUBSEQUENT

18 REVIEW.—Each agency participating in the INSPEAD 

19 System, as identified under section 10202(c), shall iden20 tify and thereafter periodically review, with the assistance 

21 of the Integration Office and the Office of Personnel Man22 agement, all positions within such agency that meet the 

23 criteria for inclusion in the System as ‘interagency na24 tional security positions’ and designate those positions ac25 cordingly. 


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1 ‘‘(c) PROCEDURES FOR NEW POSITIONS.—The Exec2 utive Steering Committee shall establish and publish poli3 cies and procedures for determining whether newly created 

4 positions meet the criteria developed pursuant to this sec5 tion and must be designated interagency national security 

6 positions before being filled. 

7 ‘‘(d) EXEMPTION FOR PRESIDENTIAL AP8 POINTEES.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This chapter and the Sys10 tem do not apply to any position to which an indi11 vidual is appointed by the President or to the indi12 vidual holding any such position. 

13 ‘‘(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

14 Congress that, in the selection and appointment of 

15 any individual for a position that (but for paragraph 

16 (1)) would otherwise meet the criteria for an inter17 agency national security position, due consideration 

18 should be given to such individual’s interagency ex19 perience and qualifications. 

20 ‘‘(e) RECRUITMENT.—Job announcements for inter21 agency national security positions shall solicit applications 

22 from the widest population allowable by law. 

23 ‘‘§ 10204. Interagency qualification 

24 ‘‘(a) INTERAGENCY QUALIFICATION LEVELS.—The 

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1 els of interagency qualification for national security pro2 fessionals, as well as the requirements for employees to 

3 achieve qualification at each level. Each level shall, at a 

4 minimum, have— 

5 ‘‘(1) interagency education requirements; 

6 ‘‘(2) interagency training requirements; and 

7 ‘‘(3) interagency experience or assignment re8 quirements. 

9 The purpose of establishing such qualification levels shall 

10 be to ensure systematic, progressive, career-long develop11 ment of national security professionals in the knowledge, 

12 skills, experience, and abilities that enable them to be 

13 highly effective participants in interagency activities re14 lated to national security matters. 

15 ‘‘(b) QUALIFICATION LEVELS REQUIRED OR DE16 SIRED FOR FILLING INTERAGENCY NATIONAL SECURITY

17 POSITIONS.—Using guidance established by the Executive 

18 Steering Committee, and with assistance from the Integra19 tion Office, the agencies participating in the INSPEAD 

20 System shall identify, for each interagency national secu21 rity position identified pursuant to section 10203, the 

22 interagency qualification level required or desired of em23 ployees filling such positions. 

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1 fice, shall establish and publish normal procedures for in2 dividuals to achieve the requirements for various levels of 

3 interagency qualification. These procedures shall describe 

4 what interagency education, training, and assignment op5 portunities enable an employee to meet the requirements 

6 for interagency qualification at various levels. 

7 ‘‘(d) REVIEW PROCEDURES.—The Executive Steer8 ing Committee, with the assistance of the Integration Of9 fice, shall establish and publish procedures for individuals 

10 to apply for a review of work assignments, education, 

11 training, and other appropriate experiences that are un12 dertaken outside of the normal procedures of the 

13 INSPEAD System and for which the individual desires 

14 to receive interagency qualification credit. To encourage 

15 the participating agencies to continue to seek exceptional 

16 talent from all sources, these procedures shall address, at 

17 a minimum, individuals with appropriate and distin18 guished work history outside the Government. 

19 ‘‘(e) ACCOUNTING FOR PRIOR EXPERIENCES.—The 

20 Executive Steering Committee, with the assistance of the 

21 Integration Office, shall establish and execute a process 

22 for properly accounting for interagency assignments, edu23 cation, and training undertaken by individuals prior to im24 plementation of the INSPEAD System that satisfy re25 quirements for interagency qualification. 


