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§10102 Strategic human capital plan

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must write and send a strategic human capital plan to the proper congressional committees within 6 months after this law is enacted. The plan must look ahead 10 years from the enactment date and show what skills the Agency will need, what skills the Agency has now, and how retirements and other losses will change the workforce. It must list staffing levels by job type and point out gaps. The plan must include actions to fix those gaps, with concrete recruiting and retention goals (including use of bonus pay), ways to train, place, pay, motivate, and keep staff, ways to recruit people who served in multiple State emergency-management agencies, and plans to develop, train, and quickly deploy the Surge Capacity Force. The plan must also report how many Department employees not in the Agency and how many non‑Department people serve in the Surge Capacity Force and their qualifications, describe that Force’s training in the prior year, say if it can adequately prepare for and respond to disasters (including catastrophic incidents), and list any extra authorities or resources needed to fix problems. By May 1, 2007, and each May 1 for the next five years, the Administrator must send Congress an updated plan with a results‑focused assessment of how well the Department and Agency are carrying out the plan.

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Title 5, §10102

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(a)Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this chapter, the Administrator shall develop and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a strategic human capital plan to shape and improve the workforce of the Agency.
(b)The strategic human capital plan shall include—
(1)a workforce gap analysis, including an assessment of—
(A)the critical skills and competencies that will be needed in the workforce of the Agency to support the mission and responsibilities of, and effectively manage, the Agency during the 10-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this chapter;
(B)the skills and competencies of the workforce of the Agency on the day before the date of enactment of this chapter and projected trends in that workforce, based on expected losses due to retirement and other attrition; and
(C)the staffing levels of each category of employee, including gaps in the workforce of the Agency on the day before the date of enactment of this chapter and in the projected workforce of the Agency that should be addressed to ensure that the Agency has continued access to the critical skills and competencies described in subparagraph (A);
(2)a plan of action for developing and reshaping the workforce of the Agency to address the gaps in critical skills and competencies identified under paragraph (1)(C), including—
(A)specific recruitment and retention goals, including the use of the bonus authorities under this chapter as well as other bonus authorities (including the program objective of the Agency to be achieved through such goals);
(B)specific strategies for developing, training, deploying, compensating, and motivating and retaining the Agency workforce and its ability to fulfill the Agency’s mission and responsibilities (including the program objectives of the Department and the Agency to be achieved through such strategies);
(C)specific strategies for recruiting individuals who have served in multiple State agencies with emergency management responsibilities; and
(D)specific strategies for the development, training, and coordinated and rapid deployment of the Surge Capacity Force; and
(3)a discussion that—
(A)details the number of employees of the Department not employed by the Agency serving in the Surge Capacity Force and the qualifications or credentials of such individuals;
(B)details the number of individuals not employed by the Department serving in the Surge Capacity Force and the qualifications or credentials of such individuals;
(C)describes the training given to the Surge Capacity Force during the calendar year preceding the year of submission of the plan under subsection (c);
(D)states whether the Surge Capacity Force is able to adequately prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, including catastrophic incidents; and
(E)describes any additional authorities or resources necessary to address any deficiencies in the Surge Capacity Force.
(c)Not later than May 1, 2007, and May 1st of each of the next 5 succeeding years, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an update of the strategic human capital plan, including an assessment by the Administrator, using results-oriented performance measures, of the progress of the Department and the Agency in implementing the strategic human capital plan.

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The date of enactment of this chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b)(1), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 109–295, which was approved Oct. 4, 2006.

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5 U.S.C. § 10102

Title 5Government Organization and Employees

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73