[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3264 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3264

  To improve Federal internship programs to facilitate hiring of full-
            time Federal employees, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 20, 2009

 Mr. Connolly of Virginia (for himself and Mr. Bilbray) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To improve Federal internship programs to facilitate hiring of full-
            time Federal employees, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Internship Improvement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS.

    (a) Internship Coordinator.--The head of each Federal agency 
operating an internship program shall appoint an individual within such 
agency to serve as an internship coordinator.
    (b) Online Information.--
            (1) Agencies.--The head of each Federal agency operating an 
        internship program shall make publicly available on the 
        Internet--
                    (A) the name and contact information of the 
                internship coordinator for such program; and
                    (B) information regarding application procedures 
                and deadlines for such internship program.
            (2) Office of personnel management.--The Office of 
        Personnel Management shall make publicly available on the 
        Internet links to the websites where the information described 
        in paragraph (1) is displayed.
    (c) Centralized Database.--The Office of Personnel Management shall 
establish and maintain a centralized electronic database that contains 
the names, contact information, and relevant skills of individuals who 
have completed or are nearing completion of an internship program and 
are currently seeking full-time Federal employment.
    (d) Noncompetitive Appointment.--
            (1) Appointment.--Under such regulations as the Office of 
        Personnel Management shall prescribe, the head of an agency may 
        make a noncompetitive appointment leading to conversion to 
        term, career, or career-conditional employment of an individual 
        if the individual--
                    (A) has completed an internship program;
                    (B) is recommended for such appointment by the 
                agency in which the individual served as an intern; and
                    (C) satisfies such other requirements and 
                conditions as the Office of Personnel Management may 
                prescribe.
            (2) Term appointment conversion.--An intern appointed to 
        term employment under paragraph (1) may subsequently be 
        converted noncompetitively to a career or career-conditional 
        appointment before the term appointment expires.
            (3) Regulations.--The Office of Personnel Management shall 
        prescribe such regulations as the Office considers necessary to 
        carry out this subsection.
    (e) Report.--
            (1) In general.--The head of each Federal agency operating 
        an internship program shall annually submit to the Office of 
        Personnel Management a report assessing such internship 
        program.
            (2) Contents.--Each report required under paragraph (1) for 
        a Federal agency shall include, for the one-year period ending 
        on March 1 of the year in which the report is submitted--
                    (A) the number of interns that participated in an 
                internship program at such agency;
                    (B) information regarding the demographic 
                characteristics of interns at such agency, including 
                educational background;
                    (C) the percentage of individuals who began full-
                time Federal employment at such agency who were 
                appointed to such employment in accordance with 
                subsection (d);
                    (D) a description of the steps taken by such agency 
                to increase such percentage, and any barriers 
                encountered;
                    (E) a description of activities engaged in by such 
                agency to recruit new interns, including locations and 
                methods;
                    (F) a description of the diversity of work roles 
                offered within internship programs at such agency;
                    (G) a description of the mentorship portion of such 
                internship programs; and
                    (H) a summary of exit interviews conducted by such 
                agency upon completion of an internship program by an 
                intern.
            (3) Submission.--Each report required under paragraph (1) 
        shall be submitted to the Office of Personnel Management 
        between March 1 and March 31 of each year. Not later than April 
        30 of each year, the Office of Personnel Management shall 
        submit to Congress a report summarizing the information 
        submitted to the Office of Personnel Management in accordance 
        with paragraph (1) for such year.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Internship program.--The term ``internship program'' 
        means a program established by a Federal agency to provide 
        educational employment experiences to individuals whose service 
        in such agency will not be used to displace any employee.
            (2) Intern.--The term ``intern'' means an individual 
        serving in an internship program.
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