1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Training Acquisition Leaders and Elevating New Talent Act of 2019 or the TALENT Act . 2. Public-private exchange program for the acquisition workforce (a) In general Subchapter IV of chapter 87 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 1749. Public-private exchange program for the acquisition workforce (a) Assignment authority (1) The Secretary may, by rule, establish a program to be known as the Public-Private Exchange Program for the Acquisition Workforce to temporarily assign a member of the acquisition workforce to a private-sector organization or an employee of a private-sector organization to the Department of Defense if— (A) pursuant to an agreement between the Secretary, the private-sector organization, and the individual to be temporarily assigned described in subsection (b)