Civil Service Reform: Analysis of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2004

摘要

The National Defense Authorization Act for FY2004, H.R. 1588, passed the House of Representatives, amended, on May 22, 2003. Title XI of the bill included provisions on personnel management applicable government-wide and on a National Security Personnel System (NSPS) for the Department of Defense (DOD). H.R. 1588 was enacted as P.L. 108-136 on November 24, 2003. Title XI, Subtitle A, of the law authorizes the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish a new human resources management system for DOD's civilian employees and to jointly prescribe regulations for the system. Subtitle C of Title XI includes amendments to the government-wide policies for the federal employee overtime pay cap, military leave, and Senior Executive Service pay, and creates a Human Capital Performance Fund to reward the highest-performing and most valuable employees in an agency. This report analyzes each of the provisions in Title XI of P.L. 108-136.