REQUIREMENT FOR PLAN TO MODIFY EMPLOYMENT SYSTEM USED BY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY IN DEFENSEENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS.

SEC. 3153. REQUIREMENT FOR PLAN TO MODIFY EMPLOYMENT SYSTEM USED BY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY IN DEFENSEENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS. (a) Plan Requirement.— Not later than February 1, 1999, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress a report containing a plan to modify the Federal employment system used within the defense environmental management programs of the Department of Energy to allow for workforce restructuring in those programs. (b) Specified Elements of Plan.— The plan shall address strategies to recruit and hire— (1) individuals with a high degree of scientific and technical competence in the areas of nuclear and toxic waste remediation and environmental restoration; and 112 STAT. 2254 (2) individuals with the necessary skills to manage large construction and environmental remediation projects. (c) Legislative Changes.— The plan shall include an identification of the provisions of Federal law that would need to be changed to allow the Secretary of Energy to restructure the Department of Energy defense environmental management workforce to hire individuals described in subsection (b), while staying within any numerical limitations required by law (including section 3161 of Public Law 103–337 (42 U.S.C. 7231 note)) on employment of such individuals.