CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

SEC. 315. CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (a) Prohibition on Management by End-Strength.—During fiscal year 1988, the civilian personnel of the Department of Defense may not be managed on the basis of any constraint or limitation (known as an “end-strength”) and the management of such personnel during that fiscal year shall not be subject to any end-strength 101 STAT. 1075 on the number of such personnel who may be employed on the last day of such fiscal year. (b) Waiver of Civilian Personnel Ceilings.—Section 115(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply with respect to fiscal year 1988 or with respect to the appropriation of funds for that year. (c) Reports.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives quarterly reports on the obligation of funds appropriated for civilian personnel of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1988. Each report shall include℄ (1) for each appropriation account, the amounts authorized and appropriated for such personnel for fiscal year 1988; and (2) for each appropriation account and for the entire Department— (A) the actual number of such personnel employed, and the amount of funds obligated for such personnel, as of the end of each fiscal year quarter described in the report; and (B) the projected number of such personnel to be employed, and the amount of funds that will be obligated for such personnel, as of the end of fiscal year 1988.