I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2314 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2011 
Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky (for himself and Mr. TIERNEY) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment 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 jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the Govern-
ment 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 inter-
agency rotational service by employees, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Interagency Personnel 
Rotation Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 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 man-
ner; and 
(2) these challenges require that executive 
branch personnel— 
(A) view national security and homeland 
security issues from a whole-of-Government per-
spective; 
(B) understand the capabilities, authori-
ties, resources, and constraints of other agen-
cies; and 
(C) be able to rely upon networks and 
communities of interest composed of personnel 
from other agencies who work on the same na-
tional security or homeland security issues. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to increase 
the efficiency and effectiveness of the Government by fos-
tering greater interagency experience among executive 
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branch personnel on national security and homeland secu-
rity matters involving more than one agency. 
SEC. 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 Per-
sonnel 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 identi-
fied 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; 
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(II) is a position in the civil serv-
ice (as defined in section 2101(1) of 
title 5, United States Code) in the ex-
ecutive branch of the Government for 
which the pay is at a rate at or great-
er 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 Com-
mittee under section 6(c)(1); and 
(B) shall not include— 
(i) any position described under para-
graph (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 ‘‘inter-
agency body’’ means an interagency body identified 
by the Committee under section 6(c)(1). 
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(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 em-
ployee; or 
(II) an interagency body, without 
regard to whether the employee is em-
ployed 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 iden-
tified by the Committee under section 6(c)(2). 
(9) NATIONAL
SECURITY
INTERAGENCY
COM-
MUNITY OF INTEREST.—The term ‘‘National Secu-
rity 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 Govern-
ment; and 
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(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 per-
sonnel and activities in that area across mul-
tiple 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 ‘‘polit-
ical 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 execu-
tive branch of the Government of a confidential 
or policy-determining character under schedule 
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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 Af-
fairs, 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 Home-
land Security, the Committee on the Judiciary, 
the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform, the Permanent Select Committee on 
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Intelligence, and the Committee on Ways and 
Means of the House of Representatives. 
(12) SENIOR POSITION.—The term ‘‘senior po-
sition’’ 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 Serv-
ice established under the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.); 
(C) a position in the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation and Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion Senior Executive Service established under 
section 3151 of title 5, United States Code; and 
(D) any other equivalent position identified 
by the Committee. 
SEC. 4. STRATEGY AND PLANNING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) NATIONAL SECURITY HUMAN CAPITAL STRAT-
EGY.— 
(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 
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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 mis-
sion success and minimize cost. 
(B) MODIFIED DATE.—If this Act is en-
acted on a date that is less than 180 days be-
fore the end of the fiscal year, then the Com-
mittee 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 implementa-
tion of this Act; 
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(B) contains graduated and specific targets 
for the percentages of senior positions in an ICI 
that— 
(i) require interagency rotational serv-
ice as an eligibility requirement; 
(ii) ensures that, not later than Octo-
ber 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 posi-
tions 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 
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(a), the Committee shall submit to the relevant com-
mittees 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 con-
tained in the most recent National Security Human 
Capital Strategy and detailed reporting that is spe-
cific to each ICI and to each covered agency and 
interagency body regarding— 
(A) implementation of the National Secu-
rity Human Capital Strategy and this Act; and 
(B) performance measures for the National 
Security Human Capital Strategy and data on 
the performance measures. 
SEC. 5. COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY PERSONNEL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Com-
mittee on National Security Personnel within the Execu-
tive 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 Manage-
ment, and the Assistant to the President for National Se-
curity Affairs. 
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(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 per-
form the functions as provided under this Act to 
carry out service in an ICI position in another cov-
ered agency or interagency body by employees, the 
training required under section 9, and other activi-
ties under this Act. 
(2) DIRECTIVES.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—In consultation with 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment 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 inter-
agency body, the training required under sec-
tion 9, and other activities under this Act, in-
cluding 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 
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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 Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget 
issues a directive under this Act, the Director 
shall submit the directive to the relevant com-
mittees 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 Sec-
retary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, 
the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of En-
ergy, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
the Secretary of Commerce, and the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence. 
