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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6066 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to reaffirm the role of the Office 

of Personnel Management as the leader for civilian human resource 

management in the Federal Government, to encourage innovation in 

the Office’s management of human capital, to strengthen the Office’s 

ability to support Federal human capital management as a strategic 

priority, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 23, 2021 

Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Oversight and Reform 

A BILL 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to reaffirm the role 

of the Office of Personnel Management as the leader 

for civilian human resource management in the Federal 

Government, to encourage innovation in the Office’s 

management of human capital, to strengthen the Office’s 

ability to support Federal human capital management 

as a strategic priority, and for other purposes. 

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. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening the Of3 fice of Personnel Management Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ROLE AND MISSION OF OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

5 MANAGEMENT. 

6 Section 1101 of title 5, United States, Code is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘The Office of Personnel Man9 agement’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

10 The Office of Personnel Management’’; and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(b) MISSION.—The Office of Personnel Manage13 ment shall lead the Federal Government in enterprise 

14 strategic human resources management, ensure the proper 

15 application of merit system principles for all Federal civil16 ian human resource systems and employees, and carry out 

17 the policies set forth in section 3 of the Civil Service Re18 form Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–454). In addition, the 

19 Office of Personnel Management shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) function as an independent human capital 

21 agency for Federal civilian personnel systems, em22 ployees, and annuitants; 

23 ‘‘(2) structure as a streamlined, customer-fo24 cused organization to effectively and efficiently exe25 cute its mission priorities; 


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1 ‘‘(3) provide Government-wide leadership and 

2 facilitate appropriate and efficient access to human 

3 capital data and systems to support strategic Gov4 ernment-wide human capital management; 

5 ‘‘(4) use information technology and data, data 

6 analytics, and predictive analytics to inform decision 

7 making, identify best practices and drive innovation; 

8 ‘‘(5) develop both current and forward-looking 

9 approaches for human resource management; 

10 ‘‘(6) establish and maintain an efficient, risk11 based, data-driven oversight program in support of 

12 merit systems principles; and 

13 ‘‘(7) promote staff capacity-building to support 

14 a competent and diverse workforce, consistent with 

15 the requirements of chapter 41 of this title.’’. 

16 SEC. 3. QUALIFICATIONS OF OPM DIRECTOR. 

17 Chapter 11 of title 5, United States Code, is amend18 ed— 

19 (1) in section 1102— 

20 (A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end 

21 after the period the following: ‘‘The individual 

22 appointed as Director shall be appointed with23 out regard to political affiliation and have dem24 onstrated human capital expertise and manage25 ment and leadership experience.’’; and 


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1 (B) by adding after subsection (d) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(e) An individual serving as Director or Deputy Di4 rector may be removed from office by the President only 

5 if the reasons for such removal are specifically set forth 

6 in a written statement submitted to the Committee on 

7 Oversight and Reform in the House of Representatives 

8 and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern9 mental Affairs in the Senate. The President shall commu10 nicate in writing the reasons for any such removal to both 

11 Houses of Congress not later than 30 days before the re12 moval.’’; and 

13 (2) in section 1103(a) by— 

14 (A) redesignating paragraph (9) as para15 graph (12); 

16 (B) striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para17 graph (8); and 

18 (C) inserting after paragraph (8) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(9) serving as the principal advisor to the 

21 President on Federal human capital policies and 

22 leading Federal civilian human capital efforts to at23 tract and retain the optimal Federal workforce; 

24 ‘‘(10) establishing a framework for Federal 

25 agency workforce management and working with 


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1 stakeholders to develop policies that foster best prac2 tices in all human capital areas; 

3 ‘‘(11) setting standards of practice and working 

4 collaboratively across the Federal human capital 

5 community; and’’. 

6 SEC. 4. OPM CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFICER. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1102 of title 5, United 

8 States Code, as amended by section 3, is further amended 

9 by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(f)(1) There is established within the Office of Per11 sonnel Management the position of Chief Management Of12 ficer. Such position shall be filled by a member of the Sen13 ior Executive Service in a designated career reserved posi14 tion. The Director shall establish and appoint an indi15 vidual to occupy such position not later than 90 days after 

16 the date of enactment of the Strengthening the Office of 

17 Personnel Management Act. 

18 ‘‘(2) Subject to the authority, direction, and control 

19 of the Director, the Chief Management Officer shall per20 form such duties and exercise such powers as the Director 

21 may prescribe, including— 

22 ‘‘(A) assisting the Director and Deputy Direc23 tor to provide continuity, strengthen internal agency 

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1 sion and strategic goals of the Office, and improving 

2 Office performance; 

3 ‘‘(B) serving as the principal advisor to the Di4 rector on all operations, activities, and programs in 

5 the Office; 

6 ‘‘(C) directing the associate Directors, program 

7 divisions, and support functions of the Office on 

8 matters for which the Chief Management Officer has 

9 responsibility; 

10 ‘‘(D) establishing processes for supervising op11 erations of the Office, including planning and proc12 esses, performance management, information tech13 nology management, and unifying management ef14 forts across the Office; 

15 ‘‘(E) aligning human resources policies and pro16 grams of the Office with the organization mission, 

17 goals and performance outcomes; 

18 ‘‘(F) developing a culture of continuous learn19 ing and positive employee engagement within the Of20 fice to attract and retain employees; and 

21 ‘‘(G) identifying leading practices and bench22 marks relevant to the Officer’s areas of responsi23 bility.’’. 

