117 HR 3000 IH: Inspire to Serve Act of 2021
U.S. House of Representatives
2021-05-04
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1.This Act may be cited as the Inspire to Serve Act of 2021
. 2.The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—Prioritization of civic education and service learning
Sec. 101. Civic education fund.
Sec. 102. Service-learning fund.
Sec. 103. National civics assessment.
Sec. 104. Excellence in civics award.
Sec. 105. Development of material on civic education and effective citizenship.
Sec. 106. Sense of Congress regarding the importance of teachers in inspiring civic engagement.
TITLE II—Elevation and integration of all forms of service
Sec. 201. Council on Military, National, and Public Service.
Sec. 202. Internet-based service platform.
Sec. 203. Pilot program to coordinate military, national, and public service recruitment.
Sec. 204. Joint market research and recruiting program to advance military and national service.
Sec. 205. Information sharing to advance military and national service.
Sec. 206. Transition opportunities for military servicemembers and national service participants.
Sec. 207. Joint report to Congress on initiatives to integrate military and national service.
TITLE III—Advancement of Military, National, and Public Service
Sec. 300. Definitions.
Subtitle A—Advancement of military service
Sec. 301. New personnel management structure for military specialists.
Sec. 302. Pre-service tuition grant program.
Sec. 303. Pilot program on technical civilian professional credentials.
Sec. 304. Expansion of Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Program.
Sec. 305. Expansion of Cyber Institutes Program.
Sec. 306. Temporary authority for targeted recruitment incentives.
Sec. 307. Multiyear appropriations for marketing and advertising.
Subtitle B—Advancement of national service
Sec. 321. National service fellowships.
Sec. 322. Expansion of youthbuild, youth conservation corps, and national guard youth challenge programs.
Sec. 323. National service public awareness campaign.
Sec. 324. Recognition of corporate contributions to national service.
Sec. 325. Corporation for national and community service demonstration projects.
Sec. 326. Peace Corps remote demonstration projects.
Sec. 327. National service living allowance increases.
Sec. 328. Senior Corps stipend increases.
Sec. 329. Wraparound support services for certain national service participants.
Sec. 330. National service educational award increases.
Sec. 331. Expanded use of national service educational award.
Sec. 332. Discounted end-of-service cash stipend for national service members.
Sec. 333. Exclusion of national service educational award from gross income.
Sec. 334. Transferability of national service educational award.
Sec. 335. Noncompetitive eligibility for full-time national service participants.
Sec. 336. Pension service credit for Federal service corps participants.
Sec. 337. Senior Corps competitive grant model.
Subtitle C—Advancement of public service: Modernization of Federal personnel systems
Sec. 341. Enhanced awareness of the value of Federal public service.
Sec. 342. Responsibility for determining eligibility for hiring preferences and special hiring options.
Sec. 343. Enhancement of special hiring authorities for military veterans.
Sec. 344. Noncompetitive eligibility for high-performing civilian employees.
Sec. 345. Flexibility for temporary and term appointments.
Sec. 346. Criteria for granting direct-hire authority to agencies.
Sec. 347. Cafeteria plan for Federal employees.
Sec. 348. Modern benefits pilot program.
Sec. 349. Demonstration project flexibility for the Office of Personnel Management.
Sec. 350. Advanced assessment tools for Executive agency hiring.
Sec. 351. Competency standards for human resources specialists.
Sec. 352. Evaluation of improvements to the Federal civil service personnel system.
Sec. 353. Proposals for modern talent-management system.
Sec. 354. Annual report on blended Federal workforce.
Sec. 355. Sense of Congress on effective and efficient management of the blended Federal workforce.
Subtitle D—Advancement of public service: students, recent graduates, and critical skills
Sec. 361. Federal Fellowship and Scholarship Center.
Sec. 362. Public Service Corps.
Sec. 363. Public service academy grants.
Sec. 364. Public service cadet program at military service academies.
Sec. 365. Compensation for Federal interns.
Sec. 366. Establishment of Pathways Program.
Sec. 367. Enhanced hiring for recent college graduates and post-secondary students.
Sec. 368. Aggregate number of hires of recent college graduates and post-secondary students.
Sec. 369. Demonstration project to hire recent college graduates and post-secondary students with critical skills.
Sec. 370. Noncompetitive eligibility for Federal developmental positions.
Sec. 371. Facilitation of Federal employee reskilling.
Sec. 372. Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve pilot project.
Sec. 373. Expansion of cyber talent management system.
Sec. 374. Personnel policy demonstration project for Federal agencies with employees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.
Sec. 375. Development of proposal for simplified personnel system for Veterans Health Administration.
Sec. 376. Portability of health care licensure for Federal employees.
TITLE IV—Strengthening of national mobilization
Sec. 401. Modernization of the Selective Service System.
Sec. 402. Report on exemptions and deferments for a possible military draft.
Sec. 403. Responsibilities for national mobilization; personnel requirements.
Sec. 404. Enhancements to national mobilization exercises.
Sec. 405. Critical skills for the Department of Defense.
Sec. 406. Individual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills.
<enum>I</enum><header>Prioritization of civic education and service learning</header>
<section id="H6616F571409445CD8F62E86532FD49DF"><enum>101.</enum><header>Civic education fund</header>
<subsection id="H75B865B1EB924F0CA8969A6A0FEB6996"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H507487D6155B4C6D9820AD499DE82138"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applied civics</header><text>The term <term>applied civics</term> means an educational program applying service-learning methods to provide students with practical and experiential opportunities to apply their civic knowledge and skills.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2FC063D70E56411A9C0ECDA978B77706"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Civic education</header><text>The term <term>civic education</term> means an educational program that provides participants with knowledge of law, government, and the rights and responsibilities of citizens and skills that enable participants to participate responsibly in democracy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC54260A1AECC47AF8909AED7730E6B56"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Educational service agency and state educational agency</header><text>The terms <term>educational service agency</term> and <term>State educational agency</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE9E78821D8B34F9F9346BE86A9D8480E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H4896983AB07D4C8CA40378111C8445F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any local educational agency;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5886F1813ECB4E60A648DC265083DDBF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any State educational agency;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7118AF1B18B34962AE1A8E0D020CB715"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any educational service agency;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H96A595A25EB94CF295917D390A1E4130"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any institution of higher education;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9208AA4DB9454BACB934457722C96DE9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any community-based organization;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB693AA0FA0CB438593CD8A4C11EF68BB"><enum>(F)</enum><text>any nonprofit, nongovernmental organization; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7CF0EFDA77B7489F9E7B79E47012E356"><enum>(G)</enum><text>any consortium of entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (F).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H13541ECA0D2044C79948765A850168B7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>High-need school</header><text>The term <term>high-need school</term> means any public elementary school or secondary school that is located in an area in which the percentage of students from families with incomes below the poverty line is 30 percent or more, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9CB230CB2963496C9141185A519055E4"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Institution of higher education</header><text>The term <term>institution of higher education</term> has the meaning given that term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA52AEAF9A2764A0FAD14B8966B1D2FF9"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Local educational agency</header><text>The term <term>local educational agency</term> has the meaning given that term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>) and includes any tribally sanctioned educational authority as defined in section 3201 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7011">20 U.S.C. 7011</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H317C411BA52F4D4AABD4F0C87FCFF78D"><enum>(8)</enum><header>School</header><text>The term <term>school</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H721B67E890C346BF85EF019D30F22DB1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any elementary school or secondary school as those terms are defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H76FCCD61C0584A3CB8E46D00CAEDDFD7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any education program provided by the Secretary of Defense under section 2164 of title 10, United States Code.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H64AA4CC7E8CF478AADA83F815E1D87CA"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Education.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF9D6A5EA50EB4828A32C3C4D03FC1DE4"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Service-learning</header><text>The term <term>service-learning</term> has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12511">42 U.S.C. 12511</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H17E038FBB3904EE8B99500371D156815"><enum>(11)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H381CE965384143A291C8C0608474F45D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program authorized</header> <paragraph id="H4FD06A1607FA4E8F8467AD0DCCC391F2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish and administer a Civic Education Fund from which the Secretary makes grants under this section to eligible entities, on a competitive basis, to support the development and evaluation of civic education programs in schools.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAA829651ACD6479FA159773873E4B0B5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purposes of grants awarded from the Civic Education Fund are—</text> <subparagraph id="H29892F5E20B3420289E9206264DA8B16"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to promote and expand civic education by supporting the development and implementation of high-quality civic education, applied civics, and service-learning programming in schools;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3A163CC59DED4C51A295687E7D9718ED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to promote the development and implementation of evidence-based curricula and educational standards, and to provide teacher development, with respect to civic education, applied civics, and service-learning programming in schools; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3F8D2D1676DB42F0A0C48A833DB16CC6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to support State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations in their efforts to support civic education, applied civics, and service-learning in schools.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7957F9FB17264ACCA96B4054BE8F488D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Teacher development in civic education, applied civics, and service learning</header>
<paragraph id="HC8814EC5E7A44CB9BE3EE4A7BEC261F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible entity may apply for a grant under this section for the purpose of teacher development in civic education, applied civics, and service-learning in schools. Such grant may only be used—</text> <subparagraph id="HACAC3B5C8E4546F2A790566833A76E7B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to train teachers in effective strategies for instructing students in civic education, applied civics, and service-learning;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0D39FB0EB0414452AC1368234D8D5EAB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to host training sessions for teachers to share best practices and learn new skills;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6BFACBB8E5864C77A6301A2B27240443"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to develop resources that teachers can use in the classroom to improve civic education, applied civics, and service-learning programs for students;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H94C241E3608E47DD8C19AEF79F8A1B90"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to coordinate with other local organizations and community-based services and programs to provide hands-on civic learning development opportunities; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0908344C04634539B5DE3507F0E39FDE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to support any other programs designed to ensure that teachers have the requisite knowledge and skills to successfully teach civic education and applied civics.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD5096E1B883747898C5B2DA2A16A1A6A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grants</header>
<subparagraph id="HAB72E494E4EF405BB86CD6F71539F935"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Reservation of funds for high-need schools</header><text>Of the funds made available for grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall reserve not less than 50 percent for grants to provide services for teachers in high-need schools.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0183E89AC86D476C9C33E59ECBCB5373"><enum>(B)</enum><header>General grants</header><text>The remainder of the funds made available for grants under this subsection (but not more than 50 percent of such funds) shall be granted on a competitive basis to eligible entities for the purpose of teacher development in civic education, applied civics, and service learning in schools.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6ABBB7BCB58247178503CFE7B21F7396"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Development and implementation of effective civic education, applied civics, and service-Learning programs</header>
