DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE FREEZE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004.

SEC. 907. DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE FREEZE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004.(a) Defense Acquisition Workforce Freeze.—During fiscal year 2004, the number of defense acquisition and support personnel may not at any time be greater than one percent above, or less than one percent below, the baseline number, and any variation from the baseline number (within such one percent variance) shall be only to exercise normal hiring and firing flexibility during the fiscal year.(b) Baseline Number.—For purposes of subsection (a), the baseline number is the number of defense acquisition and support personnel as of October 1, 2003.(c) Use of Full-Time Equivalent Positions.—All determinations of personnel strengths for purposes of this section shall be on the basis of full-time equivalent positions.(d) Waiver Authority.—The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation in subsection (a) upon a determination that such waiver is necessary to protect a significant national security interest of the United States. If the Secretary makes such a determination, the Secretary shall, within 30 days after making the determination, notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives of the determination and the reasons for the determination.(e) Definition.—In this section, the term “defense acquisition and support personnel” means members of the Armed Forces and civilian personnel (other than civilian personnel who are employed at a maintenance depot) who are assigned to, or employed in, acquisition organizations of the Department of Defense (as specified in Department of Defense Instruction numbered 5000.58, dated January 14, 1992), and any other organization that, as determined by the Secretary, has acquisition as its predominant mission.