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6 U.S.C. § 421 — Establishment of human resources management system
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**(a) Authority**
(1) **Sense of Congress** — It is the sense of Congress that—
(A) it is extremely important that employees of the Department be allowed to participate in a meaningful way in the creation of any human resources management system affecting them;
(B) such employees have the most direct knowledge of the demands of their jobs and have a direct interest in ensuring that their human resources management system is conducive to achieving optimal operational efficiencies;
(C) the 21st century human resources management system envisioned for the Department should be one that benefits from the input of its employees; and
(D) this collaborative effort will help secure our homeland.
(2) **, (3) Omitted**
**(b) Effect on personnel**
(1) **Nonseparation or nonreduction in grade or compensation of full-time personnel and part-time personnel holding permanent positions** — Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the transfer under this chapter of full-time personnel (except special Government employees) and part-time personnel holding permanent positions shall not cause any such employee to be separated or reduced in grade or compensation for 1 year after the date of transfer to the Department.
(2) **Positions compensated in accordance with Executive Schedule** — Any person who, on the day preceding such person’s date of transfer pursuant to this chapter, held a position compensated in accordance with the Executive Schedule prescribed in chapter 53 of title 5 and who, without a break in service, is appointed in the Department to a position having duties comparable to the duties performed immediately preceding such appointment shall continue to be compensated in such new position at not less than the rate provided for such position, for the duratio
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**(a) Authority**
(1) **Sense of Congress** — It is the sense of Congress that—
(A) it is extremely important that employees of the Department be allowed to participate in a meaningful way in the creation of any human resources management system affecting them;
(B) such employees have the most direct knowledge of the demands of their jobs and have a direct interest in ensuring that their human resources management system is conducive to achieving optimal operational efficiencies;
(C) the 21st century human resources management system envisioned for the Department should be one that benefits from the input of its employees; and
(D) this collaborative effort will help secure our homeland.
(2) **, (3) Omitted**
**(b) Effect on personnel**
(1) **Nonseparation or nonreduction in grade or compensation of full-time personnel and part-time personnel holding permanent positions** — Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the transfer under this chapter of full-time personnel (except special Government employees) and part-time personnel holding permanent positions shall not cause any such employee to be separated or reduced in grade or compensation for 1 year after the date of transfer to the Department.
(2) **Positions compensated in accordance with Executive Schedule** — Any person who, on the day preceding such person’s date of transfer pursuant to this chapter, held a position compensated in accordance with the Executive Schedule prescribed in chapter 53 of title 5 and who, without a break in service, is appointed in the Department to a position having duties comparable to the duties performed immediately preceding such appointment shall continue to be compensated in such new position at not less than the rate provided for such position, for the duration of the service of such person in such new position.
(3) **Coordination rule** — Any exercise of authority under chapter 97 of title 5, including under any system established under such chapter, shall be in conformance with the requirements of this subsection.
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**(a) Activities** The Center shall—
(1) receive, aggregate, analyze, and secure, using processes consistent with the processes developed pursuant to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ([6 U.S.C. 1501](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) reports from covered entities related to a covered cyber incident to assess the effectiveness of security controls, identify tactics, techniques, and procedures adversaries use to overcome those controls and other cybersecurity purposes, including to assess potential impact of cyber incidents on public health and safety and to enhance situational awareness of cyber threats across critical infrastructure sectors;
(2) coordinate and share information with appropriate Federal departments and agencies to identify and track ransom payments, including those utilizing virtual currencies;
(3) leverage information gathered about cyber incidents to—
(A) enhance the quality and effectiveness of information sharing and coordination efforts with appropriate entities, including agencies, sector coordinating councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, technology providers, critical infrastructure owners and operators, cybersecurity and cyber incident response firms, and security researchers; and
(B) provide appropriate entities, including sector coordinating councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, technology providers, cybersecurity and cyber incident response firms, and security researchers, with timely, actionable, and anonymized reports of cyber incident campaigns and trends, including, to the maximum extent practicable
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**(a) In general** The Chief Human Capital Officer shall report directly to the Under Secretary for Management.
**(b) Responsibilities** In addition to the responsibilities set forth in chapter 14 of title 5 and other applicable law, the Chief Human Capital Officer of the Department shall—
(1) develop and implement strategic workforce planning policies, including with respect to leader development and employee engagement, that are consistent with Government-wide leading principles, in line with Department strategic human capital goals and priorities, and informed by best practices within the Federal Government and the private sector, taking into account the special requirements of members of the Armed Forces serving in the Coast Guard;
(2) use performance measures to evaluate, on an ongoing basis, Department-wide strategic workforce planning efforts;
(3) develop, improve, and implement policies that, to the extent practicable, are informed by employee feedback, including compensation flexibilities available to Federal agencies where appropriate, to recruit, hire, train, and retain the workforce of the Department, in coordination with all components of the Department;
(4) identify methods for managing and overseeing human capital programs and initiatives, including leader development and employee engagement programs, in coordination with the head of each component of the Department;
(5) develop a career path framework and create opportunities for leader development in coordination with all components of the Department that is informed by an assessment, carried out by the Chief Human Capital Officer, of the learning and developmental needs of employees in supervisory and nonsupervisory roles across the Department and appropriate workforce planning initiatives;
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 421
(A) the Agency (including the center);
(B) the Directorate of Science and Tech-
nology; or
(C) institutions that have been designated
by the Department as a Center of Excellence
for Cyber Defense, or the equivalent.
(Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 846, as added Pub. L.
116–283,
div.
G,
title
LVXXXII
[LXXXII],
§ 8278(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4687.)
PART F—FEDERAL EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT
FLEXIBILITY
§ 421. Definition
In this part, the term ‘‘executive agency’’ has
the meaning given that term under section 133
of title 41.
(Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 851, Nov. 25, 2002, 116
Stat. 2235.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
In text, ‘‘section 133 of title 41’’ substituted for ‘‘sec-
tion 4(1) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Act (41 U.S.C. 403(1))’’ on authority of Pub. L. 111–350,
§ 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted
Title 41, Public Contracts.
§ 422. Procurements for defense against or recov-
ery from terrorism or nuclear, biological,
chemical, or radiological attack
The authorities provided in this part apply to
any procurement of property or services by or
for an executive agency that, as determined by
the head of the executive agency, are to be used
to facilitate defense against or recovery from
terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, or ra-
diological attack, but only if a solicitation of of-
fers for the procurement is issued during the 1-
year period beginning on November 25, 2002.
(Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 852, Nov. 25, 2002, 116
Stat. 2235.)
§ 423. Increased simplified acquisition threshold
for procurements in support of humanitarian
or peacekeeping operations or contingency
operations
(a) Temporary threshold amounts
For a procurement referred to i
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