<paragraph id="H5A378997AC2141F1954DD064DC0CE079"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible entity may apply for a grant under this section for activities to support effective civic education, applied civics, and service-learning programs in schools. Such grant may only be used—</text> <subparagraph id="H89608DE5FC2243B4947EB300749B111C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to establish a new, or improve an existing, civic education, applied civics, or service-learning program;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9B703637D71642B5BE20D010E2BAEAD6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to evaluate the effect of such programs on participants and increase the effectiveness of such programs with respect to—</text> <clause id="H13C2629FAF0640EB824D4FD8740481AF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>understanding of United States law, history, and government;</text></clause>
<clause id="HFA3EEDB25A6040B4895A6B1CE6F8C450"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>voting and other forms of political and civic engagement;</text></clause> <clause id="H936062AFFCE74333B2F17C6A2E0D5BDD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>critical thinking and media literacy;</text></clause>
<clause id="HEE0B3C18BE674C528316D9F8B291A710"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>interest in employment, and careers, in military, national, and public service; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1A72DAC32A4F47FF9F5C07C0D18F04DF"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the ability of participants to collaborate and compromise with others to solve problems;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF0BEB2DA92DA4B0A87B75AA8D6494D16"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to develop and modify curricula relating to civic education, applied civics, and service learning;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0EE8EAC49032485E8DDEE908B09A6018"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to create and administer classroom activities, thesis projects, individual or team projects, internships, or community service activities related to civics education;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6D0DC6709F0A4DA7B5E7CA30212C4C1D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to collaborate with government entities, nonprofit organizations, or consortia of such entities and organizations to provide students with experiences related to civic education; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H768D267B1AF347B8B583181BA6062FF4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>to develop and support any other programs the Secretary deems crucial to the efficacy of civic education, applied civics, or service-learning programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF16C2075136F4F3C948FF16435C7454B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grants</header>
<subparagraph id="H3E1F7CE48C4C4168AAEB064AEA39841C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Reservation of funds for high-need schools</header><text>Of the funds made available for grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall reserve not less than 50 percent for grants for programs for students in high-need schools.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H60F4A412F72F4051A3EB49488433D297"><enum>(B)</enum><header>General grants</header><text>The remainder of the funds made available for grants under this subsection (but not more than 50 percent of such funds) shall be granted on a competitive basis to eligible entities for programs that develop and implement effective civic education, applied civics, and service-learning programs in schools.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H48261746400B4668937E1EB7E1C45C9A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Matching funds requirements</header>
<paragraph id="HD87D1D1583BD466A81180612F4514C96"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Except for grants for high-need schools under subsections (c)(2)(A) and (d)(2)(A), the Federal share of the cost of a program that receives a grant under this section, whether the grant is provided directly or as a subgrant from the original recipient of the grant, may not exceed 50 percent of such cost.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H125AD111B6504B6EAFC911EF3EAC8148"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Calculation</header><text>In providing for the remaining share of the cost of carrying out the program receiving the grant, the recipient—</text>
<subparagraph id="H83A785CEC77A4652BD4CE093E661AFBE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may provide for such share through contributions in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, equipment, or services; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H36A5905DDCC142D8BAB7BB88C681D1A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may provide for such share through non-Federal sources or from other Federal sources (other than funds made available under Federal programs administered by the Secretary).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D0510A7DFAE4DB787481F2B80D25E8B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary may waive in whole or in part the requirements of paragraph (1) with respect to a recipient in any fiscal year if the Secretary determines that such a waiver would be equitable due to a lack of available financial resources at the local level.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H948BBC96B2584E1BB9A4BE5AF0879144"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report by recipient on other Federal funds</header><text>A recipient of a grant to which this subsection applies shall report to the Secretary the amount and source of any Federal funds used to carry out the program for which the grant is provided, other than funds made available under programs administered by the Secretary, including the amounts and sources of the other Federal funds.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF889C2752F274CA3A27E524B6565BAED"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Geographic distribution</header><text>To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure an equitable geographic distribution of grants awarded under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAF61611B50B84905A5BFCFF8DCA41D02"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The Secretary shall, not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 12 months thereafter, submit a report to Congress that contains the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H144DA4CBB0F441A79D3B0F185B3DA743"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Information on all programs for which grants were awarded under this section during the preceding 12-month period, including detail on the grant recipients, the programs funded by the grants, and the schools involved in the programs funded by the grants.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H52DBA3B092A3459B94DCC690A38BC5C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An evaluation of the successes of all programs for which grants are awarded under this section, noting in particular the successes of such programs in achieving—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD832B34C21C44D7581B58EEAED7CACC3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>progress toward exposing all students in schools to a robust civic education curriculum by 2031; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF7CB8A6535AE4FD686B437ECB076B254"><enum>(B)</enum><text>increases in the number of students in grades 4, 8, and 12 testing at or above the <quote>Proficient</quote> level in the civics portion of the National Assessment of Education Progress Test under section 303 of the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9622">20 U.S.C. 9622</external-xref>), as compared with the last administration of such Assessment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6884013B74F44BCF967902B485C0EE90"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An assessment of the potential need for additional funding for programs under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC3D81986A9834107851A689053537395"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Information regarding each recipient of a grant under this section that uses Federal funds to carry out the program for which the grant is provided, other than funds made available under programs administered by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7A57EF0E30E0498F9005518A6AF6F390"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section. Such regulations shall include—</text> <paragraph id="HD5E0EA2BAF9F49E787BFA6F6052A909A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>procedures for eligible entities to apply for grants under this section;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4D7B34F3BD3E4590B66D57833EE99C5D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the competitive process for the awarding of grants;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7791014D598A448190E25E62CD70B2F5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any limitations on the use of funds from grants awarded under this section; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B8D6019C3D54E49B1175631709C45F2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>reporting requirements by recipients of such grants.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0A584E7F10D04B16B2CC7850C617343C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Civic Education Fund established under this section for each fiscal year not less than $100,000,000 to carry out programs authorized under subsection (c), and not less than $100,000,000 to carry out programs authorized under subsection (d).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HDF789AF3468240B08CF40BB6579C1F4B"><enum>102.</enum><header>Service-learning fund</header>
<subsection id="HB6921910310647B4A3FCB37AB84DC263"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>Section 119(a)(1) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12563">42 U.S.C. 12563(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HEB5FA817BAF54AA6AC2F9F84AA7A69DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a public or private elementary school or secondary school,</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0F556746318843598275F4369357C05B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a consortium of such entities, or a consortium of 2 or more such entities and a for-profit organization</quote> and inserting <quote>or a consortium of such entities.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H23AD49E477E54DFEBAC753CF070D702A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Section 119 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12563">42 U.S.C. 12563</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H32F1F525DB554657B1BF1F86B04F917D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Service-Learning fund</header>
<paragraph id="H81EC5FBCCB2349D38D6ECD09E91B919D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Corporation a Service-Learning Fund (in this section referred to as the <quote>Fund</quote>). The purpose of the Fund is to make grants and fixed-amount grants (in accordance with section 129(l)) to eligible entities or eligible partnerships, as appropriate, for programs and activities described in subsection (c), in order to achieve the objectives set forth in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H99F07026C4384FF6ABFF8CCFF313A280"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The objectives of the Fund are to ensure that, by 2031—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA62CCD8E1AC34EC5AD0315D527105955"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all students in kindergarten through grade 12 receive in-class service-learning experiences;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7660EE6198D8499DA55E077D942C0C48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at least 1,000,000 students in grades 6 through 12 participate in a summer of service program each year; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H033BA95B36C740538AA23CE739C83BE2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>at least 1,000,000 students in grades 9 through 12 participate in a semester of service program each year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBBFCB382C8904ABEB214BD29100D4306"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation of funds</header><text>Of the funds made available to the Fund each fiscal year—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBF66B855F2C244CCB7E5ED381017EBE1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>20 percent shall be reserved for service-learning programs in public schools under paragraphs (1) through (7), (9), and (11) of subsection (c), of which amount—</text> <clause id="H49A723625921487890757D3105908209"><enum>(i)</enum><text>80 percent shall be reserved for programs in elementary schools and secondary schools, of which amount not less than 50 percent shall be reserved for programs in low-income communities; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HE3F8658E87674AFDA1CB8E770FA9B80E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>20 percent shall be reserved for programs at institutions of higher education;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H55056E1C39624C75B24D93B30F51EA9A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>40 percent shall be reserved for summer of service programs under paragraph (8) of subsection (c), of which amount not less than 50 percent shall be reserved for programs in low-income communities; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H70669D2664BE435F808523276090EA18"><enum>(C)</enum><text>40 percent shall be reserved for semester of service programs under paragraph (10) of subsection (c), of which amount not less than 50 percent shall be reserved for programs in low-income communities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HF7C74577577A4433BB67173F9FC8D848"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Summer of service completion awards</header><text>Section 119(c)(8)(B)(iii) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12563">42 U.S.C. 12563(c)(8)(B)(iii)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF572B1D931744698B9C2B3F42FC424E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>no less than</quote> before <quote>100 hours</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0B25857F4CB7462B9EED041D20A9D7A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>educational award of $500 or $750 as described in sections 146(a)(2)(C) and 147(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>completion