To require a Comptroller General to study on the features of successful personnel management systems of highly technical and scientific workforces.

1. Adds SEC. 1106. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON FEATURES OF SUCCESSFUL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS OF HIGHLY TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCES at the end of title XI

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   (B) by inserting "(10 U.S.C. 2912 note)" after "for Fiscal Year 2005".

   Inserted: SEC. 1106. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON FEATURES OF SUCCESSFUL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS OF HIGHLY TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCES.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to identify the features of successful personnel management systems of the highly technical and scientific workforces of the Department of Defense laboratories and similar scientific facilities and institutions.

   Inserted: (b) Elements.--The study required by subsection (a) shall include the following:

   Inserted: (1) An examination of the flexible personnel management authorities, whether under statute or regulations, currently being utilized at Department of Defense demonstration laboratories to assist in the management of the workforce of such laboratories.

   Inserted: (2) An identification of any flexible personnel management authorities, whether under statute or regulations, available for use in the management of Department of Defense laboratories to assist in the management of the workforces of such laboratories that are not currently being utilized.

   Inserted: (3) An assessment of personnel management practices utilized by scientific and technical laboratories and institutions that are similar to the Department of Defense laboratories.

   Inserted: (4) A comparative analysis of the specific features identified by the Comptroller General in successful personnel management systems of highly technical and scientific workforces to attract and retain critical employees and to provide local management authority to Department of Defense laboratory officials.

   Inserted: (c) Purposes.--The purposes of the study shall include--

   Inserted: (1) the identification of the specific features of successful personnel management systems of highly technical and scientific workforces;

   Inserted: (2) an assessment of the potential effects of the utilization of such features by Department of Defense laboratories on the missions of such laboratories and on the mission of the Department of Defense as a whole; and

   Inserted: (3) recommendations as to the future utilization of such features in Department of Defense laboratories.

   Inserted: (d) Laboratory Personnel Demonstration Authorities.--The laboratory personnel demonstration authorities set forth in this subsection are as follows:

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   Inserted: (1) The authorities in section 342(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103-337; 108 Stat. 2721), as amended by section 1114 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106-398 (114 Stat. 1654A-315)).

   Inserted: (2) The authorities in section 1101 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 5 U.S.C. 3104 note).

   Inserted: (e) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the study required by this section. The report shall include--

   Inserted: (1) a description of the study;

   Inserted: (2) an assessment of the effectiveness of the current utilization by the Department of Defense of the laboratory personnel demonstration authorities set forth in subsection (d); and

   Inserted: (3) such recommendations as the Comptroller General considers appropriate for the effective use of available personnel management authorities to ensure the successful personnel management of the highly technical and scientific workforce of the Department of Defense laboratories.

   Inserted: (f) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, the term "appropriate committees of Congress" means--

   Inserted: (1) the Committees on Armed Services, Appropriations, and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and

   Inserted: (2) the Committees on Armed Services, Appropriations, and Government Reform of the House of Representatives.

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   At the end of title XI, add the following:

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