DEMONSTRATION PROJECT RELATING TO CERTAIN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

SEC. 4308. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT RELATING TO CERTAIN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. (a) Commencement.— The Secretary of Defense is encouraged to take such steps as may be necessary to provide for the commencement of a demonstration project, the purpose of which would be to determine the feasibility or desirability of one or more proposals for improving the personnel management policies or procedures that apply with respect to the acquisition workforce of the Department of Defense. (b) Terms and Conditions.— (1) In general.— Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any demonstration project described in subsection (a) shall be subject to section 4703 of title 5, United States Code, and all other provisions of such title that apply with respect to any demonstration project under such section. (2) Exceptions.— Subject to paragraph (3), in applying section 4703 of title 5, United States Code, with respect to a demonstration project described in subsection (a)— (A) “180 days” in subsection (b)(4) of such section shall be deemed to read “120 days”; (B) “90 days” in subsection (b)(6) of such section shall be deemed to read “30 days”; and (C) subsection (d)(1)(A) of such section shall be disregarded. (3) Condition.— Paragraph (2) shall not apply with respect to a demonstration project unless it— (A) involves only the acquisition workforce of the Department of Defense (or any part thereof); and 110 STAT. 670 (B) commences during the 3-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Definition.— For purposes of this section, the term “acquisition workforce” refers to the persons serving in acquisition positions within the Department of Defense, as designated pursuant to section 1721(a) of title 10, United States Code.