award of $500 (or, at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer, of $750 in the case of a participant who is economically disadvantaged)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H869B974B7BC9439B83B8FBBFECDD2173"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Semester of service programs</header><text>Section 119(c)(10)(A) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12563">42 U.S.C. 12563(c)(10)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H158EF931AE684CDB9C6C552A22ACBDBA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>in grades 9 through 12</quote> after <quote>secondary school students</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H40AC21B3185E46A883C47FF38431C7CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>70 hours</quote> and inserting <quote>150 hours</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4875BA5DED67498C827DD821B89CECE8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Priority of applicants</header><text>Section 119(e) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12563">42 U.S.C. 12563(e)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>in accordance with the objectives and funding requirements set forth in subsection (b),</quote> after <quote>In making grants under this part,</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HDE1DC585B83F4486AC1D9A2D78A62511"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Matching fund requirement</header><text>Subsection 119(f) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12563">42 U.S.C. 12563(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0463185EC2464BB297D77415392E3F37"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>Serve America Act</quote> and inserting <quote><short-title>Inspire to Serve Act of 2021</short-title></quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H624B0E5830494F489B8EE756A3849274"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4F65C890379487AB7C39A2B78A79DE5"> <paragraph id="H2C47A03937314ABEB230E64ABF487940"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Matching fund requirement</header> <subparagraph id="HF3DB68C96FD549829163B02502D31704"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Except for programs that will be undertaken in low-income communities, the Federal share of the cost of a program that receives assistance under subsection (b), whether the assistance is provided directly or as a subgrant from the original recipient of the assistance, may not exceed 50 percent of such cost.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3BCDC5048EB64D2A9B027BC8BE2A3855"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Calculation</header><text>In providing for the remaining share of the cost of carrying out a program under this section, the recipient—</text> <clause id="H2332E6B51BDA493C9BEADC6F1A169B1D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall provide for such share through payment in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, equipment, or services; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H0953B5F978B64F4E8FD66E39EFD7A536"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may provide for such share through State sources, local sources, or other Federal sources.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H104D04D22C5941699EFBD755D8087C9D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Chief Executive Officer may waive in whole or in part the requirements of this paragraph with respect to a recipient in any fiscal year if the Chief Executive Officer determines that such waiver would be equitable due to a lack of available financial resources at the local level.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC3D047871716423A8038FA3569AC1870"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 119 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12563">42 U.S.C. 12563</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3FA9E247E5F4342A5CB799C04720D6C"> <subsection id="H8D34FDAECFB548B1905F167225B9F52C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Service-Learning Fund $250,000,000 for each fiscal year.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H97C8273EF1764C8DA142ACC1900C8684"><enum>103.</enum><header>National civics assessment</header>
<subsection id="HA24CCEDFFF9E472DA11E175D91F2AD11"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</header>
<paragraph id="HDE1E521A437E40B6B56AFF1618B85626"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State plans</header><text>Section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H9AB38454BDD04D99B698E89621ADD1D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(2)(D), by striking <quote>reading and mathematics</quote> and inserting <quote>reading, mathematics, and civics</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3D3E64FECF1440548F26BCCC0703C729"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (h)(1)(C)(xii), by striking <quote>reading and mathematics</quote> and inserting <quote>reading, mathematics, and civics</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1B8846CFFBD34F338BE1840451AFE727"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Local educational agency plans</header><text>Section 1112(c)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6312">20 U.S.C. 6312(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>reading and mathematics</quote> and inserting <quote>reading, mathematics, and civics</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4DB46CC4215D47E4A99FB16FD698587B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National assessment of educational progress</header><text>Section 303 of the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9622">20 U.S.C. 9622</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HEA1C5A9ADF924EC4B1FB8C2DA7C42FA4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC41FA7B4A678463BAB37621E80AF587B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="HC236963869DF47669208CB32EC4993FA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraphs (B) and (E), by striking <quote>reading and mathematics</quote> and inserting <quote>reading, mathematics, and civics</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="H3C250E61E9DA4B5C861345BB9D16991E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>civics,</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="HB67D0414CC9A4B18BDAD488C741F351C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause>
<clause id="HCC81E50B499545D2B43370B3F72EA12A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H72FA83C2F56F4D18821A6C16DF2C8A23"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H44042FA7AD7048769121EEC86FF29A23">
<subclause id="H21EBEABFB60D442E84FA8449B3EC690B" indent="up2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>ensure that achievement data from the civics assessments described in subparagraphs (B) and (E) are made available both in the aggregate for the United States and separately for each State.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H76A86E9A74BC4789B537378C1EDEA83B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), in subparagraphs (A)(i) and (C)(ii), by striking <quote>reading and mathematics</quote> and inserting <quote>reading, mathematics, and civics</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2A4F71556534B5D97010C6FF2C187A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(3), in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by striking <quote>reading and mathematics</quote> and inserting <quote>reading, mathematics, and civics</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H9FA399E2FD2847EC84351DC0AE834824"><enum>104.</enum><header>Excellence in civics award</header> <subsection id="HA3A3DE0D10F345F6A3B27AACE2E963F7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HD66BF2F994C3487D91A114D273C812FF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applied civics</header><text>The term <term>applied civics</term> means an educational program applying service-learning methods to provide students with practical and experiential opportunities to apply their civic knowledge and skills.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H458ABF68B76A4F46923668D8979E0943"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Civic education</header><text>The term <term>civic education</term> means an educational program that provides participants with knowledge of law, government, and the rights and responsibilities of citizens and with skills that enable participants to participate responsibly in democracy.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4112288ECCA0468EA861C6441E48DDED"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Education.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3FF828468BEA448D90DC182254BABAD8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Service-learning</header><text>The term <term>service-learning</term> has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12511">42 U.S.C. 12511</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9760C36DB5A44E508B111E2888D6CC9E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H449C421E36F049B7B8588803AD6EED8F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may annually award to States, school districts, schools, teachers, and students or groups of students the Excellence in Civics Award to highlight excellence in the delivery and teaching of civic education, applied civics, and service-learning, especially programs that address community needs.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HBB6A602A24514DD7993F5894A9D2ED8E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<paragraph id="H661D4818968649918ACF67824DBF64D2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible for an award under subsection (b), a State, school district, school, teacher, student, or group of students shall submit an application or be nominated to the Department of Education at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary of Education may require.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8DBE02BA7B4B4C63A9D1B3410C5A90BE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>At a minimum, applications or nominations submitted to the Secretary or the committee created under subsection (d) shall include information specifying—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2788AEC7853B4F7FB3D06165AD67FB4F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the types of innovative civic education, applied civics, or service-learning programs or projects previously administered or completed;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDC9ACDCA128740C481C8454817A15EFC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for awards given for service-learning programs or projects, the impact on measurable civics outcomes and learning, or the impact of the project on addressing community or national needs, including disaster relief, education, poverty reduction, ex-offender reintegration, and senior citizen aid; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H581271F512D6476B83073A1E05C086A6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for awards given for education, the ability of the program, teaching style, or project to be used more broadly across the Nation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2E7873D051E14E0D82D42C2C831AFC7D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Committee</header><text>The Secretary shall create a select committee to review applications and nominations for and designate recipients of awards under this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H1BC8DE0F448A470387A520CBAA0DB204"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to govern applications and nominations for awards under this section, evaluation of such applications and nominations, and making such awards.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H0E03EA3AF80A4D31AFFB5A5705FB5142"><enum>105.</enum><header>Development of material on civic education and effective citizenship</header> <subsection id="HF6090393248447AAA1855252996AE10C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Coordination</header> <paragraph id="H282938ED7C304461807D27A415BB66DE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Librarian of Congress, the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Archivist of the United States shall work jointly to develop and distribute to the public educational materials and teaching resources on civic education and effective citizenship, including by enhancing existing online resources and supporting the distribution of hard copy and digital materials to local libraries, polling locations, and schools, especially in rural areas.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF28AEEB6CA7D44E686A445A3EE631494"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Civic education defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>civic education</term> means an educational program that provides participants with knowledge of law, government, and the rights and responsibilities of citizens and skills that enable participants to participate responsibly in democracy.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4F046DD0960D470D907131E96B980E50"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>The Librarian of Congress, the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Archivist of the United States shall submit as part of the budget request for each fiscal year an update on the development and distribution efforts outlined under subsection (a).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H53AEC345388B43B9B850A67CDD85D576"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H8875D6509DE94A42AB316AB1CBFB4261"><enum>106.</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding the importance of teachers in inspiring civic engagement</header> <subsection id="H27C30D648BF641B0A861B3BD0D5E20AD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HE27F6EFC0C5644E99968E84F13EB517B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Parents have a critical voice in ensuring their children receive an education that will help them to be engaged and productive members of American society, and members of the teaching profession are crucial to helping them achieve that goal.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEDC433B7E37648D8B9EE805B1B850760"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The United States suffers from a lack of consistently effective civic education that imparts knowledge about government, democratic engagement, and the Constitution.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2EC26982B45A4DA6BD9150A427D435D6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Recent polling by the Annenberg Public Policy Center revealed that 22 percent of American adults are unable to name any of the three branches of government and 37 percent are unable to name or do not know any of the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCAE643FCD6284221A71B1FABE853038C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Every State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States reported a lack of qualified teachers in at least one academic subject during the 2017–2018 school year.