(2) CHIEF HUMAN CAPITAL OFFICERS COUN-
CIL.—The Chief Human Capital Officers Council 
shall provide advice to the Committee regarding 
technical human capital issues relating to the imple-
mentation of this Act. 
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(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. 
SEC. 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 TECH-
NICAL DUTIES.— 
(A) EXCLUSION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE DU-
TIES.—A position the primary duties of which 
relate to administrative duties (including duties 
relating to procurement, accounting, and fi-
nance) shall not be identified as an ICI posi-
tion. 
(B) TECHNOLOGY DUTIES.— 
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(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Committee 
shall determine which positions the pri-
mary duties of which relate to information 
technology or engineering may be identi-
fied as ICI positions by the head of a cov-
ered 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 POSI-
TIONS.—A position that relates to informa-
tion technology may be identified as an ICI 
position for an ICI relating to cybersecu-
rity. 
(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
COM-
MITTEE.— 
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(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 iden-
tifications and changes to the identifica-
tions 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 iden-
tifications and changes to the identifica-
tions of ICI positions which may be made 
by the head of a covered agency and shall 
be reviewed and approved by the Com-
mittee before the identification or change 
may take effect; and 
(iv) develop a schedule for the Com-
mittee to review identifications of and 
changes to the identifications of ICI posi-
tions that took effect without prior review 
and approval under the criteria established 
under clause (ii). 
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(B) ACTION BY COVERED AGENCIES.—The 
head of a covered agency may not identify a po-
sition as an ICI position or change an ICI posi-
tion 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 agen-
cy within which the component is located. 
(B) CERTAIN
BODIES.—The Committee 
shall identify the National Security Council and 
the Directorate of Strategic Operational Plan-
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ning 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 Na-
tional Counterterrorism Center; and 
(iii) the Committee shall designate the 
Federal officer who shall perform the du-
ties 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 subpara-
graph (A) shall identify— 
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(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 de-
scribed under section 3(10)(A) or (C) 
or a position filled by an employee de-
scribed under section 3(10)(B); and 
(III) for which service in the po-
sition shall constitute interagency ro-
tational service. 
(C) REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE COM-
MITTEE.—The identification of, change of, and 
determinations relating to positions described in 
subparagraph (B) by a Federal officer de-
scribed 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 cov-
ered agency under this Act. 
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SEC. 7. ICI ROTATIONAL SERVICE. 
(a) EXCLUSION OF SENIOR POSITIONS.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘ICI position’’ does not in-
clude a senior position. 
(b) ROTATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall provide 
for employees serving in an ICI position to be as-
signed on a rotational basis to another ICI position 
that is— 
(A) within another covered agency or with-
in an interagency body; and 
(B) within the same ICI. 
(2) SERVICE WITHIN MULTIPLE ICIS.—An em-
ployee who has served or is serving in an ICI posi-
tion 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 nongovern-
mental or other expertise or skills that are rel-
evant to the assigned ICI position; and 
(B) the head of the covered agency employ-
ing the employee, the head of the covered agen-
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cy to which the assignment is made, and the 
Committee approve the assignment. 
(4) OFFICERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.— 
(A) SERVICE IN ICIS.—The policies, proce-
dures, and practices for the management of of-
ficers 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 appli-
cable 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 Sec-
retary of Defense. 
(5) RETURN TO PRIOR POSITION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), an employee performing service in 
an ICI position in another covered agency or 
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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 cir-
cumstances it is reasonable to make an excep-
tion to the requirement under subparagraph (A) 
and issue guidance regarding making such an 
exception. 
(c) VOLUNTARY NATURE
OF ROTATIONAL SERV-
ICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), service in an ICI position in another cov-
ered 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 em-
ployee 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 
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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 cov-
ered agency of ICI positions in the covered 
agency that are open for assignment of employ-
ees 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 avail-
able 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 cov-
ered agency or interagency body that is avail-
able for assignment of an employee from an-
other covered agency or interagency body is 
filled by an employee serving in a position with 
a level of responsibility comparable to the posi-
tion that is available for assignment. 
