MANAGEMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL.

SEC. 1031. MANAGEMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL. Section 129 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking out “man-year constraint or limitation” and inserting in lieu thereof “constraint or limitation in terms of man years, end strength, full-time equivalent positions, or maximum number of employees”; and (B) by adding at the end the following new sentence: “The Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments may not be required to make a reduction in the number of full-time equivalent positions in the Department of Defense unless such reduction is necessary due to a reduction in funds available to the Department or is required under a law that is enacted after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 and that refers specifically to this subsection.”; (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking out “any end-strength” and inserting in lieu thereof “any constraint or limitation in terms of man years, end strength, full-time equivalent positions, or maximum number of employees”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d) With respect to each budget activity within an appropriation for a fiscal year for operations and maintenance, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that there are employed during that fiscal year employees in the number and with the combination of skills and qualifications that are necessary to carry out the functions 110 STAT. 429within that budget activity for which funds are provided for that fiscal year.”.