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0BC35CE1EB754B66B28908D439058589"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Learning Policy Institute reported a teacher shortage of about 64,000 teachers during the 2015–2016 academic year and estimated that, beginning in 2020, 300,000 new teachers will be needed each year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB499C39A8DE64F3CA4EF9B728A60FC95"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Teachers often do not receive full support for classroom activities or for advancing their contributions to the education system through career development.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H169874DCBF374656BF11AE6D408BF37C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A survey by the Department of Education found that 94 percent of public school teachers in the United States paid for their own classroom supplies and materials without reimbursement during the 2014–2015 school year, with the average teacher spending $479 out-of-pocket.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC745617CB0D041909EDD82A8833A1604"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Eighteen percent of teachers work a second job during the school year, making teachers three times as likely as all workers in the United States to work multiple jobs.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5A0910417F7746AFBA4D2F28B450D1F5"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Teachers in all subjects and at all grade levels play a crucial role in educating youth about service options and the ways youth can engage in their communities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5C6D93A053A8479E9E16F9880D7D9DDB"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The advancement of civic education and the availability of well-trained and effective teachers are essential for the future health of civil society in the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDBB0E001B5E44454890E820E7A3A8B45"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="HB3A14C2F25004A8E853B0C62FF60214F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>teachers of all subjects and at all grade levels, including those in public, private, and homeschool settings, are essential in inspiring civic knowledge and engagement in their students;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4F3ECD9194C14E56A787CF5C8630B976"><enum>(2)</enum><text>public school teachers are dedicated public servants and should be honored and supported in their work to educate youth in the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF1E792DC705C43DFAB72A709782E021A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>teachers are crucial in inspiring their students to contribute to their Nation and communities through all forms of service;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7E34CB378E6A469C9187DFC898FDC3C0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the profession of teaching is a noble endeavor and one that is vital to the civic education of American youth;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA4A0DF571FEC41E4818A64C943F6271E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>teachers across the country have sought to raise awareness of a crisis in resource support and adequate compensation for teachers, especially at public schools;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H77A4EEE6B63F4B63BCD34A5AC976C7F7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>officials at all levels of government should seek to address these concerns by providing teachers with resource support, adequate compensation, and career development opportunities; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H59C9DA618EF647D0B96BDD343A66C53E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>more Americans will be called to the teaching profession when government officials at all levels demonstrate value for the essential role of teachers in our society by providing teachers with resource support, adequate compensation, and career development opportunities. </text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Elevation and integration of all forms of service</header>
<section id="H9C061FC2A6B242529FD9219A34C5B6D1"><enum>201.</enum><header>Council on Military, National, and Public Service</header>
<subsection id="H3F3FAB16D8B54BB9BA1258152A27FBD2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H6768BF6FFBA146B4A7E9147D76C23F57"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Executive agency</header><text>The term <term>Executive agency</term> has the meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H45BC4A2282364A7BADFE6BA65B2DA2B0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Military service</header><text>The term <term>military service</term> means active service (as defined in subsection (d)(3) of section 101 of title 10, United States Code) or active status (as defined in subsection (d)(4) of such section) in one of the uniformed services (as defined in subsection (a)(5) of such section).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H86DA8FFBDE5C4C96AB21697A0C3C9452"><enum>(3)</enum><header>National service</header> <subparagraph id="HAB9882893E4642CCA4B5D5A6CEF80F49"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>national service</term> means participation, other than military service or public service, in a program that—</text>
<clause id="H586532A16F4D416AB32E1089659FE378"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is designed to enhance the common good and meet the needs of communities, the States, or the United States; and</text></clause> <clause id="H64AE35AFAC4C419088D46EA6D30E630B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is funded or facilitated by—</text>
<subclause id="H374F9AFF6E924FC1AA30C91FC2F36A3D" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an organization described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(c)(3)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HCEADDCBC55494AD7A95C1B6D48F9FFB7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an institution of higher education as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>); or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HB427C71AC4EA4EDE9822603A9687B338"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the Federal Government or a State, Tribal, or local government.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB4281C7EB0794B5498FDD8C967FC8F5E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Included programs</header><text>The term <term>national service</term> includes—</text>
<clause id="HD3560E3AE9F34B4CA280CC715985AFB2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the programs authorized in—</text> <subclause id="HECE06D43E7744B4C919D48F22E309B4C" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>sections 5 and 6 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504 and 2505);</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H1AF44C35417548B2A2763E7C5AC235BC" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>section 171 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (relating to the YouthBuild Program; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3226">29 U.S.C. 3226</external-xref>);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H5C8A84217D7149EAAB4AE4608BC080E6" commented="no"><enum>(III)</enum><text>part A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (relating to the Volunteers in Service to America; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4951">42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HB113BEC83F4545CCB9396E543A08F99C" commented="no"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>subtitles C (relating to the National Service Trust Program; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12571">42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.</external-xref>) and E (relating to the National Civilian Community Corps; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12611">42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.</external-xref>) of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H8DB542732ED748599CC7C94EF3E81596"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any other program that is consistent with subparagraph (A), as determined by the Director of the Council on Military, National, and Public Service established under subsection (b).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBE8F2074F30041938A35E58ED88DC2B2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Public service</header><text>The term <term>public service</term> means civilian employment in the Federal Government or a State, Tribal, or local government.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8F9C204132404C7DB0CB11B013B49DE6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Service</header><text>The term <term>service</term> means a personal commitment of time, energy, and talent to a mission that contributes to the public good by protecting the Nation and its citizens, strengthening communities, or promoting the general social welfare.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8CCF3BCB7BEB4AD793E63D63C2002364"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<paragraph id="H30B9ED89A85646B990E1A67125D62DF8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established in the Executive Office of the President a Council on Military, National, and Public Service (in this section referred to as the <quote>Council</quote>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H468D37AB8CF14D2686353792D18A0018"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>The Council shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9382600641CD4E3DB662C11D65171AC1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>advise the President with respect to promoting and expanding opportunities for military service, national service, and public service for all Americans;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H86E1A0D77CC945BA93E6E1F539CF1BC3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate policies and initiatives of the executive branch to promote and expand opportunities for military service, national service, and public services; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB93E23EC1CFA4A9797C411427B23510D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>coordinate policies and initiatives of the executive branch to foster an increased sense of service and civic responsibility among all Americans.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3B3713C6A7984BF8BBF23988E13E1110"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Composition</header> <paragraph id="H836B0D2BCBA3410CABBA68DEC666A324"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Assistant to the President for Military, National, and Public Service, who shall serve at the pleasure of the President. The Assistant to the President for Military, National, and Public Service shall serve as the Director of the Council.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H471708606FD04CEAB2C65B5A9FDC7E88"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>In addition to the Director, the Council shall be composed of—</text> <subparagraph id="H769D0940101249439AA6CB0ABF878EBC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of State;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF7F0A71DE09540D6B2FC1AF1B54A9271"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of Defense;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0AB741BB998E466E9DC2375CF8C224BA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Attorney General;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA9D3388F35B94550B07B086C7765CDBE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Interior;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3D8533A6E73E488C9DDA03A5821C7736"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Secretary of Commerce;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3BF0738FE86E4BA39126FC05D30878D8"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Secretary of Labor;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H311221A6836541E39294704A496C5D1C"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the Secretary of Health and Human Services;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H95AF3400DF224428911E904CD8669F96"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the Secretary of Education;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDB5B9E5BD6A44F1EA4EB7E81AD1EE0B0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Secretary of Veterans Affairs;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5BEBF8FA962F44DFB030DCF44B45AF24"><enum>(J)</enum><text>the Secretary of Homeland Security;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1F538355381B4824920199F1A27B67B3"><enum>(K)</enum><text>the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9637641C7F154340A0A7589771A5580E"><enum>(L)</enum><text>the Director of National Intelligence;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDDF0CC6E62884ABBA031C88CD38FF1C5"><enum>(M)</enum><text>the Director of the Office of Personnel Management;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3ECB7A208AC0406EA6B4BC34E7418D1A"><enum>(N)</enum><text>the Director of the Peace Corps;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB375273D08BA4A2EAD15B669392C5646"><enum>(O)</enum><text>the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H65FAFE87B5CA426BA4201D5B80E0F005"><enum>(P)</enum><text>such other officers as the President may designate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB4A32A789B4A49D2A836B64ACBD58D50"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The Council shall meet on a quarterly basis, or more frequently as the Director may direct.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2EE60B8159854723A14F2DA3BAB3B1ED"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Responsibilities of the council</header><text>In addition to performing such other functions as the President may direct, the Council shall do the following:</text> <paragraph id="H7552E672D507424AA1D8C1107BEC1AC7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Assist and advise the President and the heads of Executive agencies in the establishment of policies, goals, objectives, and priorities to promote service and civic responsibility among all Americans.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H38460D9FB60B4092A5992B2989B3C131"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Develop and recommend to the President and the heads of Executive agencies policies of common interest to Executive agencies for increasing the participation and propensity of Americans to participate in military, national, and public service in order to address national security and other current and future needs of the Nation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H12EFBB7324DE422A977025188EED8991"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Serve as the interagency lead for identifying critical skills to address national security and other needs of the Nation, with responsibility for coordinating Governmentwide efforts to address gaps in critical skills and identifying methods to recruit and retain individuals possessing such critical skills.