PERSONNEL STUDY OF RECRUITMENT, RETENTION AND TURNOVER.

SEC. 1905. PERSONNEL STUDY OF RECRUITMENT, RETENTION AND TURNOVER. (a) Study of Personnel System.— Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, shall conduct a study to review the retention, recruitment, vacancy and turnover rates of support staff, including firefighters, law enforcement, procurement officers, technicians, nurses and clerical employees, to ensure that the National Institutes of Health is adequately supporting the conduct of efficient, effective and high quality research for the American public. The Director of NIH shall work in conjunction with appropriate employee organizations and representatives in developing such a study. (b) Submission to Congress.— Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall prepare and submit to the Committee 107 STAT. 204on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report containing the study conducted under subsection (a) together with the recommendations of the Secretary concerning the enactment of legislation to implement the results of such study.