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‘‘§ 129a. General policy for total force management 
‘‘(a) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
establish policies and procedures for determining the most appro-
priate and cost efficient mix of military, civilian, and contractor 
personnel to perform the mission of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(b) RISK MITIGATION OVER COST.— In establishing the policies 
and procedures under subsection (a), the Secretary shall clearly 
provide that attainment of a Department of Defense workforce 
sufficiently sized and comprised of the appropriate mix of personnel 
necessary to carry out the mission of the Department and the 
core mission areas of the armed forces (as identified pursuant 
to section 118b of this title) takes precedence over cost. 
‘‘(c) DELEGATION
OF RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Secretary shall 
delegate responsibility for implementation of the policies and proce-
dures established under subsection (a) as follows: 
‘‘(1) The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness shall have overall responsibility for guidance to 
implement such policies and procedures. 
‘‘(2) The Secretaries of the military departments and the 
heads of the Defense Agencies shall have overall responsibility 
for the requirements determination, planning, programming, 
and budgeting for such policies and procedures. 
‘‘(3) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Tech-
nology, and Logistics shall be responsible for ensuring that 
the defense acquisition system, as defined in section 2545 of 
this title, is consistent with such policies and procedures and 
with implementation pursuant to paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall 
be responsible for ensuring that the budget for the Department 
of Defense is consistent with such policies and procedures. 
The Under Secretary shall notify the congressional defense 
committees of any deviations from such policies and procedures 
that are recommended in the budget. 
‘‘(d) USE OF PLAN, INVENTORY, AND LIST.—The policies and 
procedures established by the Secretary under subsection (a) shall 
specifically require the Department of Defense to use the following 
when making determinations regarding the appropriate workforce 
mix necessary to perform its mission: 
‘‘(1) The civilian strategic workforce plan (required by sec-
tion 115b of this title). 
‘‘(2) The civilian positions master plan (required by section 
1597(c) of this title). 
‘‘(3) The inventory of contracts for services required by 
section 2330a(c) of this title. 
‘‘(4) The list of activities required by the Federal Activities 
Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–270; 31 U.S.C. 
501 note). 
‘‘(e) CONSIDERATIONS IN CONVERTING PERFORMANCE OF FUNC-
TIONS.— If conversion of functions to performance by either Depart-
ment of Defense civilian personnel or contractor personnel is consid-
ered, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness 
shall ensure compliance with— 
‘‘(1) section 2463 of this title (relating to guidelines and 
procedures for use of civilian employees to perform Department 
of Defense functions); and
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‘‘(2) section 2461 of this title (relating to public-private 
competition required before conversion to contractor perform-
ance). 
‘‘(f) CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Nothing in 
this title may be construed as authorizing— 
‘‘(1) a military department or Defense Agency to directly 
convert a function to contractor performance without complying 
with section 2461 of this title; 
‘‘(2) the use of contractor personnel for functions that are 
inherently governmental even if there is a military or civilian 
personnel shortfall in the Department of Defense; 
‘‘(3) restrictions on the use by a military department or 
Defense Agency of contractor personnel to perform functions 
closely associated with inherently governmental functions, pro-
vided that— 
‘‘(A) there are adequate resources to maintain sufficient 
capabilities within the Department in the functional area 
being considered for performance by contractor personnel; 
and 
‘‘(B) there is adequate Government oversight of con-
tractor personnel performing such functions; 
‘‘(4) the establishment of numerical goals or budgetary 
savings targets for the conversion of functions to performance 
by either Department of Defense civilian personnel or for 
conversion to performance by contractor personnel; or 
‘‘(5) the imposition of a civilian hiring freeze that may 
inhibit the implementation of the policies and procedures estab-
lished under subsection (a).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to section 129a 
in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 3 of such 
title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘129a. General policy for total force management.’’. 
SEC. 932. REVISIONS TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PER-
SONNEL MANAGEMENT CONSTRAINTS. 
Section 129 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘(1)’’ the following: ‘‘the total 
force management policies and procedures established 
under section 129a of this title, (2)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘department and (2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘department, and (3)’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘within that budget activity 
for which funds are provided for that fiscal year.’’ and inserting 
‘‘within that budget activity as determined under the total 
force management policies and procedures established under 
section 129a of this title.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e), by striking the sentence beginning 
with ‘‘With respect to’’. 
SEC. 933. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TOTAL FORCE 
MANAGEMENT. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REPORT.—Section 
113(l) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(l)(1) The Secretary shall include in the annual report to 
Congress under subsection (c) the following:
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‘‘(A) A comparison of the amounts provided in the defense 
budget for support and for mission activities for each of the 
preceding five fiscal years. 
‘‘(B) A comparison of the following for each of the preceding 
five fiscal years: 
‘‘(i) The number of military personnel, shown by major 
occupational category, assigned to support positions or to 
mission positions. 
‘‘(ii) The number of civilian personnel, shown by major 
occupational category, assigned to support positions or to 
mission positions. 
‘‘(iii) The number of contractor personnel performing 
support functions. 
‘‘(C) An accounting for each of the preceding five fiscal 
years of the following: 
‘‘(i) The number of military and civilian personnel, 
shown by armed force and by major occupational category, 
assigned to support positions. 
‘‘(ii) The number of contractor personnel performing 
support functions. 
‘‘(D) An identification, for each of the three workforce sec-
tors (military, civilian, and contractor) of the percentage of 
the total number of personnel in that workforce sector that 
is providing support to headquarters and headquarters support 
activities for each of the preceding five fiscal years. 
