INCLUSION OF OFFICE OF UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING IN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY TO ATTRACT EXPERTS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.

SEC. 213. INCLUSION OF OFFICE OF UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING IN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY TO ATTRACT EXPERTS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. Section 4092 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(10) Office of the under secretary of defense for research and engineering.—The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering 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 the Office of the Under Secretary.” ; and (2) in subsection (b)(1)— (A) in subparagraph (H), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon; (B) in subparagraph (I), by striking the semicolon and inserting “; and”; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(J) in the case of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, appoint scientists and engineers to a total of not more than 10 scientific and engineering positions in the Office;” .