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competency standards for human resources employees, in-
cluding technical knowledge, analytical skills, and collabo-
rative skills’’. 
SEC. 352. EVALUATION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FED-
ERAL CIVIL SERVICE PERSONNEL SYSTEM. 
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than December 
31, 2026, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget and the Comptroller General shall each submit to 
Congress a report evaluating changes to laws, regulations, 
and policies governing the Federal civil service personnel 
system that address or reflect recommendations contained 
in the final report of the National Commission on Military, 
National, and Public Service required under section 
555(e)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2136) 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Commission Report’’). 
(b) ADDITIONAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management shall contract with 
the National Academy of Public Administration— 
(1) to conduct a study evaluating changes to 
laws, regulations, and policies governing the Federal 
civil service personnel system that address or reflect 
recommendations contained in the Commission Re-
port; and 
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(2) to submit to the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management, not later than December 
31, 2026, a report on such study, which the Director 
shall submit to Congress. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsections (a) 
and (b) shall include the following: 
(1) A list of all changes to laws, regulations, 
and policies governing the Federal civil service per-
sonnel system that address or reflect recommenda-
tions contained in the Commission Report. 
(2) An evaluation of the changes identified 
under paragraph (1), including assessments of— 
(A) the effectiveness of the changes, espe-
cially with respect to enabling Executive agen-
cies to attract and retain highly qualified, 
younger employees and employees with critical 
skills; 
(B) the cost of implementing the changes; 
and 
(C) the challenges associated with imple-
menting the changes. 
(3) Additional recommendations from the Com-
mission Report that should be undertaken to attract 
and retain a highly qualified workforce that meets 
the needs of Executive agencies. 
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(4) Additional recommendations, as appro-
priate, to more effectively attract and retain a highly 
qualified workforce that meets the needs of Execu-
tive agencies. 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘civil 
service’’ has the meaning given that term in section 2101 
of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 353. PROPOSALS FOR MODERN TALENT-MANAGEMENT 
SYSTEM. 
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than December 
31, 2031, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget and the Comptroller General shall each submit to 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Oversight and Reform and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Represent-
atives a report setting forth detailed proposals for a mod-
ern talent-management system to replace existing civil 
service personnel systems. 
(b) ADDITIONAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management shall contract with 
the National Academy of Public Administration— 
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(1) to conduct a study of proposals for a mod-
ern talent-management system to replace existing 
civil service personnel systems; and 
(2) to submit to the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management, not later than December 
31, 2031, a report on such proposals, which the Di-
rector shall submit to the committees of Congress 
referred to in subsection (a). 
(c) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsections (a) 
and (b) shall include the following: 
(1) A detailed proposal for a new, comprehen-
sive civil service personnel system designed to re-
place existing civil service personnel systems in Ex-
ecutive agencies, with particular attention to— 
(A) classification; 
(B) hiring; 
(C) compensation; 
(D) evaluation; and 
(E) promotion. 
(2) Evidence from previous changes to civil 
service personnel systems that supports the proposed 
design of the new civil service personnel system. 
(3) Considerations of the views of relevant 
stakeholders to proposed changes to the existing civil 
service personnel systems. 
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(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘civil 
service’’ has the meaning given that term in section 2101 
of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 354. ANNUAL REPORT ON BLENDED FEDERAL WORK-
FORCE. 
Section 1103(c) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(c)(1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(c)(1)(A)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B)(i) The Office of Personnel Management shall 
collect from Executive agencies, other than elements of the 
intelligence community (as defined in section 3(4) of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))), on 
at least an annual basis the following: 
‘‘(I) The total number of persons employed di-
rectly by the Executive agency. 
‘‘(II) The total number of prime contractor em-
ployees and subcontractor employees, as those terms 
are defined in section 8701 of title 41, issued cre-
dentials allowing access to Executive agency prop-
erty or computer systems. 
‘‘(III) The total number of employees of Fed-
eral grant and cooperative agreement recipients, as 
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