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1 ‘‘(f) CAREER GUIDANCE.—Based upon the normal 

2 procedures established by the Executive Steering Com3 mittee pursuant to subsection (c), the head of each partici4 pating agency shall establish career guidelines for employ5 ees in their agency to understand and work toward achiev6 ing the various levels of interagency qualification. Such 

7 guidelines shall include guidance regarding interagency 

8 education, interagency training, interagency assignments, 

9 and such other matters as the head of the agency con10 siders appropriate. 

11 ‘‘§ 10205. Senior-level interagency national security 

12 positions 

13 ‘‘(a) SENIOR-LEVEL INTERAGENCY NATIONAL SECU14 RITY POSITIONS.—Interagency national security positions 

15 within the Government’s senior-level personnel systems 

16 that are identified pursuant to section 10203 shall be des17 ignated as ‘senior-level interagency national security posi18 tions’ and shall be subject to the requirements of this sec19 tion. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term ‘po20 sition within the Government’s senior-level personnel sys21 tems’ refers to— 

22 ‘‘(1) a position within the Senior Executive 

23 Service; 

24 ‘‘(2) a position within the Senior Intelligence 

25 Service; 


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1 ‘‘(3) a position within the Defense Intelligence 

2 Senior Executive Service; 

3 ‘‘(4) a position within the Senior Foreign Serv4 ice; and 

5 ‘‘(5) any other position in an agency which is 

6 classified above grade GS–15 of the General Sched7 ule pursuant to section 5108 or in level IV or V of 

8 the Executive Schedule, or an equivalent position, 

9 which— 

10 ‘‘(A) is not required to be filled by appoint11 ment by the President, by and with the advice 

12 and consent of the Senate; and 

13 ‘‘(B) would otherwise be considered a Sen14 ior Executive Service position under section 

15 3132(a)(2), but for section 3132(a)(1). 

16 ‘‘(b) QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR FILLING

17 SENIOR-LEVEL INTERAGENCY NATIONAL SECURITY PO18 SITIONS.—The highest level of interagency qualification 

19 established pursuant to section 10204(a) shall be required 

20 for an individual to serve in senior-level interagency na21 tional security positions designated pursuant to this sec22 tion. The purpose of requiring this highest level of inter23 agency qualification shall be to ensure that personnel serv24 ing in senior-level interagency national security positions 

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1 ties to be highly proficient leaders of interagency activities 

2 related to national security matters. An individual may not 

3 be designated as interagency-qualified at this highest level 

4 until the individual successfully completes— 

5 ‘‘(1) an appropriate program of interagency na6 tional security professional education, as prescribed 

7 by the Executive Steering Committee and offered by 

8 the Interagency National Security Professional Edu9 cation and Training Consortium; 

10 ‘‘(2) an appropriate program of interagency na11 tional security training, as prescribed by the Execu12 tive Steering Committee; 

13 ‘‘(3) an interagency assignment, as defined pur14 suant to section 10206, that consists of, at a min15 imum, 1 interagency assignment lasting at least 24 

16 months or 2 separate interagency assignments last17 ing at least 12 months each; and 

18 ‘‘(4) such other assignments and experiences, 

19 demonstrating the individual’s knowledge, skills, and 

20 abilities in interagency national security matters, as 

21 the Executive Steering Committee may prescribe. 

22 ‘‘(c) WAIVERS.—The head of the agency seeking to 

23 fill a senior-level interagency national security position 

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1 ification requirements established pursuant to subsection 

2 (b) if the agency head determines— 

3 ‘‘(1) such waiver is critical for the national se4 curity of the United States; or 

5 ‘‘(2) no individual is available who meets the 

6 interagency qualification requirements of subsection 

7 (b). 

8 For each waiver requested under this subsection, the agen9 cy head shall submit a statement of justification to the 

10 Integration Office, including details relating to the posi11 tion and the candidate desired to fill the position. Waivers 

12 must be approved by the Executive Steering Committee 

13 before the desired candidate may be appointed to fill the 

14 position on a permanent basis. 

15 ‘‘§ 10206. Interagency assignment defined 

16 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Executive Steering Com17 mittee shall define an ‘interagency assignment’ for pur18 poses of this chapter. 