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(2) MINIMUM PERIOD FOR SERVICE.—With re-
spect 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 un-
derstanding and perspective of the covered 
agency or interagency body at which the em-
ployee is assigned; 
(B) may provide for different periods for 
service, depending upon the nature of the posi-
tion, including whether the position is in an 
area that is a combat zone for purposes of sec-
tion 112 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 
and 
(C) shall require that an employee per-
forming 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 ROTA-
TIONAL 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 
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available to be filled by employees from another cov-
ered agency and may modify a determination under 
this paragraph. 
(2) REVIEW OF DETERMINATION OF ICI POSI-
TIONS OPEN FOR ROTATIONAL SERVICE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall— 
(i) provide guidance to the heads of 
covered agencies concerning criteria for de-
termining and modifying determinations of 
which ICI positions are available to be 
filled by employees from another covered 
agency; 
(ii) establish criteria concerning deter-
minations and modifications to determina-
tions regarding ICI positions that are 
available to be filled by employees from an-
other 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 
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by the head of a covered agency and shall 
be reviewed and approved by the Com-
mittee before the determination or modi-
fication may take effect; and 
(iv) develop a schedule for the Com-
mittee to review determinations and modi-
fications to determinations that an ICI po-
sition is available to be filled by employees 
from another covered agency that took ef-
fect 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 employ-
ees from another covered agency or make a 
modification of the determination if the deter-
mination 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 sin-
gle, integrated list of positions available to be filled 
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by employees from another covered agency under 
this section and shall make the list available to Fed-
eral employees on an ongoing basis in order to facili-
tate applications for the positions and long-term ca-
reer 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 pro-
tect national security or homeland security. 
(f) PREVENTION OF NEED FOR INCREASED PER-
SONNEL LEVELS.— 
(1) PHASE IN.—The Committee shall phase in 
the requirement to designate ICI positions for as-
signment across covered agencies in a manner that 
ensures that there is a reasonable equivalence be-
tween the number of employees rotating out of the 
covered agencies or interagency bodies within an ICI 
and the number of employees rotating into the cov-
ered 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 with-
in 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 inter-
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agency body are filled within a reasonable period 
by— 
(A) employees from another covered agen-
cy 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 avail-
able to be filled by an employee from another covered 
agency shall coordinate with the Office of Personnel Man-
agement 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 provi-
sion 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, ex-
cluding the covered agency, or a subdivision thereof, 
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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 em-
ployee 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 con-
sult with relevant associations, unions, and other 
groups involved in collective bargaining or encour-
aging public service or organizational reform of the 
Government in formulating and implementing poli-
cies 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 
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(2) a consolidated list of ICI positions made 
available to be filled by employees from another cov-
ered agency, which shall include an explanation of 
the methodology used by the covered agency in de-
termining which positions were and were not to be 
made available. 
SEC. 8. INTERAGENCY ROTATIONAL SERVICE AS A RE-
QUIREMENT FOR SELECTION TO SENIOR PO-
SITIONS 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 agen-
cy that are senior positions for which interagency ro-
tational service shall be an eligibility requirement; 
and 
(2) not later than October 1 of the fifteenth fis-
cal year after the fiscal year in which this Act is en-
acted, designate not less than 85 percent of the ICI 
positions of the covered agency that are senior posi-
tions to be senior positions for which interagency ro-
tational service shall be an eligibility requirement. 
(b) EXEMPTIONS.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—An employee may be ap-
pointed to a senior position designated under sub-
section (a) without meeting the interagency rota-
tional 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 per-
formed 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 experi-
ence in the applicable ICI, as determined by the 
Committee; or 
(F) is in another class of employees ex-
empted from subsection (a) by the Committee. 
(2) NOTICE.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date on which the Committee determines to exempt 
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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 posi-
tion designated under subsection (a) has performed 
interagency rotational service. 
(2) YEARS 3 TO 8.—During the period begin-
ning 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 para-
graph (1) for good cause. 