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAF89F90A27E8454882103A882A63DB54"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Serve as a forum for Federal officials responsible for military, national, and public service programs to coordinate and develop interagency, cross-service initiatives.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCE836AD16ABD4EA7A64ED5D572C76287"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Lead the effort of the Federal Government to develop joint awareness and recruitment, retention, and marketing initiatives involving military, national, and public service, including the sharing of marketing and recruiting research between and among service agencies.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE86415B0E2A44DEC955E7EFCA4BD3547"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Coordinate and oversee the development and implementation of recruitment, retention, marketing, and public outreach initiatives for the Federal civilian service and national service programs, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H904313DF681D4438B37FAF1FF52CE701"><enum>(A)</enum><text>efforts to reevaluate benefits for the Federal civilian service and national service programs in order to increase awareness of, and remove barriers to entry into, such programs; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB327521B01004E9286F6D7CAFDF9A1E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>efforts to develop pathways to service for college students and recent college graduates.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H655F67FC1B124FC2814A19D2DE7F4631"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Consider approaches for assessing impact of service on the needs of the Nation and individuals.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC1FA877123B3464A876E2778589716AD"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Consult with such representatives of non-Federal entities, including State, local, and Tribal governments, State and local educational authorities, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, philanthropic organizations, and the private sector, as the Council considers advisable, in order to promote and develop initiatives to foster and reward military, national, and public service.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3AA73E92217A4CF2BE9C06B35E5502AF"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Oversee the implementation of the recommendations of the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service established under section 553 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/328">Public Law 114–328</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H76D413FA665E4D18B19DD5244BAEEB26"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Prepare and submit to the President and to the Congress a Quadrennial Military, National, and Public Service Strategy, with the first such Strategy submitted not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, which shall set forth—</text> <subparagraph id="H1CD983492250473B95C379801467EDE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a review of programs and initiatives of the Federal Government relating to the Council’s mandate;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEFE7DDE325C84397889B46A724963E21"><enum>(B)</enum><text>notable initiatives by State, local, and Tribal governments and by nongovernmental entities to increase awareness of and participation in service programs;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1998621A1D3B4794A150C35AF30047E2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>current and foreseeable trends for service to address the needs of the Nation; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H58CA39B78C624EADB8FA3172E0C5FA11"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a program for addressing any deficiencies identified by the Council, together with recommendations for legislation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H951D266793DC4B17909C1B59BDAC20CD"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Prepare and submit to the President and the Congress a Quadrennial Report on Cross-Service Participation on the basis of the activities carried out under section 207, with the first such Report submitted not later than 4 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D6DE1A094A0475593004F888AD5E010"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Prepare, for inclusion in the President’s annual budget submission to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, a detailed, separate analysis, by budget function, by agency, and by initiative area for the preceding fiscal year, the current fiscal year, and the fiscal years for which the budget is submitted, identifying the amounts of gross and net appropriations or obligational authority and outlays for initiatives consistent with the priorities of the President under the Quadrennial Military, National, and Public Service Strategy, with separate displays for mandatory and discretionary amounts.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0A60E6E5069D40FABB2B127222F1124A"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Develop a definition of national service that incorporates domestic and international service and a joint national service messaging strategy that both the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Peace Corps would promote.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1C0A3EC31F7742FCAA2C4B589FB1F86F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Responsibilities of the director</header><text>In addition to duties relating to the preceding provisions of this section, as well as such other functions as the President may direct, the Director shall—</text> <paragraph id="H62EA95FFEE884E1D9DA92687F2EC284F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>coordinate with the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs for any matter that may affect national security;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6B8CCCE101C7488391639474BAE9D26A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>at the President’s discretion, serve as spokesperson of the executive branch on issues related to military, national, and public service; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6F58FF8C8753478B9C0C16C49BDD6043"><enum>(3)</enum><text>upon request, appear before any committee or subcommittee of the House of Representatives and of the Senate to represent the position of the executive branch on matters within the scope of the Council’s responsibilities.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB619CDC1E2094742B77BA3FBF4AFB717"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Organizational matters</header>
<paragraph id="H04CCF17476044C0D94E2406A068AC437"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistant to the President for Military, National, and Public Service</header><text>The Assistant to the President for Military, National, and Public Service shall be compensated at the rate payable for level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H75592EAAADC645AB9E681ABC37AB8C79"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Staff</header><text>The Council may employ such officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out its functions. Staff of the Council shall be compensated at a rate no higher than the rate payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE75D2092D49943A79FE885C5F3482668"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Experts and consultants</header><text>The Council may employ and fix the compensation of such experts and consultants as may be necessary for carrying out of its functions, in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H84315A858F7D4177AE99471AA09CDEB3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Advisory committees</header><text>The Council may, in carrying out its functions, establish advisory committees composed of representatives from outside the Federal Government.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE38C94736D4F4779A8D9931B5848D501"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authority to accept gifts</header><text>The Council may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services, goods, and property, except for cash, from non-Federal entities for the purposes of aiding and facilitating the work of the Council.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H44933809C5AF44D7852D72996E6E1A2D"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Authority to accept voluntary services</header><text>Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, the Council may accept and employ voluntary and uncompensated services in furtherance of the purposes of the Council.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H033DB470FB7344CDB0F01D3A84E47835"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CBE845CB88B4AE6A21BABC403FABB3A"> <paragraph id="H694A56A458B04ABEB541E549715B12C4" commented="no"><enum>(40)</enum><text>a separate statement of the amount of appropriations requested for the Council on Military, National, and Public Service in the Executive Office of the President.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB018423968504B5693FBD45D0EA3E5F0" commented="no"><enum>(41)</enum><text>a separate analysis by budget function, by agency, and by initiative area, for the current fiscal year and the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted, identifying the amounts of obligational authority and outlays for initiatives consistent with the priorities of the President under the Quadrennial Military, National, and Public Service Strategy required by section 201(d) of the <short-title>Inspire to Serve Act of 2021</short-title>, with separate displays for mandatory and discretionary amounts.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H348AD63083A94883BCD29B6FF283D1FA" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H1E151FB8E7D24F40B56428219CCC2C8F"><enum>202.</enum><header>Internet-based service platform</header>
<subsection id="HB8F0FD9919B548988DEBE382E39D62AA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Declaration of policy</header><text>It is the policy of the United States, in promoting a culture of service in the United States and meeting the recruiting needs for military, national, and public service programs, to provide a comprehensive, interactive, and integrated internet-based platform to enable Americans to learn about and connect with service organizations and opportunities and assist in the recruiting needs of service organizations.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA910A78ACDE542C491BEE6CDCD19FAFE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H6BA22272CCCE4500937A3E8AEC3957FF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Council on Military, National, and Public Service</header><text>The term <term>Council on Military, National, and Public Service</term> means the Council on Military, National, and Public Service established under section 201.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3AE3D945586F4FF8822F9B79AF6D81AF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H10864A8F3F9A46F0A1780486D476AA79"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Executive agency</header><text>The term <term>Executive agency</term> has the meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H98DF7127859D46E9B71050A6FE628E45"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Member</header><text>The term <term>member</term> means an individual who is a member of the Service Platform under this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2D2C1370D07D4ED6AA1FDF4CA8E39673"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Military department</header><text>The term <term>military department</term> has the meaning given that term in section 102 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H13D8DBF9C150420BAC8E0CC186589EB9"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Military service</header><text>The term <term>military service</term> means active service (as defined in subsection (d)(3) of section 101 of title 10, United States Code) or active status (as defined in subsection (d)(4) of such section) in one of the uniformed services (as defined in subsection (a)(5) of such section). </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H38A3F7A689CC4539AFBA18E1D1456A45"><enum>(7)</enum><header>National service</header>
<subparagraph id="HED6E61453D594753A7A83EC562C57BF1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>national service</term> means participation, other than military or public service, in a program that—</text> <clause id="HFCFF8038F6AE43FBBD25F2826DE031DC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is designed to enhance the common good and meet the needs of communities, the States, or the United States; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HEF1AA4E81BFE4B228C57A18FD0ED0DA5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is funded or facilitated by—</text> <subclause id="H24A7E84C1C6346CF93576BA89631AF89"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an organization described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(c)(3)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HA9E7D5FAC4B046809259C3E3CBA10387"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an institution of higher education as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>); or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H99795753DF7B44A98166E93A94A02EA5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the Federal Government or a State, Tribal, or local government.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H25A6583EB6F74144946C0B0498C91FF5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Included programs</header><text>The term <term>national service</term> includes—</text> <clause id="H33F73D5C4F0D4924B1DEFF3AA90CAF84"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the programs authorized in—</text>
