3.0.0 589 2023-01-15T22:48:19Z 2023-01-15T22:48:19Z Senate S S 2003-03-11 108 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing hsgo18 Civil Service and Agency Organization Subcommittee Referred to 2004-07-13T19:32:37Z Referred to 2003-11-14T19:02:01Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2004-03-11T19:25:47Z Referred to 2003-11-14T19:02:02Z ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2003-07-31T20:43:03Z Markup by 2003-06-17T22:10:25Z Referred to 2003-03-11T20:13:23Z S. Rept. 108-119 2004-07-13 hsgo18 Civil Service and Agency Organization Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization. Committee 2004-03-11 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. Committee 2003-11-14 Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2003-11-14 Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2003-11-14 Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2003-11-06 18:20:22 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2003-11-06 10:05:01 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2003-11-06 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2003-11-05 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2003-11-05 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2003-11-05 Senate Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S14075-14076) Floor 2003-07-31 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 240. Calendars 2003-07-31 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. With written report No. 108-119. Additional views filed. Committee 2003-07-31 Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. With written report No. 108-119. Additional views filed. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2003-06-17 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2003-03-11 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3513-3516) IntroReferral 2003-03-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3512-3513) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-03-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2003-03-11 True A000121 Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] GEORGE ALLEN R VA F. 2003-03-11 True V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2003-03-11 True W000154 Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] JOHN WARNER R VA WILLIAM 2003-03-26 False B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2003-03-31 False C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2003-05-01 False R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2003-05-07 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2003-06-09 False 2003-07-01T04:00:00Z S. 589, Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/14595 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on June 17, 2003</p> 2003-07-01T04:00:00Z S. 589, Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14595 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on June 17, 2003 Government Operations and Politics Administrative procedure Armed Forces and National Security Central Intelligence Agency Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Defense Department of Energy Department of Justice Department of State Department of the Treasury EBB Terrorism Economics and Public Finance Education Employee training Engineering Engineers Executive reorganization Federal aid to education Federal employees Government trust funds Graduate education Health Higher education Infrastructure Intelligence officers International Affairs Labor and Employment Language and languages Law Legislation Mathematics Office of Personnel Management Performance measurement Personnel management Planning-programming-budgeting Professional education Recruiting of employees Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Scientists in government Strategic planning Student loan funds Students Terrorism Transfer of employees Government Operations and Politics 00 2003-03-11 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Requires the Director to establish a program for awarding National Security Fellowships to eligible graduate students who agree to employment with the Government in national security positions. Establishes a National Security Service Board to: (1) develop criteria for awarding such Fellowships; (2) provide for the wide dissemination of information regarding assisted activities; (3) work with the Director in hiring and placing fellows in national security positions; and (4) develop and provide to Congress a strategic plan that identifies the skills needed by the Federal national security workforce. Requires 20 percent of such Fellowships to be set-aside for Federal employees who are working in such positions to enhance their education and training in areas important to national security.

Creates a National Security Service Corps, under the direction of the Board, to provide rotational opportunities for mid-level employees in national security positions within and between specified agencies.

Requires agencies' annual strategic and performance plans and program performance reports to evaluate the role of specific skills in accomplishing or failing to accomplish such agencies' goals.]]>

80 2003-07-31 Reported to Senate without amendment 2003-11-04T22:46:37Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act - Title I: Pilot Program for Student Loan Repayment for Federal Employees in Areas of Critical Importance - Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to: (1) establish an eight-year pilot program under which specified Federal agencies may agree to repay the student loans of their employees in national security positions; and (2) coordinate the program with such agencies to recruit employees for those positions. Provides loan repayment limits of: (1) $10,000 for each year that the employee remains in such a position; and (2) $80,000 per employee. Requires program reports from the Director to the appropriate congressional committees.

Title II: Fellowships for Graduate Students to Enter Federal Service - Requires the Director to establish a program for awarding National Security Fellowships to eligible graduate students who agree to employment with the Government in national security positions. Establishes a National Security Service Board to: (1) develop criteria for awarding such Fellowships; (2) provide for the wide dissemination of information regarding assisted activities; (3) work with the Director in hiring and placing fellows in national security positions; and (4) develop and provide to Congress a strategic plan that identifies the skills needed by the Federal national security workforce. Requires 20 percent of such Fellowships to be set-aside for Federal employees who are working in such positions to enhance their education and training in areas important to national security. Authorizes appropriations.

Title III: National Security Service Corps - Directs OPM to create a National Security Service Corps, under the direction of the Board, to provide rotational opportunities for mid-level employees in national security positions within and between specified agencies. Authorizes appropriations.

Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires agencies' annual: (1) strategic plans to evaluate the extent to which specific skills in human capital are needed to achieve the mission, goals and objectives of the agency, particularly those goals and objectives that are critical to national security; and (2) performance plans to give special attention to the role of specific skills in accomplishing such agencies' goals and to indicators that are critical to ensuring the national security.]]>

35 2003-11-05 Passed Senate amended 2004-06-01T16:28:55Z Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act of 2003 - Title I: Pilot Program for Student Loan Repayment for Federal Employees in National Security Positions - (Sec. 101) Requires the heads of specified Federal agencies to: (1) establish a pilot program under which such agencies may agree to repay the student loans of their employees in national security positions; and (2) coordinate the program with such agencies to recruit or retain employees for those positions. Authorizes such an agency to provide for a program to apply to and be administered with respect to one or more organizational unit of the agency. Provides loan repayment limits of: (1) $10,000 in any year toward toward the remaining balance of the loan for each year that the employee remains in such a position, except that the employee shall remain in such position for at least three years; and (2) a total maximum of $60,000 per employee. Permits an employee to participate in the student loan repayment program and any program under this title at the same time, except that the total amount paid by all agencies for that employee may not exceed: (1) $10,000 in any year; or (2) $60,000 in total. Requires program reports from the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to the appropriate congressional committees including an assessment as to whether the program should be expanded to other agencies or to non-national security positions to improve overall Federal workforce recruitment and retention.

Requires the Director of OPM to propose regulations for the criteria to be used by agencies to make determinations of national security positions and to promulgate final regulations for such criteria. Allows such pilot program to remain in effect for an eight-year period and provides for continued payment of benefits of employees recruited under this program through their commitment period. Authorizes appropriations.

Title II: Fellowships for Graduate Students to Enter Federal Service - (Sec. 201) Amends the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 to require the the National Security Education Board to establish a program for awarding National Security Fellowships to eligible graduate students who agree to employment with the Government in national security positions. Authorizes the Board to provide for the program to apply to and be administered with respect to one or more organizational units of specified agencies. Requires the Board to: (1) develop criteria for awarding such Fellowships; (2) provide for the wide dissemination of information regarding assisted activities; (3) work with such agencies in hiring and placing fellows in national security positions; and (4) develop and provide to Congress a strategic plan that identifies the skills needed by the Federal national security workforce. Requires 20 percent of such Fellowships to be set-aside for Federal employees who are currently working in such positions to enhance their education and training in areas important to national security. Instructs the Board to consult with the chief human capital officers of participating agencies in carrying out such program. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 202) Amends such Act to direct the Board to create a National Security Service Corps, under the direction of the Board, to provide rotational opportunities for mid-level employees in national security positions within and between specified agencies. Instructs the Board to consult with the chief human capital officers of participating agencies in carrying out such program. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 203) Amends such Act to: (1) designate the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General as members of the Board; (2) requires amounts in the National Security Education Trust Fund to be available for awarding National Security Fellowships under the program established by this Act; and (3) provide for the non-application of certain provisions of such Act to such Fellowships and the National Security Service Corps.

Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 301) Requires agencies' annual strategic plans to: (1) describe the training required to achieve goals and objectives; and (2) evaluate the extent to which specific skills in human capital are needed to achieve the mission, goals, and objectives of the agency.]]>

Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act of 2003 Display Title Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to strengthen and improve the management of national security, encourage Government service in areas of critical national security, and to assist government agencies in addressing deficiencies in personnel possessing specialized skills important to national security and incorporating the goals and strategies for recruitment and retention for such skilled personnel into the strategic and performance management systems of Federal agencies. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act Short Titles as Reported to Senate Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act S Senate Short Titles as Passed Senate Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act of 2003 S Senate 2114 108 SAMDT In the nature of a substitute. 2021-09-30T00:28:44Z 2003-11-05 Amendment SA 2114 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. SA 2114 https://www.congress.gov/amendment/108th-congress/senate-amendment/2114 C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2003-11-05T05:00:00Z 2003-11-05T05:00:00Z Senate 108 S Senate S 589 Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act of 2003 2023-01-15T22:48:19Z 6 2003-11-05 0 Senate Amendment SA 2114 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2003-11-05 0 Senate Amendment SA 2114 proposed by Senator Bennett for Senator Collins. (consideration: CR S14076) In the nature of a substitute. Floor 2003-11-05 Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 2114 proposed by Senator Bennett for Senator Collins.(consideration: CR S14076) Floor 93000 9 Library of Congress 2003-11-05 Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 2114 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 94000 9 Library of Congress 2003-11-05 Senate amendment submitted Floor 91000 9 Library of Congress Referred in House 2003-11-15T05:00:00Z Engrossed in Senate 2003-11-05T05:00:00Z Reported to Senate 2003-07-31T04:00:00Z Introduced in Senate 2003-03-11T05:00:00Z 2004-07-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.