EXPANSION OF PERSONNEL ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN DEMONSTRATION PROJECT RELATING TO ACQUISITION WORKFORCE.

SEC. 845. EXPANSION OF PERSONNEL ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN DEMONSTRATION PROJECT RELATING TO ACQUISITION WORKFORCE. (a) Covered Personnel.—(1) Subsection (a) of section 4308 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104–106; 10 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by adding before the period at the end the following: “and supporting personnel assigned to work directly with the acquisition workforce”. (2) Subsection (b)(3)(A) of such section is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: “or involves a team of personnel more than half of which consists of members of the acquisition workforce and the remainder of which consists of supporting personnel assigned to work directly with the acquisition workforce”. (b) Commencement of Project.—Subsection (b)(3)(B) of such section is amended by striking out “this Act” and inserting in lieu thereof “the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998”. (c) Limitation on Number of Participants.—Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following: “(d) Limitation on Number of Participants.—The total number of persons who may participate in the demonstration project under this section may not exceed 95,000”.