<subclause id="H98181F62811F462BBF927A0B414A35B6" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>sections 5 and 6 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504 and 2505);</text></subclause> <subclause id="H5010410E496543F884B9FF03F15E0656"><enum>(II)</enum><text>section 171 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (relating to the YouthBuild Program; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3226">29 U.S.C. 3226</external-xref>);</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H31E977E3C39D4AD8A5645B64AE381FA0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>part A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (relating to the Volunteers in Service to America; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4951">42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HE5F54728147446BAA58730DCBEFF6549"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>subtitles C (relating to the National Service Trust Program; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12571">42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.</external-xref>) and E (relating to the National Civilian Community Corps; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12611">42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.</external-xref>) of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HD76BB97823264DD6B0C2E00D1E2B6935"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any other program that is consistent with subparagraph (A), as determined by the Director of the Council on Military, National, and Public Service.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F3351205E184A4DBAAA879A725202F1"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Public service</header><text>The term <term>public service</term> means civilian employment in the Federal Government or a State, Tribal, or local government.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9B237BB47B4140CC9FE16998AB867E73"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Service</header><text>The term <term>service</term> means a personal commitment of time, energy, and talent to a mission that contributes to the public good by protecting the Nation and its citizens, strengthening communities, or promoting the general social welfare.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9E6EF9C72B244DF59FBF396BCBEFE765"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Service mission</header><text>The term <term>service mission</term> means the objectives of a service organization or a service opportunity.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC015E84A87CC4879AFAE7F8E5246BAD1"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Service opportunity</header><text>The term <term>service opportunity</term> means any paid, volunteer, or other position with a service organization.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H602A9E6EA6D34DFAB1A6491385034B0B"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Service organization</header><text>The term <term>service organization</term> means any military service, national service, or public service organization that participates in the Service Platform.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H230E8D8B57074008B7125BFB4BA941BD"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Service platform</header><text>The term <term>Service Platform</term> means the interactive and integrated internet-based platform established under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H759AC72DAA904223BC68296047E67D19"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Service type</header><text>The term <term>service type</term> means the period and form of service with a service organization, including part-time, full-time, term limited, sabbatical, temporary, episodic, and emergency options for paid, volunteer, and stipend-based service.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD25C244F6C7743A3A7AAFE12C6EF9A67"><enum>(15)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2A984A65012740CBBC298EFC4291FC9B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment of the service platform</header><text>The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall establish, maintain, and promote the Service Platform, an interactive and integrated internet-based platform to serve as a centralized resource and database for the American public to learn about and connect with organizations and opportunities in military, national, and public service and for those organizations to identify members of the American public with the skills necessary to address their needs.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HEAC4A0A8DF8F4186963752F97E73F4B8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination and oversight</header><text>The development and maintenance of the Service Platform shall be subject to the oversight of the Director of the Council on Military, National, and Public Service who shall be responsible for ensuring that the Service Platform achieves the policy objectives set forth in this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBED6724FDE8A4A20A9609A42806D4BB1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of the service platform</header> <paragraph id="H003D26E198F14428BAA5F85533A3F96B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Public accessibility</header><text>The Director shall determine, and make accessible by the public, information about service organizations and service opportunities, without any requirement that a person seeking such access become a member of the Service Platform.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFE90D008CB0D494386234D634BAB0B46"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Members</header><text>Any individual meeting criteria established by the Director by regulation may become a member of the Service Platform. Registering as a member shall entitle the member to access information about service organizations and service opportunities available through the Service Platform.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1A38940BB66E4A639C2FD54734695680"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Procedure for registration of members</header><text>An individual seeking to become a member shall provide to the Director such information as the Director may determine is necessary to facilitate the functionality of the Service Platform.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H62CB8A4917D54DC0B0D10647B15EE130" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Additional requirements</header><text>In addition to the requirements under paragraph (3), each prospective member—</text> <subparagraph id="H33DA01B8F26F448D8B726FC97E69CF81" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall, unless specifically electing not to do so, consent to share any information entered into the Service Platform with, and to be contacted by, any public service or national service organization that participates in the Service Platform;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H12A14BBB836B445699FCA103A8DE9619" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may consent to share any information entered into the Service Platform with and to be contacted by any uniformed service that participates in the Service Platform;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8CF655976E714146AA50AEC7268052A0" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>may consent to be contacted for potential service with any national or public service organization in the event of a national emergency; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H468F48737D3C4CA89052176E7A1E84EC" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>may consent to be contacted to join the Armed Forces on a voluntary basis during an emergency requiring national mobilization.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H28E19B5D5B51441A859CA64DEAE46DD4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Verification</header><text>The Director shall register an individual as a member when the Director verifies that the individual has not previously registered as a member. The Director shall, by written notice (including by electronic communication), notify the member of such registration.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3110F79D1CC44BBD82D73E687E67F8DF"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Additional information by members</header><text>The Service Platform shall enable members to provide additional information to improve the functionality of the Service Platform, as determined by the Director. Such additional information may include information regarding—</text> <subparagraph id="H544FFCC446E747ADB9EC3B3493E140D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>educational background;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H87150993160D45B782AE1B47DD4BA9F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>employment background;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H96896E1557354F648FD2124CFDD1F8A4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>professional skills, training, licenses, and certifications;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H956D2742C618403285525986F5600481"><enum>(D)</enum><text>service organization preferences;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H44987D1B0B49447BADD429A7488216A2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>service type preferences;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD18A8C13ED4D48E79FCEF0B6510A8056"><enum>(F)</enum><text>service mission preferences; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD1C631A5CD144C37B1AB8080EB51DD72"><enum>(G)</enum><text>geographic preferences.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H502FECC4770745D9BAA37536BF62A7B5"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>Each member may update the member’s personal and other information in the Service Platform at any time.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA68EC25BDE064605868C9F5AAEE0DEF0"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Request regarding military service</header><text>The Director shall send to any member who consents under paragraph (4)(D) to voluntarily join the Armed Forces during an emergency requiring national mobilization an annual request to confirm the member’s continued willingness to so serve.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H31B0490A65D24AB7AB1C6C2A73105C2E"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Withdrawal of members</header><text>Each member may withdraw as a member by submitting to the Service Platform a request to so withdraw. Within 30 days after the request to withdraw is made, all records regarding that member shall be removed from the Service Platform and any other data storage locations the Service Platform may use, notwithstanding any obligations under the Federal Records Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/44/3101">44 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBE958B7304344D94ACE42B628493E9DA"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Service organizations</header> <paragraph id="HDE5EF1C3566A4501919F043BABF7F425"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Executive agencies and military departments</header><text>All Executive agencies and military departments shall participate in the Service Platform as service organizations.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H23A70C32587042FFA69CAA2C1177F528"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Non-Federal service organizations</header><text>The regulations issued under subsection (i) shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="H6D2C587B59DC493E9DD1B985E9C587A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>procedures that enable State, local, and Tribal government agencies to participate in the Service Platform as service organizations;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE2DB7DA8C0AB4D73BA50CEEA939D4E8A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>procedures that enable nongovernmental organizations that undertake national service programs to participate in the Service Platform as service organizations; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8FCEB30D77544CB683D07F562F91DB42"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a timeline to implement the procedures described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H689028FF9B7642ABAD52712EECF12130"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Information on service organizations</header><text>Each service organization shall make available on the Service Platform—</text> <subparagraph id="HF18016C8FFA545FF9865FAFE92D8E835"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information sufficient for members to identify and understand the organization’s service opportunities and service mission;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD60822CFB6A94F118E3EB8C20F8F310D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information on the availability of service opportunities by service type;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA152372783604FC8BFD8A690F1082EF2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>internet links to the service organization’s hiring and recruiting websites; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC2742374D414400D91A0F63217E94343"><enum>(D)</enum><text>such additional information as the Director may determine.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5F214ECF538A40A0A0043DB4A9306A69"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Additional platforms not precluded</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall prevent any service organization from creating or maintaining its own internet-based system or platform to recruit individuals for employment or for volunteer or other service opportunities.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HECFC872D54754B97AFAC62B558D7E049"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Minimum design requirements</header><text>In addition to the requirements set forth in this section, the Service Platform shall do the following:</text> <paragraph id="HD69572DB95CD484A9E3D346B1CC3E66C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Provide the public with access to information on service organizations and service opportunities through an internet-based system that is user-friendly, interactive, accessible, and fully functional through mobile applications and other widely used communications media, without a requirement that any person seeking such access register as a member.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4F706652F1F64E8BA97E2CA86E6233B0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Provide individuals with the ability to register as members in order to customize their experience in accordance with subsection (e)(6), include mechanisms to connect members with service organizations and service opportunities that match the interests of the members, and ensure robust search capabilities to facilitate the ability of members to explore service organizations and service opportunities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H45B73065F2424D588A58376BD92FAB82"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Include mechanisms to enable service organizations to connect with members who have consented to be contacted and meet the needs of the service organizations.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA7B6E235887A4CDEAFE15BE3FC2D6E71"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Incorporate, to the extent permitted by law and regulation, the ability of members to securely upload information on education, employment, and skills from internet-based professional, recruiting, and social media systems, consistent with security requirements.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5E827454D20C4236B2340E0AEEBDA937"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Ensure compatibility with relevant information systems of Executive agencies and military departments.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE3896ABBF504C2C9E9E5FCBF667CBD7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Use state-of-the-art technology and analytical tools to facilitate the efficacy of the Service Platform in connecting members with service opportunities and service organizations.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA545B3BA24A745899138F2C11B9E002D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Retain all personal information in a manner that protects the privacy of members in accordance with section 552a of title 5, United States Code, and other applicable law, provide access to information relating to a member only in accordance with the consent of the member, and incorporate data security and control policies that are adequate to ensure the confidentiality and security of information provided and maintained on the Service Platform.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCB017A55394746B58B67BF6E1AE61D12"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Development of service platform plan</header>