19 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The definition shall be limited to 

20 assignments in which the individual so assigned— 

21 ‘‘(1) gains significant experience in addressing 

22 national security matters by means of interagency 

23 cooperation and coordination; or 

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1 more other agencies participating in the INSPEAD 

2 System. 

3 ‘‘(c) EXCLUSIONS.—The definition shall exclude— 

4 ‘‘(1) an assignment within the agency in or 

5 under which such individual is employed, unless the 

6 assignment is a full-time assignment to an inter7 agency organization or team, as defined by the Exec8 utive Steering Committee; and 

9 ‘‘(2) an assignment made primarily or exclu10 sively for training or educational purposes. 

11 ‘‘(d) DETERMINATION OF INTERAGENCY ASSIGN12 MENTS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) Each agency shall determine, for individ14 uals employed by such agency, which assignments 

15 satisfy the requirements of subsections (a) through 

16 (c). 

17 ‘‘(2) The Integration Office, from time to time, 

18 shall review such number of interagency assign19 ments, for individuals employed by a particular 

20 agency, as will enable the Integration Office to de21 termine whether such agency is defining interagency 

22 assignments in conformance with the requirements 

23 of subsections (a) through (c). 

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1 dividuals employed by an agency, are not in con2 formance with the requirements of subsections (a) 

3 through (c)— 

4 ‘‘(A) the Integration Office shall report its 

5 findings to the Executive Steering Committee; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(B) the Executive Steering Committee 

8 may, in accordance with such procedures as the 

9 Committee by regulation prescribes, take such 

10 action as the Committee considers necessary to 

11 ensure that— 

12 ‘‘(i) the assignment or assignments in 

13 question are brought into conformance 

14 with the requirements of subsections (a) 

15 through (c); and 

16 ‘‘(ii) future assignments of individuals 

17 employed by such agency will be in con18 formance with those requirements. 

19 ‘‘§ 10207. Interagency National Security Professional 

20 Education and Training Consortium 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

22 ‘‘(1) The Executive Steering Committee shall 

23 establish an Interagency National Security Profes24 sional Education and Training Consortium, which 

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1 other institutions (whether public, private, or gov2 ernmental) as the Committee may determine and 

3 which agree to participate. 

4 ‘‘(2) The mission of the Consortium shall be to 

5 educate and train national security professionals, at 

6 all career levels from the various agencies partici7 pating in the INSPEAD System, in a consistent cur8 riculum that provides students with the knowledge 

9 and skills necessary to successfully address complex 

10 and dynamic modern national security issues across 

11 agencies. 

12 ‘‘(3)(A) The Executive Steering Committee 

13 shall appoint a Board of Regents— 

14 ‘‘(i) to develop and maintain guidelines for 

15 the curriculum, syllabi, and learning objectives 

16 for courses that can be taken by national secu17 rity professionals to fulfill interagency qualifica18 tion requirements of the System and are offered 

19 by institutions comprising the Consortium; 

20 ‘‘(ii) to oversee and validate such courses 

21 taught by institutions comprising the Consor22 tium, to ensure they are consistent and fulfill 

23 the purpose of the System; 

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1 membership in the Consortium or that the 

2 membership of an institution be denied or re3 voked; and 

4 ‘‘(iv) to perform such other duties in man5 aging and regulating the Consortium as the Ex6 ecutive Steering Committee may determine. 

7 ‘‘(B) The Board of Regents shall be composed 

8 of experts in education and training, national secu9 rity matters, public administration and policy, and 

10 such other topics as the Executive Steering Com11 mittee considers appropriate. The Executive Steering 

12 Committee shall periodically review the curriculum, 

13 syllabi, and learning objectives, and all other aspects 

14 of the Consortium program. 

15 ‘‘(4) To foster long-term cooperation and 

16 stronger relations with allies of the United States, 

17 the Executive Steering Committee shall endeavor to 

18 create appropriate opportunities for government per19 sonnel (civilian and military) of allied foreign na20 tions, who have duties similar to those of national 

21 security professionals, to study and train alongside 

22 national security professionals through the Consor23 tium. 

