EXPANSION OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY TO ATTRACT EXPERTS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.

SEC. 402. EXPANSION OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY TO ATTRACT EXPERTS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. Section 1599h of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(7) NGA.—The Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency may carry out a program of personnel management authority provided in subsection (b) in order to facilitate recruitment of eminent experts in science or engineering for research and development projects and to enhance the administration and management of the Agency.” ; (2) in subsection (b)(1)— (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking “; and”; (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the semicolon and inserting “; and”; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(G) in the case of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, appoint individuals to a total of not more than 7 positions in the Agency, of which not more than 2 such positions may be positions of administration or management in the Agency;” ; and (3) in subsection (c)(2), by striking “or the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center” and inserting “the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, or the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency”.