ACQUISITION WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENT.

SEC. 812. ACQUISITION WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENT. (a) 5-Year Review of Assignments.—Section 1734(e)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Reviews under this subsection shall be carried out after October 1, 1995, but may be carried out before that date.” (b) Waiver of Assignment Periods for Deputy Program Managers.—(1) Section 1734(a) of such title is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “and paragraph (3)” after “Except as provided under subsection (b)”; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) The assignment period requirement of the first sentence of paragraph (1) is waived for any individual serving as a deputy program manager if the individual is assigned to a critical acquisition position upon completion of the individual’s assignment as a deputy program manager.”. (2) Section 1734(b) of such title is amended— 106 STAT. 2451 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting “(except as provided in paragraph (3))” after “deputy program manager”; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) The assignment period requirement under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) is waived for any individual serving as a deputy program manager if the individual is assigned to a critical acquisition position upon completion of the individual’s assignment as a deputy program manager.”. (c) Fulfillment Standards for Mandatory Training.— (1) The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, shall develop fulfillment standards, and implement a program, for purposes of the training requirements of sections 1723, 1724, and 1735 of title 10, United States Code. Such fulfillment standards shall consist of criteria for determining whether an individual has demonstrated competence in the areas that would be taught in the training courses required under those sections. If an individual meets the appropriate fulfillment standard, the applicable training requirement is fulfilled. (2) The fulfillment standards developed under paragraph (1) shall take effect as of November 5, 1990, and shall cease to be in effect on October 1, 1997. (3) The fulfillment standards required under paragraph (1) shall be developed not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) Experience Requirements for Deputy Program Managers.—Section 1735(b)(3) of such title is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)— (A) by striking out “or deputy program manager”; and (B) by striking out “and” at the end; (2) in subparagraph (B)— (A) by striking out “or deputy program manager”; and (B) by striking out the period at the end and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: “(C) a deputy program manager of a major defense acquisition program, must have at least six years of experience in acquisition, at least two years of which were performed in a systems program office or similar organization; and “(D) a deputy program manager of a significant nonmajor defense acquisition program, must have at least four years of experience in acquisition.”. (e) Business Management Training and Education.—(1) Clause (ii) of section 1732(b)(2)(B) of such title is amended by inserting before the period the following: “or equivalent training as prescribed by the Secretary to ensure proficiency in the disciplines listed in clause (i)”. (2) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe equivalent training for purposes of clause (ii) of section 1732(b)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code (as amended by paragraph (1)), not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (f) Scholarship Program.—Section 1744 of such title is amended— (1) in subsection (c)(2)— (A) by striking “Secretary), and (D)” and all that follows through the period and inserting “Secretary).”; and (B) by inserting “and” before “(C)”; 106 STAT. 2452 (2) by adding at the end of subsection (c) the following: “(3) The participant’s agreement that, after successfully completing the course of education, the participant— “(A) shall accept, if offered within such time as shall be specified in the agreement, an appointment to a full-time acquisition position in the Department of Defense that is commensurate with the participant’s academic degree and experience, and that is— “(i) in the excepted service, if the participant has not previously acquired competitive status, with the right, after successful completion of 2 years of service and such other requirements as the Office of Personnel Management may prescribe, to be appointed to a position in the competitive service, notwithstanding subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5; or “(ii) in the competitive service, if the participant has previously acquired competitive status; and “(B) if appointed under subparagraph (A), shall serve for 1 calendar year for each school year or part thereof for which the participant was provided a scholarship under the scholarship program.”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(e) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this section shall be considered to require that a position be offered to a person after such person successfully completes the course of education agreed to. However, if no position described in subsection (c)(3)(A) is offered within the time specified in the agreement, the agreement shall be considered terminated. “(f) Definitions.—In this section, the terms ‘competitive service’ and ‘excepted service’ have the meanings provided those terms by sections 2102 and 2103, respectively, of title 5.”. (g) Revised Deadline for Controller General Report.—Section 1208(a) of Public Law 101–510 (10 U.S.C. 1701 note; 104 Stat. 1665) is amended in the second sentence by striking out “Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act,” and inserting in lieu thereof “Not later than February 1, 1993,”.