‘‘(2) Contractor personnel shall be determined for purposes of 
paragraph (1) by using contractor full-time equivalents, based on 
the inventory required under section 2330a of this title.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CERTAIN GUIDELINES.—Section 
1597(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the first sentence the following: ‘‘In establishing the guidelines, 
the Secretary shall ensure that nothing in the guidelines conflicts 
with the requirements of section 129 of this title or the policies 
and procedures established under section 129a of this title.’’. 
(c) AMENDMENT TO REQUIREMENTS FOR ACQUISITION OF SERV-
ICES.—Section 863 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 124 Stat. 4293; 
10 U.S.C. 2330 note) is amended by adding at the end of subsection 
(d) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) Considerations relating to total force management poli-
cies and procedures established under section 129a of this 
title.’’. 
SEC. 934. MODIFICATIONS OF ANNUAL DEFENSE MANPOWER REQUIRE-
MENTS REPORT. 
Section 115a(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (1); and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following 
new paragraphs (2) and (3): 
‘‘(2) the annual civilian personnel requirements level for 
each component of the Department of Defense for the next 
fiscal year and the civilian end-strength level for the prior 
fiscal year; and 
‘‘(3) the projected number of contractor personnel full-time 
equivalents required to provide contract services (as that term 
is defined in section 235 of this title) for each component 
of the Department of Defense for the next fiscal year and
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the contractor personnel full-time equivalents that provided 
contract services for each component of the Department of 
Defense for the prior fiscal year as reported in the inventory 
of contracts for services required by section 2330a(c) of this 
title.’’. 
SEC. 935. REVISIONS TO STRATEGIC WORKFORCE PLAN. 
(a) REVISION IN REPORTING PERIOD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 115b of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘Annual stra-
tegic’’ and inserting ‘‘Biennial strategic’’; 
(B) in the heading of subsection (a), by striking 
‘‘ANNUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’; and 
(C) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘on an annual 
basis’’ and inserting ‘‘in every even-numbered year’’. 
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 
chapter 2 of such title is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 115b and inserting the following: 
‘‘115b. Biennial strategic workforce plan.’’. 
(b) REVISION IN ASSESSMENT CONTENTS AND PERIOD.—Section 
115b(b)(1) of such title is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘seven-year period 
following the year in which the plan is submitted’’ and inserting 
‘‘five-year period corresponding to the current future-years 
defense program under section 221 of this title’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting before the semicolon 
at the end the following: ‘‘, as determined under the total 
force management policies and procedures established under 
section 129a of this title’’. 
(c) REFERENCE TO SECTION 129a.—Section 115b(c)(2)(D) of such 
title is amended by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘and the policies and procedures established under section 
129a of this title’’. 
SEC. 936. AMENDMENTS TO REQUIREMENT FOR INVENTORY OF CON-
TRACTS FOR SERVICES. 
(a) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO INVENTORY.—Section 2330a(c)(1) 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting after ‘‘pursuant to contracts for services’’ 
the following: ‘‘(and pursuant to contracts for goods to the 
extent services are a significant component of performance 
as identified in a separate line item of a contract)’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (i); and 
(B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(ii) the calculation of contractor full-time equivalents 
for direct labor, using direct labor hours in a manner 
that is comparable to the calculation of Department of 
Defense civilian full-time employees; and 
‘‘(iii) the conduct and completion of the annual review 
required under subsection (e)(1).’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘for requirements 
relating to acquisition’’ before the period. 
(b) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REVIEW AND PLANNING REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 2330a(e) of such title is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (2);
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(2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of paragraph (3) and 
inserting a period; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (4). 
(c) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN AND ENFORCEMENT AND APPROVAL 
MECHANISMS.—Section 2330a of such title is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections 
(g) and (h), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new sub-
section (f): 
‘‘(f) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN AND ENFORCEMENT AND APPROVAL 
MECHANISMS.—The Secretary of the military department or head 
of the Defense Agency responsible for activities in the inventory 
shall develop a plan, including an enforcement mechanism and 
approval process, to— 
‘‘(1) provide for the use of the inventory by the military 
department or Defense Agency to implement the requirements 
of section 129a of this title; 
‘‘(2) ensure the inventory is used to inform strategic 
workforce planning; 
‘‘(3) facilitate use of the inventory for compliance with 
section 235 of this title; and 
‘‘(4) provide for appropriate consideration of the conversion 
of activities identified under subsection (e)(3) within a reason-
able period of time.’’. 
SEC. 937. PRELIMINARY PLANNING AND DURATION OF PUBLIC-PRI-
VATE COMPETITIONS. 
Section 2461(a)(5) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘, begins’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be con-
ducted in accordance with guidance and procedures that 
shall be issued and maintained by the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and shall begin’’; 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘the date on which’’ the following: 
‘‘a component of’’; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘first’’ before ‘‘obligates’’; 
(D) by inserting ‘‘specifically’’ after ‘‘funds’’; 
(E) by inserting ‘‘for the preliminary planning effort’’ 
after ‘‘support’’; and 
(F) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘a public-private’’ before 
‘‘competition’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (F)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or Defense Agency’’ after ‘‘military 
department’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘of such date’’ and inserting ‘‘of the 
actions intended to be taken during the preliminary plan-
ning process’’; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘of such actions’’ after ‘‘public notice’’; 
(D) by inserting after ‘‘website’’ the following: ‘‘and 
through other means as determined necessary’’; and 
(E) by striking ‘‘Such date is the first day of prelimi-
nary planning for a public-private competition for’’ and 
inserting ‘‘The date of such announcement shall be used 
for’’.