24 ‘‘(5) To enhance cooperation with local and 

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1 Executive Steering Committee shall endeavor to cre2 ate appropriate opportunities for employees of local 

3 and State governments to study and train alongside 

4 national security professionals through the Consor5 tium. 

6 ‘‘(6) The Executive Steering Committee shall 

7 study the means and appropriateness of enabling 

8 personnel from quasi-governmental organizations, 

9 Federally funded research and development corpora10 tions, nongovernmental organizations, and private 

11 corporations that support agencies on national secu12 rity matters to study and train alongside national 

13 security professionals through the Consortium, and 

14 may provide such access if warranted. 

15 ‘‘(b) INTERAGENCY NATIONAL SECURITY CAPSTONE

16 COURSE.— 

17 ‘‘(1) Upon selection, promotion, or transfer to 

18 fill a senior-level interagency national security posi19 tion designated pursuant to section 10205(a), an in20 dividual shall be required, if such individual has not 

21 done so before, to attend an interagency national se22 curity education course designed specifically to pre23 pare new senior-level national security professionals 

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1 ing the position. The Board of Regents (established 

2 pursuant to subsection (a)(3)) shall oversee the cur3 riculum, syllabi, learning objectives, and faculty for 

4 this course. 

5 ‘‘(2) The head of an agency seeking to fill a 

6 senior-level interagency national security position 

7 may, on a case-by-case basis, request a waiver of the 

8 requirements of paragraph (1) if the agency head 

9 determines— 

10 ‘‘(A) such waiver is critical for national se11 curity; or 

12 ‘‘(B) such individual has extensive inter13 agency experience as a result of previous as14 signments, education, or training. 

15 For each waiver requested under this paragraph, the 

16 agency head shall submit a statement of justification 

17 to the Integration Office, including details relating 

18 to the position and the candidate desired to fill the 

19 position. Waivers must be approved by the Executive 

20 Steering Committee before the desired candidate 

21 may be appointed to fill the position on a permanent 

22 basis. 

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1 ‘‘(1) The head of each agency participating in 

2 the INSPEAD System shall require that such agen3 cy’s education and training programs include pro4 grams, for national security professionals at all ca5 reer levels, that— 

6 ‘‘(A) strengthen the interagency knowledge 

7 and skills of their national security profes8 sionals; 

9 ‘‘(B) prepare their national security profes10 sionals for interagency assignments; and 

11 ‘‘(C) offer opportunities to learn and train 

12 alongside national security professionals from 

13 other agencies. 

14 ‘‘(2) The head of each agency shall ensure that 

15 interagency education and training opportunities 

16 under the System shall augment, and shall not re17 place (in whole or in part), agency-specific education 

18 and training opportunities. 

19 ‘‘§ 10208. Funding, personnel float, and restriction on 

20 usage of funds 

21 ‘‘(a) GENERAL FUND.— 

22 ‘‘(1) There is established a fund, to be known 

23 as the ‘Interagency National Security Professional 

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1 ‘‘(A) the expenses incurred, in the adminis2 tration of this chapter, by— 

3 ‘‘(i) the Executive Steering Com4 mittee; 

5 ‘‘(ii) the Integration Office; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) the Board of Regents; 

7 ‘‘(B) such expenses incurred by the Inter8 agency National Security Professional Edu9 cation and Training Consortium to carry out 

10 this chapter as the Executive Steering Com11 mittee may determine; and 

12 ‘‘(C) such other purposes relating to the 

13 administration of the System as the Executive 

14 Steering Committee may determine. 

15 ‘‘(2) There are authorized to be appropriated 

16 for the Interagency National Security Professional 

17 Education, Administration, and Development Sys18 tem Fund such sums as may be necessary to carry 

19 out the purposes set forth in paragraph (1). 

20 Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection 

21 shall remain available until expended. The President 

22 shall include in each annual budget request to Con23 gress a request for funding to the Interagency Na24 tional Security Professional Education, Administra25 tion, and Development System Fund. 


