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2208 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
658) to the same extent as the Secretary of Homeland 
Security may exercise such authorities. 
(b) COORDINATION BY SECRETARY OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY.—The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
coordinate with the heads of Executive agencies to facili-
tate the exercise of authorities under subsection (a). 
SEC. 374. PERSONNEL POLICY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES WITH EMPLOYEES 
IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, 
AND MATHEMATICS FIELDS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management, in consultation with the heads of 
the agencies specified in subsection (b), shall develop and 
implement a personnel policy demonstration project to as-
sess innovative approaches to new personnel policies for 
employees, that may include implementing— 
(1) more flexible job classifications; 
(2) competency-based hiring; 
(3) market-based pay; 
(4) promotion based on experience, skill, and 
performance; and 
(5) streamlined personnel transfers between 
agencies. 
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(b) AGENCIES.—The agencies referred to in sub-
section (a) are— 
(1) the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration; 
(2) the Department of Energy; 
(3) the National Science Foundation; 
(4) the Department of Commerce; 
(5) the Department of the Interior; 
(6) the Environmental Protection Agency; and 
(7) not more than 2 additional agencies, which 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
may designate, that have significant numbers of em-
ployees in positions that require skills in science, 
technology, engineering, or mathematics. 
(c) PARTICIPATION.—The head of each agency re-
ferred to in subsection (b) may determine whether the 
agency will participate in the personnel demonstration 
project under this section, and, if the agency head deter-
mines that the agency will so participate, whether the 
project will apply to current employees of that agency, cur-
rent employees of 1 or more components of that agency, 
newly hired employees of that agency, or newly hired em-
ployees of 1 or more components of that agency. 
(d) DURATION AND SIZE OF PROJECT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the demonstration project under this sec-
tion shall be carried out for a 10-year period begin-
ning on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) EXTENSION.—The Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management may extend the demonstra-
tion project under this section for an additional 10- 
year period. 
(3) TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.—The total 
number of Federal employees included in the dem-
onstration project in any 1-year period may not ex-
ceed 10 percent of the total number of Federal civil-
ian employees in all Executive agencies (as defined 
in section 105 of title 5, United States Code) in the 
preceding 1-year period. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 375. DEVELOPMENT OF PROPOSAL FOR SIMPLIFIED 
PERSONNEL SYSTEM FOR VETERANS HEALTH 
ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall develop a legislative proposal to establish, under title 
38, United States Code, a single personnel system that— 
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(1) applies to all positions in the Veterans 
Health Administration; 
(2) applies best practices from the private sec-
tor to human capital management; and 
(3) supports pay and benefits that are competi-
tive with pay and benefits for health care delivery 
systems in the private sector. 
(b) MATTERS TO CONSIDER.—In developing the pro-
posal under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) draw from, in addition to other resources, 
the applicable research and conclusions of the Com-
mission on Care established under section 202 of the 
Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 
2014 (Public Law 113–146; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note), 
including recommendation number 15 of the Com-
mission as set forth in the final report of the Com-
mission submitted under subsection (b)(3)(B) of 
such section, dated June 30, 2016, and titled, 
‘‘Final Report of the Commission on Care’’; and 
(2) consult with the heads of other Federal 
agencies that operate health care delivery systems, 
employees of the Veterans Health Administration, 
and labor unions that represent employees of the 
Veterans Health Administration. 
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(c) AVAILABILITY
OF PROPOSAL.—The Secretary 
shall make the proposal developed under subsection (a) 
available for use by other Federal agencies that operate 
health care delivery systems. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report containing the proposal developed 
under subsection (a). 
SEC. 376. PORTABILITY OF HEALTH CARE LICENSURE FOR 
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 
(a) PORTABILITY
OF LICENSURE
FOR FEDERAL 
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law regarding the licensure of health 
care providers, a health care professional described in sub-
section (b) may practice, at any location in any State, the 
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
or any other territory or possession of the United States, 
the health profession or professions for which the health 
care professional has a license described in subsection 
(b)(2), regardless of where such health care professional 
or the patient involved is located, if the practice is within 
the scope of the authorized Federal duties of such health 
care professional. 
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(b) INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED.—A health care profes-
sional described in this subsection is a Federal employee— 
(1) who is credentialed and privileged at a Fed-
eral health care institution; 
(2) who has a current license to practice medi-
cine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, psychology, 
nursing, therapy, or another health profession; and 
(3) who is performing authorized duties for the 
Federal Government to practice the health profes-
sion described in paragraph (2) for which such li-
cense was issued. 
(c) DEFINITION OF LICENSE.—As used in this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘license’’ means a grant of permission by 
an official agency of a State, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory 
or possession of the United States to provide health care 
independently as a health care professional and includes, 
in the case of such care furnished in a foreign country 
by any person who is not a national of the United States, 
a grant of permission by an official agency of that foreign 
country for that person to provide health care independ-
ently as a health care professional. 
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TITLE IV—STRENGTHENING OF 
NATIONAL MOBILIZATION 
SEC. 401. MODERNIZATION OF THE SELECTIVE SERVICE 
SYSTEM. 
(a) PURPOSE.—Section 1 of the Military Selective 
Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3801) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘armed strength’’ and in-
serting ‘‘military strength, including a sufficient 
number of personnel with the capabilities re-
quired to mobilize the Department of Defense 
during a national emergency,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘insure’’ and inserting ‘‘en-
sure’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘which is not 
for the sole purpose of providing replacements for 
combat,’’ after ‘‘just,’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘as expressed 
in the National Defense Act of 1916, as amended’’. 
