This bill significantly amends Title 10, United States Code, to bolster the Department of Defense's (DoD) capacity for recruiting and retaining a highly skilled cyber workforce. It grants the Secretary of Defense broad authority to establish "qualified positions" in the excepted service, bypassing some traditional civil service rules to attract top talent. The legislation aims to create a more agile and competitive personnel system specifically tailored for critical cyber roles within the DoD. Under this new authority, the Secretary of Defense can appoint individuals to these cyber positions without regard to certain Title 5 civil service appointment provisions. Compensation can be flexibly set, with basic pay rates potentially reaching up to 150 percent of Level I of the Executive Schedule, and additional compensation like benefits and incentives are permitted. This ensures the DoD can offer competitive total annual compensation to attract eminent cyber experts. The bill also authorizes the creation of a Defense Digital Executive Service for senior cyber leaders and Defense Digital Senior Level positions for highly specialized technical experts, with a two-year probationary period for all new hires. This authority becomes effective after the Secretary submits a comprehensive implementation plan to congressional defense committees. To ensure accountability, annual reports detailing hiring metrics and recruitment strategies are mandated for five years, and the Comptroller General will assess the impact of these new authorities.