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1 ‘‘(b) AGENCY FUNDS.—The President shall include 

2 in each annual budget request to Congress a statement 

3 of the amount of funding requested for operation of the 

4 INSPEAD System within each participating agency. The 

5 Integration Office, with guidance from the Office of Man6 agement and Budget, shall provide, in a transmittal to the 

7 head of each agency participating in the System, not later 

8 than July 1 of each year, guidance for determining the 

9 agency’s level of funding necessary for operation of the 

10 System within that agency. The head of each participating 

11 agency shall include the funding amount so determined for 

12 the System in the agency’s budget request for the next 

13 fiscal year scheduled for formulation under chapter 11 of 

14 title 31, and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. 

15 ‘‘(c) FLOAT.—Within the agency funding requests 

16 developed pursuant to subsection (b), the President’s an17 nual budget request for the INSPEAD System shall in18 clude funding to establish and maintain a personnel ‘float’ 

19 for each agency. This ‘float’ will enable the agencies to 

20 continue day-to-day functions and mission operations 

21 while allowing agency national security professionals to 

22 participate in interagency education, training, and assign23 ment opportunities provided by the System that require 

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1 ‘‘(d) RESTRICTION.—Funds authorized or stipulated 

2 under this section may not be used to conduct mission3 related or day-to-day operations of an agency, or to defray 

4 (in whole or in part) the costs of agency-specific education 

5 or training. 

6 ‘‘§ 10209. Reporting requirements 

7 ‘‘(a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

8 after the date of the enactment of this chapter, the Presi9 dent shall submit to Congress a written report containing 

10 an implementation plan for the INSPEAD System. This 

11 report shall, at a minimum, address— 

12 ‘‘(1) the list of agencies participating in the 

13 System, as determined under section 10202(c); 

14 ‘‘(2) progress and a timeline on development 

15 and issuance of policies and procedures required to 

16 implement and operate the System, including those 

17 required pursuant to section 10202(f); 

18 ‘‘(3) progress and a timeline on implementation 

19 of the organizational structure of the System, in20 cluding— 

21 ‘‘(A) the Executive Steering Committee; 

22 ‘‘(B) the Integration Office; and 

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1 tium (as described in section 10207) Board of 

2 Regents (as so described); 

3 ‘‘(4) progress and a timeline on implementing a 

4 comprehensive program of interagency national secu5 rity education, training, and assignment opportuni6 ties; 

7 ‘‘(5) cost estimates to support full implementa8 tion and operation of the System, including the per9 sonnel ‘float’ required pursuant to section 10208(c); 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(6) such other matters as the Executive Steer12 ing Committee determines important for full trans13 parency of the implementation of the System. 

14 ‘‘(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Executive Steering 

15 Committee, with the assistance of the Integration Office, 

16 shall submit to Congress each year, at the time that the 

17 President’s budget request is submitted to Congress that 

18 year under section 1105(a) of title 31, a report detailing 

19 the implementation and operations of the INSPEAD Sys20 tem. Each such report shall include, at a minimum, details 

21 relating to— 

22 ‘‘(1) statistics concerning the promotion and 

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1 portunities provided by the System and those who do 

2 not; 

3 ‘‘(2) expenditures from the Interagency Na4 tional Security Professional Education, Administra5 tion, and Development System Fund under section 

6 10208(a), and from agency funds under section 

7 10208(b), during the preceding fiscal year; 

8 ‘‘(3) the number and a brief description of the 

9 senior-level interagency national security positions in 

10 each agency participating in the System; 

11 ‘‘(4) statistics relating to the number of em12 ployees in the participating agencies, broken down 

13 by agency and by the various levels of interagency 

14 qualification; 

15 ‘‘(5) an overview of education and training 

16 courses offered by the Interagency National Security 

17 Professional Education and Training Consortium, 

18 and statistics on the number of employees partici19 pating in such courses; 

20 ‘‘(6) waivers, broken down by agency, granted 

21 with respect to any of the requirements and policies 

22 established by this chapter, the President, or the Ex23 ecutive Steering Committee; 

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1 tion outside the normal procedures of the System, 

2 including those with appropriate and distinguished 

3 work experience outside the Government; and 

4 ‘‘(8) any legislation which the President or the 

5 Executive Steering Committee considers necessary to 

6 improve the System. 