(b) SOLEMNITY OF MILITARY SERVICE.—Section 3 
of such Act (50 U.S.C. 3802) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(c) Regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection 
(a) shall include methods to convey, to every person re-
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quired to register, the solemn obligation for military serv-
ice in the event of a military draft.’’. 
(c) MAINTAINING THE HEALTH OF THE SELECTIVE 
SERVICE SYSTEM.—Section 10(a) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 
3809(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(5)(A) The Director shall periodically conduct exer-
cises of all mobilization plans, systems, and processes to 
evaluate and test the effectiveness of such plans, systems, 
and processes. 
‘‘(B) Once every four years, such exercise— 
‘‘(i) shall include the full range of internal and 
interagency procedures to ensure functionality and 
interoperability; and 
‘‘(ii) may be included as part of the annual mo-
bilization exercise under section 10208 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(C) The Director shall conduct a public awareness 
campaign in conjunction with each exercise to commu-
nicate the purpose of such exercise to the public.’’. 
(d) DUE PROCESS FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER.— 
Section 12 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 3811) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (f)— 
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(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting before 
the period at the end ‘‘or proof of registration 
in accordance with subsection (g)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘compliance’’ and inserting ‘‘compliance or 
proof of registration’’; and 
(ii) in the second sentence, by insert-
ing before the period at the end ‘‘or proof 
of registration’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4), in the second sen-
tence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘thereunder’’ and in-
serting ‘‘thereunder, or failure to provide 
proof of registration in accordance with 
subsection (g),’’; and 
(ii) by inserting before the period at 
the end ‘‘or has registered in accordance 
with subsection (g)’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (g) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1)(A) the requirement for such person to reg-
ister has terminated or become inapplicable to such 
person; and 
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‘‘(B) such person shows, by a preponderance of 
the evidence, that such failure was not a knowing 
failure; or 
‘‘(2) such person so registered not later than 30 
days after receiving notice of such requirement, re-
gardless of the person’s age at the time of registra-
tion.’’. 
(e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
The Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3801 et 
seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 4 (50 U.S.C. 3803)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘his acceptability in all 
respects, including his’’ and inserting 
‘‘such person’s acceptability in all respects, 
including’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘he may prescribe’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the President may pre-
scribe’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Any 
enlisted member’’ and inserting ‘‘Any per-
son who is an enlisted member’’; and 
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(ii) in paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), by 
striking ‘‘in which he resides’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘in which such person resides’’; 
(C) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘coordi-
nate with him’’ and inserting ‘‘coordinate with 
the Director’’; and 
(D) in subsection (k)(1), by striking ‘‘find-
ing by him’’ and inserting ‘‘finding by the 
President’’; 
(2) in section 5(d) (50 U.S.C. 3805(d)), by 
striking ‘‘he may prescribe’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
President may prescribe’’; 
(3) in section 6 (50 U.S.C. 3806)— 
(A) in subsection (c)(2)(D), by striking 
‘‘he may prescribe’’ and inserting ‘‘the Presi-
dent may prescribe’’; 
(B) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘he 
may deem appropriate’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
President considers appropriate’’; and 
(C) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘he may 
prescribe’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘the President may prescribe’’; 
(4) in section 10 (50 U.S.C. 3809)— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (3)— 
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(I) by striking ‘‘He shall create’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The President shall 
create’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘upon his own 
motion’’ and inserting ‘‘upon the 
President’s own motion’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘his 
status’’ and inserting ‘‘such individual’s 
status’’; and 
(iii) in paragraphs (4), (6), (8), and 
(9), by striking ‘‘he may deem’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘the President de-
termines’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘vested 
in him’’ and inserting ‘‘vested in the Presi-
dent’’; 
(5) in section 12 (50 U.S.C. 3811), by striking 
‘‘present himself’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘appear’’; 
(6) in section 13(b) (50 U.S.C. 3812(b)), by 
striking ‘‘regulation if he’’ and inserting ‘‘regulation 
if the President’’; 
(7) in section 15 (50 U.S.C. 3813)— 
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(A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘his’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the reg-
istrant’s’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘he may 
deem’’ and inserting ‘‘the President considers’’; 
(8) in section 16(g) (50 U.S.C. 3814(g))— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘who as 
his regular and customary vocation’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘who, as such person’s regular and cus-
tomary vocation,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘one who as his cus-
tomary vocation’’ and inserting ‘‘a person 
who, as such person’s customary voca-
tion,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘he is a member’’ and 
inserting ‘‘such person is a member’’; 
(9) in section 18(a) (50 U.S.C. 3816(a)), by 
striking ‘‘he is authorized’’ and inserting ‘‘the Presi-
dent is authorized’’; 
(10) in section 21 (50 U.S.C. 3819)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘he is sooner’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘sooner’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘he’’ each subsequent place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘such member’’; and 
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(C) by striking ‘‘his consent’’ and inserting 
‘‘such member’s consent’’; 
(11) in section 22(b) (50 U.S.C. 3820(b)), in 
paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking ‘‘his’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘the registrant’s’’; and 
(12) except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion— 
(A) by striking ‘‘he’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘such person’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘his’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘such person’s’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘him’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘such person’’. 
(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENT REGARDING FED-
ERAL EMPLOYEES.—Subsection (a) of section 3328 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) A person required to register under section 3 
of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3803) but 
who failed to so register shall be ineligible for appointment 
to a position in an Executive agency unless— 
‘‘(1)(A) such requirement has terminated or be-
come inapplicable to such person; and 
‘‘(B) the head of such Executive agency deter-
mines, by a preponderance of the evidence, that such 
failure was not a knowing failure; or 
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