<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id1356ba6b-13f7-11e7-83cc-8e80841adf57" identifier="/us/usc/t10/s129"><num value="129">§ 129.</num><heading> Civilian personnel management</heading><subsection style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id1356ba6c-13f7-11e7-83cc-8e80841adf57" identifier="/us/usc/t10/s129/a"><num value="a">(a)</num><content> The civilian personnel of the Department of Defense shall be managed each fiscal year on the basis of and consistent with (1) the total force management policies and procedures established under <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s129a">section 129a of this title</ref>, (2) the workload required to carry out the functions and activities of the department, and (3) the funds made available to the department for such fiscal year. Any constraint or limitation in terms of man years, end strength, full-time equivalent positions, or maximum number of employees shall be developed on the basis of those factors and shall be subject to adjustment solely for reasons of changed circumstances. The Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments may not be required to make a reduction in the number of full-time equivalent positions in the Department of Defense except in accordance with the requirements of this section and <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s129a">section 129a of this title</ref>.</content>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id1356ba6d-13f7-11e7-83cc-8e80841adf57" identifier="/us/usc/t10/s129/b"><num value="b">(b)</num><content> With respect to each budget activity within an appropriation for a fiscal year for operations and maintenance, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that there are employed during that fiscal year employees in the number and with the combination of skills and qualifications that are necessary to carry out the functions within that budget activity as determined under the total force management policies and procedures established under <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s129a">section 129a of this title</ref>.</content>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id1356ba6e-13f7-11e7-83cc-8e80841adf57" identifier="/us/usc/t10/s129/c"><num value="c">(c)</num><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id1356ba6f-13f7-11e7-83cc-8e80841adf57" identifier="/us/usc/t10/s129/c/1"><num value="1">(1)</num><chapeau> Not later than February 1 of each year—</chapeau><subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id1356ba70-13f7-11e7-83cc-8e80841adf57" identifier="/us/usc/t10/s129/c/1/A"><num value="A">(A)</num><content> the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the management of the civilian workforce of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Defense Agencies and Field Activities; and</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id1356ba71-13f7-11e7-83cc-8e80841adf57" identifier="/us/usc/t10/s129/c/1/B"><num value="B">(B)</num><content> the Secretary of each military department shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the management of the civilian workforces under the jurisdiction of such Secretary.</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id1356ba72-13f7-11e7-83cc-8e80841adf57" identifier="/us/usc/t10/s129/c/2"><num value="2">(2)</num><chapeau> Each report under paragraph (1) shall contain, with respect to the civilian workforce under the jurisdiction of the official submitting the report, the following:</chapeau><subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id1356ba73-13f7-11e7-83cc-8e80841adf57" identifier="/us/usc/t10/s129/c/2/A"><num value="A">(A)</num><content> An assessment of the projected size of such civilian workforce in the current year and for each year in the future-years defense program.</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id1356ba74-13f7-11e7-83cc-8e80841adf57" identifier="/us/usc/t10/s129/c/2/B"><num value="B">(B)</num><content> If the projected size of such civilian workforce has changed from the previous year’s projected size, an explanation of the reasons for the increase or decrease from the previous projection, including an explanation of any efforts that have been taken to identify offsetting reductions and avoid unnecessary overall growth in the size of the civilian workforce.</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id1356ba75-13f7-11e7-83cc-8e80841adf57" identifier="/us/usc/t10/s129/c/2/C"><num value="C">(C)</num><content> In the case of a transfer of functions between military, civilian, and contractor workforces, an explanation of the reasons for the transfer and the steps that have been taken to control the overall cost of the function to the Department.</content>
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<sourceCredit id="id1356ba76-13f7-11e7-83cc-8e80841adf57">(Added <ref href="/us/pl/97/86/tIX">Pub. L. 97–86, title IX</ref>, § 904(a), <date date="1981-12-01">Dec. 1, 1981</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/95/1114">95 Stat. 1114</ref>, § 140b; renumbered § 129, <ref href="/us/pl/99/433/tI">Pub. L. 99–433, title I</ref>, § 101(a)(3), <date date="1986-10-01">Oct. 1, 1986</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/100/994">100 Stat. 994</ref>; amended <ref href="/us/pl/99/661/dA/tV">Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title V</ref>, § 533, <date date="1986-11-14">Nov. 14, 1986</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/100/3873">100 Stat. 3873</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/102/190/dA/tIII">Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title III</ref>, § 312(b), <date date="1991-12-05">Dec. 5, 1991</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/105/1335">105 Stat. 1335</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/104/106/dA/tX">Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title X</ref>, § 1031, <date date="1996-02-10">Feb. 10, 1996</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/110/428">110 Stat. 428</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/104/201/dA/tX">Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X</ref>, § 1074(a)(1), title XVI, § 1603, <date date="1996-09-23">Sept. 23, 1996</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/110/2658">110 Stat. 2658</ref>, 2735; <ref href="/us/pl/105/85/dA/tXI">Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title XI</ref>, § 1101, <date date="1997-11-18">Nov. 18, 1997</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/111/1922">111 Stat. 1922</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/106/65/dA/tX">Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X</ref>, § 1067(1), <date date="1999-10-05">Oct. 5, 1999</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/113/774">113 Stat. 774</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/112/81/dA/tIX">Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title IX</ref>, § 932, <date date="2011-12-31">Dec. 31, 2011</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/125/1543">125 Stat. 1543</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/114/328/dA/tXI">Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XI</ref>, § 1101(a), (b)(1), <date date="2016-12-23">Dec. 23, 2016</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/130/2443">130 Stat. 2443</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="amendments" id="id1356ba78-13f7-11e7-83cc-8e80841adf57"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Amendments</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">2016—<ref href="/us/pl/114/328">Pub. L. 114–328</ref>, § 1101(b)(1), amended section catchline generally, substituting “Civilian personnel management” for “Prohibition of certain civilian personnel management constraints”.