24 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 


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1 (1) SECTION HEADING.—The section heading 

2 for section 1102 of title 5, United States Code, is 

3 amended by adding after ‘‘Associate Directors’’ 

4 the following: ‘‘; Chief Management Officer’’. 

5 (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 

6 for chapter 11 of such title is amended by striking 

7 the item relating to section 1102 and inserting the 

8 following: 

‘‘1102. Director; Deputy Director; Associate Directors; Chief Management Officer.’’. 

9 SEC. 5. OPM ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN CAPITAL 

10 MANAGEMENT. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title 5, United 

12 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘§ 1106. OPM Advisory Committee on Human Capital 

15 Management 

16 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

18 after the date of the enactment of the Strengthening 

19 the Office of Personnel Management Act, the Direc20 tor of the Office of Personnel Management (in this 

21 section referred to as the ‘Director’) shall establish 

22 within the Office an advisory committee to be known 

23 as the ‘OPM Advisory Committee on Human Capital 


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1 Management’ (in this section referred to as the ‘Ad2 visory Committee’). 

3 ‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Advisory Committee shall 

4 advise and provide information and recommenda5 tions to the Director on— 

6 ‘‘(A) strategies for making the Federal 

7 Government an employer of choice and model 

8 employer; 

9 ‘‘(B) approaches for recruiting, hiring, and 

10 retaining people with needed skills to improve 

11 Federal services; and 

12 ‘‘(C) programs and initiatives to build and 

13 support a diverse, trusted, and effective Federal 

14 workforce. 

15 ‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

17 ‘‘(A) APPOINTMENT.—The Director shall 

18 appoint not more than 15 members, excluding 

19 ex officio members in paragraph (2), to the Ad20 visory Committee. 

21 ‘‘(B) REPRESENTATION.—The Director 

22 shall ensure that individuals appointed as mem23 bers of the Advisory Committee shall possess 

24 knowledge and experience in human capital 


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1 management and have experience in at least 

2 one of the following categories: 

3 ‘‘(i) Public sector or governmental or4 ganizations, including global public sector 

5 human resource professionals. 

6 ‘‘(ii) Nonprofit organizations, includ7 ing labor unions. 

8 ‘‘(iii) Private sector organizations. 

9 ‘‘(iv) Academia. 

10 ‘‘(v) Federal employee, retiree, and 

11 labor organizations, including organiza12 tions that represent substantial numbers of 

13 Federal employees occupying General 

14 Schedule positions. 

15 ‘‘(vi) Chief Human Capital Officers or 

16 other members from Federal agency 

17 human resource offices. 

18 ‘‘(2) EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.—The following po19 sitions shall serve as ex officio members of the Advi20 sory Committee: the Director, the Deputy Director, 

21 any Associate Director, the Chief Management Offi22 cer, the Chief Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Ac23 cessibility Officer, the Chief Human Capital Officers 

24 Council Executive Director, and other Federal offi25 cials at the discretion of the Director. 


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1 ‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— 

2 ‘‘(1) MEETINGS.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Com4 mittee shall meet at least two times per year, 

5 with additional meetings as required. 

6 ‘‘(B) OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COM7 MENT.—Each meeting shall include, at a min8 imum, opportunity for public comment during 

9 the Advisory Committee’s deliberations. 

10 ‘‘(2) BYLAWS.—At the first meeting of the Ad11 visory Committee, the members shall select a chair12 person and vice chairperson. The Advisory Commit13 tee’s bylaws shall be established by the chairperson 

14 and vice chairperson and shall be submitted to the 

15 members for unanimous approval by the members. 

16 ‘‘(3) QUORUM.—Seven members of the Advisory 

17 Committee shall constitute a quorum. 

18 ‘‘(4) DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS BY

19 CONSENSUS.—All decisions, activities, findings, and 

20 recommendations of the Advisory Committee shall be 

21 made by consensus of the members of the Advisory 

22 Committee. 

23 ‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than one year 

24 after the date of the first meeting of the Advisory Com25 mittee and annually thereafter, the Advisory Committee 


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1 shall submit an annual report to the Director, the Com2 mittee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Rep3 resentatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security 

4 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. The Director 

5 shall make the report available online on a publicly acces6 sible website. The report shall contain— 

7 ‘‘(1) a detailed summary of the agenda and ac8 tivities of, and the findings and recommendations 

9 made by, the Advisory Committee during the pre10 vious year; 

11 ‘‘(2) if applicable, any agency actions taken to 

12 address the findings and recommendations made by 

13 the Advisory Committee; and 

14 ‘‘(3) a detailed list of subjects and areas of in15 terest that the Advisory Committee plans to examine 

16 in the next year.’’. 

17 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

18 for such chapter 11 is amended by adding after the item 

19 relating to section 1105 the following: 

‘‘1106. OPM Advisory Committee on Human Capital Management.’’. 

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