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union participation rights, and the procedures and processes 
used to enforce employee rights; and 
‘‘(C) a program under which experienced supervisors 
mentor new supervisors by— 
‘‘(i) sharing knowledge and advice in areas such as 
communication, critical thinking, responsibility, flexibility, 
motivating employees, teamwork, leadership, and profes-
sional development; and 
‘‘(ii) pointing out strengths and areas for development. 
‘‘(2) Each supervisor shall be required to complete a program 
at least once every 3 years.’’. 
(e) REPORTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall provide a report 
to the covered committees (as defined by subsection (g)(6))— 
(1) no later than 6 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, on the initial steps being taken to reclassify posi-
tions from the NSPS and the initial conversion plan to begin 
converting employees from the NSPS, which information shall 
be supplemented by reports describing the progress of the 
conversion process which shall be submitted to the same 
committees on a semiannual basis; 
(2) no later than 12 months after date of enactment, a 
plan for the personnel management system as authorized by 
section 9902(a) of title 5, United States Code, as amended 
by this section, which plan shall not take effect until 90 days 
after the submission of the plan to Congress; and 
(3) no later than 12 months after date of enactment, a 
plan for the appointment procedures as authorized by section 
9902(b) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by this 
section. 
(f) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) The heading of section 9902 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 9902. Department of Defense personnel authorities’’. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 99 
of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 
9902 and inserting the following: 
‘‘9902. Department of Defense personnel authorities.’’. 
(g) OTHER PERSONNEL FLEXIBILITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of Defense determines 
that it would be in the best interest of the Department of 
Defense to implement personnel flexibilities in addition to those 
authorized under section 9902 of title 5, as amended by this 
section, the Secretary, in coordination with the Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management, may develop and submit 
to the covered committees, not later than 6 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, a proposal to implement— 
(A) additional personnel flexibilities and associated 
statutory waivers with respect to the application of the 
General Schedule (as defined in section 5332 of title 5, 
United States Code); or 
(B) additional personnel flexibilities and associated 
statutory waivers, which would require exemption from 
the application of the General Schedule (as so defined). 
(2) RATIONALE.—If the Secretary’s proposal is to implement 
authorities described in paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall
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provide a detailed rationale as to why implementation of 
authorities described in paragraph (1)(A) are not adequate or 
appropriate to meet the interests of the Department. 
(3) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary’s proposal (whether as 
described in paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B))— 
(A) shall be developed in a manner consistent with 
the requirements of subsections (c) and (d) of section 9902 
of title 5, United States Code, as amended by this section; 
(B) shall include a description of proposed regulations 
and implementing rules that the Secretary plans to adopt 
for the proposed system; 
(C) shall identify and provide a rationale for any statu-
tory waiver that would be required to implement the pro-
posed system; 
(D) shall describe the steps that the Department would 
take to avoid problems of the type described in the report 
of the Defense Business Board, dated August 2009, 
regarding the National Security Personnel System; and 
(E) may not provide for the waiver of any provision 
of law that cannot be waived under paragraph (3) of section 
9902(b) of title 5, United States Code (as in effect on 
the day before the date of the enactment of this Act), 
and shall be subject to the requirements in paragraphs 
(4) and (5) of such section (as then in effect). 
(4) CONGRESSIONAL
APPROVAL
REQUIRED.—If Congress 
approves the Secretary’s proposal in the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, the Secretary may 
implement the proposal (subject to any changes required by 
law) and begin the implementation of such proposal for per-
sonnel included in the National Security Personnel System, 
in lieu of the transition that would otherwise be required by 
subsection (b), subject to paragraph (5). 
(5) RESTRICTIONS.—Notwithstanding any approval under 
paragraph (4), the provisions of subsection (b)(2) and (c)(4) 
shall apply with respect to any proposal approved under such 
paragraph, unless and until modified or repealed in legislation 
enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(6) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this subsection, the term 
‘‘covered committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives; 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate; and 
(C) the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives. 
