(3) develop standards for certification of each 
agency’s Senior Executive Service performance man-
agement system and evaluate all agency applications 
for certification; 
(4) be responsible for developing and moni-
toring programs for the advancement and training of 
senior executives, including the Senior Executive 
Service Federal Candidate Development Program; 
(5) provide oversight of and guidance to agency 
executive resources boards; 
(6) be responsible for the administration of the 
qualifications review board; 
(7) establish and maintain lists (in a form that 
renders them useful to appointing authorities and 
candidates) of— 
(A) the total number of career reserved po-
sitions at each agency; 
(B) the total number of vacant career re-
served positions at each agency; 
(C) whether candidates are being sought 
for each such vacant position; and 
(D) the names and (to the extent avail-
able) the race, ethnicity, gender, and any dis-
abilities of individuals who have been certified, 
in accordance with section 3393(d) of title 5, 
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United States Code (as so redesignated by sec-
tion 3(a)), as having the executive qualifications 
necessary for initial appointment as a career 
appointee; 
(8) establish mentoring programs for individ-
uals described in paragraph (7)(D); 
(9) collect and maintain statistics relating to 
the composition of the Senior Executive Service 
based on race, ethnicity, gender, age, and persons 
with disabilities; 
(10) publish annually in the Federal Register 
statistics relating to— 
(A) the data collected by the SES Re-
source Office under paragraph (7); and 
(B) the composition of the Senior Execu-
tive Service based on the factors listed in para-
graph (7)(D); and 
(11) conduct a continuing program for the re-
cruitment of women, members of racial and ethnic 
minority groups, and the disabled for Senior Execu-
tive Service positions, with special efforts directed at 
recruiting from educational institutions, professional 
associations, and other sources. 
(d) PUBLIC ACCESS TO STATISTICS.—The SES Re-
source Office shall make the statistics under subsection 
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(c)(10) accessible to the public through an Internet 
website. 
SEC. 3. CAREER APPOINTMENTS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND ROLE OF SES EVALUA-
TION PANELS.—Section 3393 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (g) 
as subsections (c) through (h), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b)(1)(A) Each agency shall establish one or more 
Senior Executive Service evaluation panels, as appro-
priate, the members of which shall be appointed by the 
head of the agency (or his or her designee)— 
‘‘(i) from among senior executives of the 
agency or commissioned officers of the uni-
formed services serving on active duty in such 
agency; or 
‘‘(ii) from among senior executives of or 
commissioned officers of the uniformed services 
serving on active duty in another agency, if— 
‘‘(I) subparagraph (B) could not (but 
for this clause) otherwise be satisfied; and 
‘‘(II) the consent of the head of the 
other agency is obtained. 
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‘‘(B) Each panel shall consist of 3 members, of whom 
at least 1 shall be a woman and 1 other shall be a member 
of a racial or ethnic minority group. 
‘‘(2) It shall be the function of a Senior Executive 
Service evaluation panel, with respect to any Senior Exec-
utive Service position for which a vacancy announcement 
is posted— 
‘‘(A) to review the executive qualifications of 
each candidate for a position which is to be filled by 
a career appointee; and 
‘‘(B) to certify to the appropriate executive re-
sources board the names of candidates who, in the 
judgment of the panel, are best qualified for such 
position. 
Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be considered to apply 
in the case of any candidate who is already a career ap-
pointee.’’. 
(b) ROLE OF EXECUTIVE RESOURCES BOARDS.— 
Paragraph (1) of section 3393(c) of title 5, United States 
Code (as so redesignated by subsection (a)), is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) for each career reserved position for which 
a vacancy is posted, review the executive qualifica-
tions of candidates certified under subsection (b) 
with respect to such position; and’’. 
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(c) DEFINITION OF APPOINTING AUTHORITY.—Sec-
tion 3393 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
adding after subsection (h) (as so redesignated by sub-
section (a)) the following: 
‘‘(i) For purposes of this section, the term ‘appoint-
ing authority’ means, with respect to a position within an 
agency, the head of such agency (or his or her designee).’’. 
(d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 3592(a)(1) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘3393(d)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘3393(e)’’. 
(2) Section 3593 of such title is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in the matter before paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘3393(b) and (c)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘3393(c) and (d)’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘3393(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘3393(e)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(i) in the matter before subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘3393(b) and (c)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘3393(c) and (d)’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘3393(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘3393(e)’’. 
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(3) Section 3594 of such title is amended in 
subsections (a) and (b) by striking ‘‘3393(d)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘3393(e)’’. 
(4) Section 3595(b)(1) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘3393(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘3393(e)’’. 
(5) Section 7541(1)(A) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘3393(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘3393(e)’’. 
Æ 
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