[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2079 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2079

   To establish a pilot program to hire individuals with alternative 
                        educational experience.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 5, 2014

   Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish a pilot program to hire individuals with alternative 
                        educational experience.

    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 ``Alternative Qualifications for 
Federal Employment Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act--
            (1) the term ``agency'' has the meaning given the term 
        ``Executive agency'' in section 105 of title 5, United States 
        Code;
            (2) the term ``Director'' means the Director of the Office 
        of Personnel Management; and
            (3) the term ``individual with alternative educational 
        experience'' means an individual who--
                    (A) does not have a degree from an institution of 
                higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the 
                Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))); and
                    (B) has received training or education in 1 or more 
                subject areas or occupational fields from an 
                educational provider that does not meet the 
                requirements of such section 101(a).

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT PROGRAM; PILOT PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS.

    (a) Establishment of Pilot Program.--Not later than 6 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish a pilot 
program to appoint to positions in the civil service individuals with 
alternative educational experience, in accordance with subsection (b).
    (b) Pilot Program Specifications.--
            (1) In general.--In carrying out the pilot program 
        established under subsection (a), the Director shall select 
        positions in the civil service for which the employing agency--
                    (A) is accepting applications for employment as of 
                the date of establishment of the pilot program, or is 
                likely to accept applications for employment within 1 
                year of such date;
                    (B) may not require an individual to have a degree 
                from an institution of higher education (as defined in 
                section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
                U.S.C. 1001(a))) in order to be appointed to such 
                positions; and
                    (C) shall consider an application for employment, 
                if any, from an individual with alternative educational 
                experience.
            (2) Scope and number of positions selected.--
                    (A) Positions selected.--The Director shall select 
                not less than 25 positions under paragraph (1) during 
                each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019.
                    (B) Occupational fields covered.--The positions 
                selected under subparagraph (A) shall be from across 
                not less than 10 diverse occupational fields.

SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    Not later than December 31, 2020, the Director shall submit to 
Congress a report on the pilot program established under section 3(a), 
which shall include--
            (1) the number and description of the positions selected 
        under section 3(b), including the geographic locations and 
        occupational fields of such positions;
            (2) the number of individuals with alternative educational 
        experience whose applications were considered for a position 
        selected under section 3(b);
            (3) the number of individuals with alternative educational 
        experience who were appointed to a position selected under 
        section 3(b); and
            (4) the number of individuals described in paragraph (2) 
        who, as of the end of fiscal year 2019, with respect to the 
        position to which the individual was appointed under the pilot 
        program--
                    (A) continued to occupy the position;
                    (B) were promoted; or
                    (C) were terminated.
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