7 ‘‘§ 10210. Implementation schedule 

8 ‘‘(a) ROLLOUT, PILOT, AND FULL IMPLEMENTA9 TION.— 

10 ‘‘(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of this 

11 section, the President and Executive Steering Com12 mittee may phase-in implementation of the 

13 INSPEAD System’s policies and requirements in a 

14 manner that enables national security professionals 

15 to recognize and begin acquiring the requirements 

16 for interagency qualification and enables agencies 

17 and the governance structures of the System to im18 plement policies and programs to support the 

19 INSPEAD System. 

20 ‘‘(2) All of the requirements of the System, in21 cluding section 10205(b), shall be fully applicable to 

22 at least 4 of the agencies identified in section 

23 10202(c), as chosen by the President, no later than 

24 24 months after the date of the enactment of this 

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1 guidance required to operate the System under this 

2 paragraph shall be issued no later than 18 months 

3 after the date of the enactment of this chapter. 

4 ‘‘(3) All of the requirements of the System, in5 cluding section 10205(b), shall be fully applicable to 

6 all of the agencies selected for participation in the 

7 System pursuant to section 10202(c) no later than 

8 48 months after the date of the enactment of this 

9 chapter. All of the policies, procedures, and career 

10 guidance required to operate the full System shall be 

11 issued no later than 42 months after the date of the 

12 enactment of this chapter. 

13 ‘‘(b) IDENTIFICATION OF INTERAGENCY NATIONAL

14 SECURITY POSITIONS.—Initial identification of inter15 agency national security positions pursuant to section 

16 10203(b) shall be completed by an agency no later than 

17 12 months before the requirements of the INSPEAD Sys18 tem are fully applicable to that agency, as determined by 

19 the President. 

20 ‘‘(c) EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Initial 

21 interagency education and training programs shall be es22 tablished and available no later than 12 months after the 

23 date of the enactment of this chapter. 

24 ‘‘(d) INTERAGENCY ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENT.— 

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1 pies a senior-level interagency national security position 

2 on the date as of which all requirements of the System, 

3 including section 10205(b), become fully applicable with 

4 respect to such agency, shall be exempt from the require5 ments established in section 10205(b) and 10207(b) for 

6 the duration of their individual careers. 

7 ‘‘(e) INCLUSION OF UNIFORMED MILITARY PER8 SONNEL.— 

9 ‘‘(1) Not later than 48 months after the date 

10 of the enactment of this chapter, the Secretary of 

11 Defense shall make the requirements of the System, 

12 including those of section 10205(b), applicable to 

13 commissioned officers. 

14 ‘‘(2) At least 12 months before the require15 ments of the System are applicable to commissioned 

16 officers, the Secretary of Defense, with the advice of 

17 the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 

18 Executive Steering Committee, shall issue policies 

19 and procedures for including commissioned officers 

20 in the System. These policies and procedures shall 

21 be fully integrated with professional military edu22 cation, training, and joint duty assignment policies 

23 and procedures. 

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1 officers, the Secretary of Defense shall identify, 

2 using the same criteria developed pursuant to sec3 tion 10202(f)(2) and section 10203(a), commis4 sioned officer positions that shall be designated 

5 interagency national security positions pursuant to 

6 section 10203. Such positions that are filled by gen7 eral officers or flag officers shall be designated sen8 ior-level interagency national security positions pur9 suant to section 10205 and shall be subject to the 

10 requirements of such designation. 

11 ‘‘(4) Enlisted members and warrant officers of 

12 the Armed Forces shall not be subject to the re13 quirements of this chapter or the System, unless so 

14 designated by the Secretary of Defense. 

15 ‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection, the terms 

16 ‘commissioned officer’, ‘enlisted member’, ‘warrant 

17 officer’, ‘general officer’, and ‘flag officer’ have the 

18 meaning given such terms by section 101(b) of title 

19 10.’’. 

20 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for part 

21 III of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 

22 at the end the following: 

‘‘102. Interagency National Security Professional Education, Administration, and Development 

System ........................................................................10201’’. 

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