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (a). <ref href="/us/pl/114/328">Pub. L. 114–328</ref>, § 1101(a)(1), in first sentence, struck out “solely” before “on the basis”, in second sentence, substituted “Any” for “The management of such personnel in any fiscal year shall not be subject to any” and inserted “shall be developed on the basis of those factors and shall be subject to adjustment solely for reasons of changed circumstances” after “employees”, and in third sentence, substituted “except in accordance with the requirements of this section and <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s129a">section 129a of this title</ref>.” for “unless such reduction is necessary due to a reduction in funds available to the Department or is required under a law that is enacted after <date date="1996-02-10">February 10, 1996</date>, and that refers specifically to this subsection.”</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (b). <ref href="/us/pl/114/328">Pub. L. 114–328</ref>, § 1101(a)(2), (3), redesignated subsec. (d) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which related to the number of, and the amount of funds available to be paid to, indirectly funded Government employees of the Department of Defense.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (c). <ref href="/us/pl/114/328">Pub. L. 114–328</ref>, § 1101(a)(2), (4), added subsec. (c) and struck out former subsec. (c) which defined the term “indirectly funded Government employees”.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsecs. (d) to (f). <ref href="/us/pl/114/328">Pub. L. 114–328</ref>, § 1101(a)(2), (3), redesignated subsec. (d) as (b) and struck out subsecs. (e) and (f) which read as follows:</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">“(e) Subsections (a), (b), and (c) apply to the Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) at the installation level.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">“(f)(1) Not later than February 1 of each year, the Secretary of each military department and the head of each Defense Agency shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the management of the civilian workforce under the jurisdiction of that official.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">“(2) Each report of an official under paragraph (1) shall contain the following:</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1">“(A) The official’s certification (i) that the civilian workforce under the jurisdiction of the official is not subject to any constraint or limitation in terms of man years, end strength, full-time equivalent positions, or maximum number of employees, and (ii) that, during the 12 months preceding the date on which the report is due, such workforce has not been subject to any such constraint or limitation.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1">“(B) A description of how the civilian workforce is managed.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1">“(C) A detailed description of the analytical tools used to determine civilian workforce requirements during the 12-month period referred to in subparagraph (A).”</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">2011—Subsec. (a). <ref href="/us/pl/112/81">Pub. L. 112–81</ref>, § 932(1), inserted “the total force management policies and procedures established under <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s129a">section 129a of this title</ref>, (2)” after “(1)” and substituted “department, and (3)” for “department and (2)”.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (d). <ref href="/us/pl/112/81">Pub. L. 112–81</ref>, § 932(2), substituted “within that budget activity as determined under the total force management policies and procedures established under <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s129a">section 129a of this title</ref>.” for “within that budget activity for which funds are provided for that fiscal year.”</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (e). <ref href="/us/pl/112/81">Pub. L. 112–81</ref>, § 932(3), struck out at end “With respect to the MRTFB structure, the term ‘funds made available’ includes both direct appropriated funds and funds provided by MRTFB customers.”</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1999—Subsec. (f)(1). <ref href="/us/pl/106/65">Pub. L. 106–65</ref> substituted “and the Committee on Armed Services” for “and the Committee on National Security”.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1997—Subsec. (f). <ref href="/us/pl/105/85">Pub. L. 105–85</ref> added subsec. (f).</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1996—Subsec. (a). <ref href="/us/pl/104/201">Pub. L. 104–201</ref>, § 1074(a)(1), substituted “<date date="1996-02-10">February 10, 1996</date>,” for “the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996”.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0"><ref href="/us/pl/104/106">Pub. L. 104–106</ref>, § 1031(1), substituted “constraint or limitation in terms of man years, end strength, full-time equivalent positions, or maximum number of employees. The Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments may not be required to make a reduction in the number of full-time equivalent positions in the Department of Defense unless such reduction is necessary due to a reduction in funds available to the Department or is required under a law that is enacted after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 and that refers specifically to this subsection.” for “man-year constraint or limitation.”</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (b)(2). <ref href="/us/pl/104/106">Pub. L. 104–106</ref>, § 1031(2), substituted “any constraint or limitation in terms of man years, end strength, full-time equivalent positions, or maximum number of employees” for “any end-strength”.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (c)(1). <ref href="/us/pl/104/201">Pub. L. 104–201</ref>, § 1603(1), inserted “, the Major Range and Test Facility Base,” after “industrial-type activities”.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (d). <ref href="/us/pl/104/106">Pub. L. 104–106</ref>, § 1031(3), added subsec. (d).</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (e). <ref href="/us/pl/104/201">Pub. L. 104–201</ref>, § 1603(2), added subsec. (e).</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1991—Subsec. (a). <ref href="/us/pl/102/190">Pub. L. 102–190</ref> substituted “department and (2)” for “department, (2)” and struck out “, and (3) the authorized end strength for the civilian personnel of the department for such fiscal year” at end of first sentence.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1986—<ref href="/us/pl/99/661">Pub. L. 99–661</ref> designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsecs. (b) and (c).</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0"><ref href="/us/pl/99/433">Pub. L. 99–433</ref> renumbered <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s140b">section 140b of this title</ref> as this section.</p>
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