(h) MODIFICATION
OF
IMPLEMENTATION
AUTHORITIES
AND 
LIMITATIONS.—Section 1106 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 349) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b); 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b); and 
(3) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated by paragraph (2))— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) The Comptroller General shall conduct a review, in 
each of calendar years 2010, 2011, and 2012, of—
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‘‘(A) employee satisfaction with any processes estab-
lished pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Sec-
retary of Defense pursuant to section 9902 of title 5, United 
States Code (as amended by section 1113 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011; and 
‘‘(B) the extent to which any processes so established 
are fair, credible, and transparent, as required by such 
section 9902 (as so amended).’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the National Security 
Personnel System’’ and inserting ‘‘any processes established 
pursuant to such regulations’’. 
SEC. 1114. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE DEFENSE CIVILIAN INTEL-
LIGENCE PERSONNEL SYSTEM. 
(a) SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN PAY AUTHORITY.—Effective with 
respect to amounts paid during the period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2010, 
rates of basic pay for employees and positions within any element 
of the intelligence community (as defined by the National Security 
Act of 1947)— 
(1) may not be fixed under the Defense Civilian Intelligence 
Personnel System; and 
(2) shall instead be fixed in accordance with the provisions 
of law that (disregarding DCIPS) would then otherwise apply. 
The preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to the National 
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 
(b) RESPONSE TO GAO REPORT.—Not later than 3 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional oversight committees a written 
description of any actions taken or proposed to be taken by such 
Secretary in response to the review and recommendations of the 
Government Accountability Office regarding the Defense Civilian 
Intelligence Personnel System. 
(c) INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, the 
Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and the 
Director of National Intelligence shall jointly designate an inde-
pendent organization to review the operation of the Defense 
Civilian Intelligence Personnel System, including— 
(A) its impact on career progression; 
(B) its appropriateness or inappropriateness in light 
of the complexities of the workforce affected; 
(C) its sufficiency in terms of providing protections 
for diversity in promotion and retention of personnel; and 
(D) the adequacy of the training, policy guidelines, 
and other preparations afforded in connection with 
transitioning to that system. 
(2) DEADLINE.—The independent organization shall, after 
appropriate 
consultation 
with 
employees 
and 
employee 
organizations, submit its findings and recommendations under 
this section to the Secretary of Defense and the congressional 
oversight committees, in a written report, not later than June 
1, 2010. 
(d) PROPOSED ACTIONS BASED ON REPORT.—Not later than 60 
days after receiving the report of the independent organization 
under subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with
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the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the Director 
of National Intelligence, shall submit to the congressional oversight 
committees a written report describing any actions that the Sec-
retary has taken or proposes to take in response to such report. 
(e) HOLD-HARMLESS PROVISION.—No employee shall suffer any 
loss of or decrease in pay as a result of being converted from 
DCIPS in compliance with subsection (a). 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel 
System’’ and ‘‘DCIPS’’ mean the civilian personnel system estab-
lished by the Secretary of Defense under regulations— 
(A) prescribed pursuant to sections 1601 through 1614 
of title 10, United States Code; and 
(B) taking effect in September 2008 or thereafter; and 
(2) the term ‘‘congressional oversight committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
Subtitle B—Provisions Relating to 
Reemployment of Annuitants 
SEC. 1121. AUTHORITY TO EXPAND SCOPE OF PROVISIONS RELATING 
TO 
UNREDUCED 
COMPENSATION 
FOR 
CERTAIN 
REEMPLOYED ANNUITANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9902(h) of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: 
‘‘(3) Benefits similar to those provided by paragraphs (1) 
and (2) may be extended, in accordance with regulations pre-
scribed by the President, so as to be made available with 
respect to reemployed annuitants within the Department of 
Defense who are subject to such other retirement systems for 
Government employees (whose annuities are payable under 
authorities other than subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 
84 of title 5) as may be provided for under such regulations.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (4) of section 9902(h) 
of such title 5 (as so designated by subsection (a)(1)) is amended 
by striking the period and inserting ‘‘, excluding paragraph (3).’’. 
SEC. 1122. PART-TIME REEMPLOYMENT. 
(a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Section 8344 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection (m); 
(2) by inserting after subsection (k) the following: 
‘‘(l)(1) For purposes of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘head of an agency’ means— 
‘‘(i) the head of an Executive agency, other than the 
Department of Defense or the Government Accountability 
Office; 
‘‘(ii) the head of the United States Postal Service;