<paragraph id="H5AD6119AD85948AFB1C91A17BA1E2638"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Implementation plan</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall develop a detailed plan to implement the Service Platform that complies with all the requirements of this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8ACD36A6E4DA4F83B78D39ED31092678"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation required</header><text>In developing the plan under this subsection, the Director shall consult with the Secretary of Defense, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, the head of the United States Digital Service and, as needed, the heads of other Executive agencies. Such consultation may include seeking assistance in the design, development, and creation of the Service Platform.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H10A42DD3D1CF41CEA1FCE7AD92870CB8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Technical advice permitted</header><text>In developing the plan under this subsection, the Director may seek and receive technical advice from experts outside of the Federal Government and to form a committee of such experts to assist in the design and development of the Service Platform. Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, the Director may accept the voluntary services of these individuals. A committee of the experts shall not be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H148D39F1EBD045F4B8C1C5F20D8B0F39"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Information collection authorized</header><text>In developing the plan under this subsection, the Director may collect information from the public through focus groups, surveys, and other mechanisms, without regard to subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/44/35">chapter 35</external-xref> of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Paperwork Reduction Act</quote>).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H199A6A6980C94481BF38C424AE51642C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Director shall issue regulations to carry out this section not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3593BC9BFEE846A7BD59792BAA558D85"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Selective service system</header><text>Section 10 of the Military Selective Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3809">50 U.S.C. 3809</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HD3685417708A472389721E678AC7E68E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Service platform</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Selective Service System shall provide to all registrants, on its website and in communications with registrants relating to registration, information about the Service Platform established under section 202 of the <short-title>Inspire to Serve Act of 2021</short-title>. The Selective Service System shall provide to each registrant, at the time of registration, an option to transfer to the Service Platform the information the registrant has provided to the Selective Service System. The Director of Selective Service shall consult with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to ensure that information provided by the Selective Service System is compatible with the information requirements of the Service Platform.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H1B3138951DAB4657A0B0CE5C6F293BF8"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Reports to Congress</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 12 months thereafter, the Director of the Council on Military, National, and Public Service shall provide a report to Congress on the Service Platform. Such report shall include information on the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H6F85A83BB27A4B239DDA03417D88054F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Details on the status of implementation of the Service Platform and plans for further development of the Service Platform.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCC0DD84B9E88499788BA10051F1AACD6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Participation rates of service organizations and members.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H413703139A404450B0BD04F33F3029A3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The number of individuals visiting the Service Platform, the number of service organizations participating in the platform, and the number of service opportunities available in the preceding 12-month period.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3A17A81878D344B29B1440AFA25C0B84"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Any cybersecurity or privacy concerns.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H31E19835991842BE954C6113392AD5ED"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The results of any surveys or studies undertaken to increase the use and efficacy of the Service Platform.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC18E7F4E8ABF4375BF7198C56CAD18D1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Any additional information the Director or the President considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6E68E26FBD324D9AA605DA001171CFE3"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Office of Management and Budget for each fiscal year such funds as may be necessary for the development, maintenance, improvement, and promotion of the Service Platform.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HD3DE37806E79433CAA025A65DCB1150C"><enum>203.</enum><header>Pilot program to coordinate military, national, and public service recruitment</header> <subsection id="HBFB7D3F77E0B43E5BFDCDDDB7328D196"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H3D23C3A17A734DDAB4AAC606A77005C3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Council on military, national, and public service</header><text>The term <term>Council on Military, National, and Public Service</term> means the Council on Military, National, and Public Service established under section 201.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDC47F51834554B799539EA27A6FE06EE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Military service</header><text>The term <term>military service</term> means active service (as defined in subsection (d)(3) of section 101 of title 10, United States Code) or active status (as defined in subsection (d)(4) of such section) in one of the Armed Forces (as defined in subsection (a)(4) of such section).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3E538A7BF3444937867DCB44727F70B9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>National service</header>
<subparagraph id="HAEED37C7356643529C3C4C8D92D67F52"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>national service</term> means participation, other than military or public service, in a program that—</text> <clause id="H1AD987C0988644EFB7C061412362CE9A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is designed to enhance the common good and meet the needs of communities, the States, or the United States; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H7563C90B858244C7BD03F17BE2705C15"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is funded or facilitated by—</text> <subclause id="H61C4E2A46C35416F9243BAC81B3FEAB0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an organization described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(c)(3)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H658568819DB9422686F4F9AFB02E8192"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an institution of higher education as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/1001">22 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>); or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H28A07915C9B546248A5C2454F64483EF"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the Federal Government or a State, Tribal, or local government.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2D7DE30E075444AFB2EF300D5748E89B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Included programs</header><text>The term <term>national service</term> includes—</text> <clause id="H24E53D0B3DB244C4ABDE558616552D44"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the programs authorized in—</text>
<subclause id="HBF59E954E7014450BAC290EA105C64AC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>sections 5 and 6 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504 and 2505);</text></subclause> <subclause id="HDD589A0FAEB34DF989B11A6C9187B6C2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>section 171 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (relating to the YouthBuild Program; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3226">29 U.S.C. 3226</external-xref>);</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H15AA8A5A95D74825A2BD0113C6D93B54"><enum>(III)</enum><text>part A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (relating to the Volunteers in Service to America; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4951">42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HD02D9F7068144733A4C38800F1EC77D7"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>subtitles C (relating to the National Service Trust Program; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12571">42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.</external-xref>) and E (relating to the National Civilian Community Corps; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12611">42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.</external-xref>) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HD82C19B579504A41B78AB015F6408D8E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any other program that is consistent with subparagraph (A), as determined by the Director of the Council on Military, National, and Public Service.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H25AFC8E387BA4C1A94D9A4E5B73B758E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Public service</header><text>The term <term>public service</term> means civilian employment in the Federal Government or a State, Tribal, or local government.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H19C1558D30B041CDA1A5A845A2DEB17E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pilot program authorized</header><text>The Director of the Council on Military, National, and Public Service may carry out a pilot program in coordination with departments and agencies responsible for recruiting individuals for military, national, and public service, to focus on recruiting individuals from underserved markets and demographic populations, such as those defined by gender, geography, socioeconomic status, and critical skills, as determined by each participating department or agency, to better reflect the demographics of the Nation while ensuring that recruiting needs are met.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBE40E8769F4847849970683AD7E17E24"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In developing a pilot program under this section, the Director of the Council on Military, National, and Public Service shall consult with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretaries of the military departments, the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Director of the Peace Corps, and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H42D683FDA87B4353833A1A4C5A6F57D7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>The pilot program under this section shall terminate no earlier than 2 years after its commencement.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDA29CA11B7D745B490B4863D64674C40"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Status reports</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the initiation of any pilot program authorized by this section, and not later than 12 months thereafter, the Director of the Council on Military, National, and Public Service shall submit to Congress reports evaluating any pilot program carried out under this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H843AD81C4DD44829A8BE2F412A84BDFA"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HFDBD4D53C3B04BA49664FD5AC01B086C"><enum>204.</enum><header>Joint market research and recruiting program to advance military and national service</header> <subsection id="HFB2EAF63663C4BE799C1D73EBB202375"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program authorized</header><text>The Secretary of Defense, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Director of the Peace Corps may carry out a joint market research, market studies, recruiting, and advertising program to complement the existing programs of the military departments, the national service programs administered by the Corporation, and the Peace Corps.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HE02D6E30F3414A0BA6EC367160122202"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Information sharing permitted</header><text>Section 503 of title 10, United States Code, shall not be construed to prohibit sharing of information among, or joint marketing efforts of, the Department of Defense, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Peace Corps to carry out this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HEE14980C9F0343158516253E90F9D42B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for carrying out this section.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H172781BC57E34650935FC8C7D03CD89A"><enum>205.</enum><header>Information sharing to advance military and national service</header>