(3) YEARS 9 TO 15.—During the period begin-
ning October 1 of the eighth fiscal year after the fis-
cal 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 para-
graph (1) if— 
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(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 inter-
agency 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 de-
scribed in paragraph (3), the head of a covered 
agency may issue a waiver under paragraph (1) 
if— 
(i) 
there 
are 
extraordinary 
cir-
cumstances 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 
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delegated after the period described in para-
graph (3). 
(5) REPORTING.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date on which a waiver is issued under para-
graph (1), the Committee shall submit to the rel-
evant 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
PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘‘DHS rotational service pro-
gram’’ 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 rota-
tion assignments of employees across the agen-
cies or elements of the intelligence community. 
(2) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.— 
If an employee of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity has performed service in an ICI position in 
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another covered agency or interagency body, the em-
ployee 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.—Sec-
tion 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 posi-
tion 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 COMPO-
NENT WITHIN AN AGENCY.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—During the first 8 fis-
cal years after the fiscal year in which this Act 
is enacted, an employee that performed service 
in a rotation to another component of the cov-
ered agency that employs the employee identi-
fied under subparagraph (B) may be appointed 
to an ICI position that is a senior position in 
that covered agency without regard to any des-
ignation under subsection (a). 
(B) IDENTIFICATION OF COMPONENTS.— 
Subject to approval by the Committee, the head 
of a covered agency may identify the compo-
nents of the covered agency that are sufficiently 
independent in functionality for service in a ro-
tation 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 cov-
ered 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 with-
out regard to any designation under subsection (a). 
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(6) REPORTS.—The head of each covered agen-
cy shall include information relating to this sub-
section in any relevant report to the relevant com-
mittees of Congress required under this Act. 
(e) PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS.—The Committee 
shall— 
(1) ensure that the employees receive perform-
ance 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 employ-
ing 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. 
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(f) INCENTIVES
FOR PARTICIPATION.—The Com-
mittee 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 For-
eign 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 max-
imum 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.’’. 
SEC. 9. EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PERSONNEL SERV-
ING IN INTERAGENCY COMMUNITIES OF IN-
TEREST. 
(a) TRAINING AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) PARTICIPATION BY PERSONNEL IN ICI POSI-
TIONS.— 
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(A) ORIENTATION
TRAINING
AND
EDU-
CATION.—During the second fiscal year after 
the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted, and 
each fiscal year thereafter, each employee serv-
ing in an ICI position shall participate in ori-
entation training and education. 
(B) 
ONGOING
TRAINING
AND
EDU-
CATION.—During the third fiscal year after the 
fiscal year in which this Act is enacted, and 
each fiscal year thereafter, each employee serv-
ing in an ICI position shall participate in ongo-
ing training and education. 
(2) FAILURE TO OBTAIN TRAINING AND EDU-
CATION.—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 in-
clude training and education on— 
(A) national security and homeland secu-
rity strategy, both general and as relevant to 
the applicable ICI; 
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(B) the criticality of interagency integra-
tion for accomplishing national security and 
homeland security objectives in an efficient and 
effective manner; 
(C) the roles, functions, authorities, cul-
tures, and resources of agencies involved in the 
applicable ICI; and 
(D) practical skills and strategies for en-
suring maximum interagency cohesion, includ-
ing effective meeting management, project man-
agement, 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 train-
ing and education required under this section, in-
cluding by the use of preexisting courses and mate-
rials. 
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(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 agen-
cy 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. 
SEC. 10. INTERAGENCY PROCESS AND STRATEGIES TRAIN-
ING 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 relat-
ing to the objectives, history, and functioning of the 
senior-level interagency process and strategies for 
ensuring maximum interagency cohesion and the ac-
complishment of national security and homeland se-
curity objectives in an efficient and effective manner. 
(2) LENGTH
OF
COURSE.—The length of a 
course established under paragraph (1) may be dif-
ferent for different positions, based on the seniority 
of the position and other factors as the Committee 
determines appropriate. 
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(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 ap-
pointments made on and after the end of the fiscal year 
following the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted. 
Æ 
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