S.Amdt. 790

SA 790. Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Durbin, and Mr.
Grassley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the
bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. STEM(MM) JOBS ACTION PLAN.

(a) Assessments and Plan of Action.--The Secretary of
Defense, in conjunction with the Secretary of each military
department, shall --
(1) perform an assessment of the STEM(MM) workforce for
organizations within the Department of Defense, including the
numbers and types of positions and the expectations for
losses due to retirements and voluntary departures;
(2) identify the types and quantities of STEM(MM) jobs
needed to support future mission work;
(3) determine the shortfall between lost STEM(MM) personnel
and future requirements;
(4) analyze and explain the appropriateness and impact of
using reimbursable and working capital fund dollars for new
STEM(MM) hires;
(5) identify a plan of action to address the STEM(MM) jobs
gap, including hiring strategies and timelines for
replacement of STEM(MM) employees; and
(6) submit to Congress, not later than December 31, 2018, a
report specifying such plan of action.
(b) STEM(MM) Defined.--In this section, the term
``STEM(MM)'' refers to science, technology, engineering,
mathematics, maintenance, and manufacturing.
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