<subsection id="H7BE17A25037349D08F92B038F7C7E59E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of plan</header><text>The Secretary of Defense, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Director of the Peace Corps shall establish a joint plan to provide applicants who are either ineligible or otherwise not selected for service in the Armed Forces, in a national service program administered by the Corporation, or in the Peace Corps, with information about the forms of such service for which they have not applied.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCCAE9E7A6CD84C2493556B2E7700ADEA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report to congress</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Director of the Peace Corps shall submit to Congress a report on the plan established under subsection (a).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HBBB1430EAE7E4792B237863A5B6D8EA0"><enum>206.</enum><header>Transition opportunities for military servicemembers and national service participants</header>
<subsection id="HFD7E921F0B4047DD9FA71712DA56AE30"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Employment assistance</header><text>Section 1143(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>the Corporation for National and Community Service,</quote> after <quote>State employment agencies,</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6D7479234150400893E38C50E78147FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Employment assistance, job training assistance, and other transitional services: Department of Labor</header> <paragraph id="H82F40439A8FE46F39D0DD447AAEF03AA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1144 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H60305609A3A14C26AA2B50B51DCDE7E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <clause id="H46CE113CA5F3402EAFA8F1B1DD3CCE6B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs,</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service,</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="H7123B65640094D6BB47C892045B11159"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HEBD42F11CB994C5A83B7CC87295C2B26"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>and the Chief Executive Officer</quote> after <quote>The Secretaries</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEFE1AB133F0A4E42AC4C67D2347F2625"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8EDE3548BADD44648564BD4F8A830621"> <paragraph id="H744E9316A43E4D68A509177E4CC530C3"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Provide information on public service opportunities, training on public service job recruiting, and the advantages of careers with the Federal Government.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7FD76BF2E7904805A8600071244F8E5C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2)(A), by striking <quote>and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs,</quote> and inserting <quote>, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service,</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6D4F62267DDB482BBF1C2352B6D091F9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (d), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>and the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service</quote> after <quote>the Secretaries</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H73E1B5E4ECA94BE19CA26104A9F8323E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A3F6828A9D449239D91E969DF21E808"> <subsection id="H22B7F25F9DD94A02AD01935AE87CD98F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Corporation for national and community service programs</header><text>In establishing and carrying out a program under this section, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service shall do the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HB8A63EDC017A487A9DCAA77BCC1DB7EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Provide information concerning national service opportunities, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H273ED48D22964491A34A852C0639EDC9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>opportunities to acquire and enhance technical skills available through national service;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE93BC2F90B804483A977313080278EC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>certifications and verifications of job skills and experience available through national service;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD84B5E7176064C46A196EAD8A9B6D778"><enum>(C)</enum><text>support services and benefits available during terms of service; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA3DA8EFEC1184D5090B9F6EF4128EBEE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>job analysis techniques, job search techniques, and job interview techniques specific to national service positions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5DA6AA2F3C3E4B0F86E101F6D29A9EDB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Inform such members that the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security are required, under section 1143(a) of this title, to provide proper certification or verification of job skills and experience acquired while on active duty that may have application to service in programs of the Corporation for National and Community Service.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9AB99CA635A041FE830C7814EDCF0D64"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Work with military and veterans' service organizations and other appropriate organizations in promoting and publicizing job fairs for such members.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFDAFCF81B73948689E9FA9947C98E2EB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Provide information about disability-related employment and education protections.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB79CCE80E58544998A97E05951E8A734"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming and clerical amendments</header>
<subparagraph id="HE1A08CEB7CBB4732A28CD02ADB2C5A23"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Heading amendment</header><text>The heading of section 1144 of such title is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H06A6CDBF2E1D4E8AAE53397F21E183CE"> <section id="HA3CFDC8FBD4F4618A51E6313DC26B9F1"><enum>1144.</enum><header>Employment assistance, job training assistance, and other transitional services: Department of Labor and the Corporation for National and Community Service</header></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF903DF264B264F13B0975E5FF12A2984"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Table of sections</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 58 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 1144 and inserting the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section" idref="HA3CFDC8FBD4F4618A51E6313DC26B9F1">1144. Employment assistance, job training assistance, and other transitional services: Department of Labor and the Corporation for National and Community Service.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H952449FFD7144F6CA91D131742EA8F58"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorities and duties of the Chief Executive Officer</header><text>Section 193A(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12651d">42 U.S.C. 12651d(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB88FF9A65FD5459E8BA0774104D094AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (24), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H470E1926FF6B448EBA2266C72521AFCE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (25), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H11E683D3E22E4AA98979EFFF3D2462DF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H2798E1A508044C78829F0A4795F5D442"><enum>(26)</enum><text>ensure that individuals completing a partial or full national service term receive information about military and public service opportunities for which they may qualify or in which they may be interested.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H90C3DB3861244787B20574A4A8D41A35"><enum>207.</enum><header>Joint report to Congress on initiatives to integrate military and national service</header> <subsection id="HDE01890335464FCA8BB9ECE28870E60A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reporting requirement</header><text>Not later than 4 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than the end of each 4-year period thereafter, the Director of the Council on Military, National, and Public Service established under section 201, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Director of the Peace Corps, shall submit to Congress a joint report on cross-service recruitment, including recommendations for increasing joint advertising and recruitment initiatives, for the Armed Forces, programs administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Peace Corps.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H57520C2761D0451C8E62D8B98584033F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of report</header><text>Each report under subsection (a) shall include the following:</text> <paragraph id="H068A39E8C8C4474C9E636F17B499A221"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The number of Peace Corps volunteers and participants in national service programs administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service who previously served as a member of the Armed Forces.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2C7817802BE34871843B8861189B04B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The number of members of the Armed Forces who previously served in the Peace Corps or in a program administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H51E85636E4E3420BB3335FA32F70692C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An assessment of existing joint recruitment and advertising initiatives undertaken by the Department of Defense, the Peace Corps, or the Corporation for National and Community Service.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2FE2E88F81DA4DEE96D7EF5D4DD7D2B0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An assessment of the feasibility and cost of expanding such existing initiatives.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD1510ECA78245F2B83F3B01F3F417AE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An assessment of ways to improve the ability of the reporting agencies to recruit individuals from the other reporting agencies.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA4F889778C30447C91326F7B668C7108"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Director of the Council on Military, National, and Public Service established under section 201, the Secretary of Defense, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Director of the Peace Corps shall—</text> <paragraph id="HA9EE74F05F4942F195361483533B5263"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consult with each other with respect to the content and production of the reports submitted under this section; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD510237B18D14AB3928CA4EA87341CA9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>undertake studies of recruiting efforts that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. </text></paragraph></subsection></section> <enum>III</enum><header>Advancement of Military, National, and Public Service</header> <section id="H7E6706FF5FCE4871894B3BA756B43964"><enum>300.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the terms <term>Executive agency</term> and <term>military department</term> have the meanings given those terms in sections 105 and 102 of title 5, United States Code, respectively.</text></section>
<subtitle id="H42D3C485B7964808B319872663823CA2"><enum>A</enum><header>Advancement of military service</header>
<section id="H65257E1E75E040C58711D313657B5CAF"><enum>301.</enum><header>New personnel management structure for military specialists</header>
<subsection id="HB0C3A62F94D1494684FE30E555F71D6A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Plan for personnel management</header><text>The Secretary of each military department shall develop a plan to implement a new personnel management structure in such military department for the purpose of recruiting and retaining personnel for specific military occupational specialties requiring skills that are critical to meet current and future military requirements, including specialties involving science, technology, cyber security, and engineering.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAACD4F52F50449DE85F2893906226BAE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Plan requirements</header><text>Each plan under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H2813B4D650BA43C8B034A7C79933E90D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be based on the exercise of existing authorities;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE0EB9FFDB2C94946B29C5F266962F764"><enum>(2)</enum><text>examine the successes in recruiting and retaining personnel for other military occupational specialties requiring specific skills, such as medical workers, attorneys, and chaplains; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5967CD3D30974FEE96F1FF0F7580AADA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>examine methods to improve recruiting and retaining personnel for the military occupational specialties described in subsection (a) based on—</text> <subparagraph id="H3E5504E205A84E2F969A685A087D655D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>methods for members of the Armed Forces to transition more easily between regular and reserve components; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE8A2EA4500024C338480C8AFF910ECD6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>methods for members of the Armed Forces to transition more easily between military service, Federal civilian service, and nongovernmental civilian service.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1AE2BE885CBD4261BFF7B2CA30DC7CDE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Submittal to Congress</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of each military department shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives the plan developed by such Secretary under this section.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HA8E7085462194CE4AB61D1348ED15AA1"><enum>302.</enum><header>Pre-service tuition grant program</header>
<subsection id="HFD49FE3A20664C688749FAAA201F64C6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Pre-Service tuition grants authorized</header><text>The Secretary of each military department may provide a grant, for a period of not more than 3 years, to pay all or a portion of the charges of an educational institution for the tuition of an individual who is enrolled in such educational institution for a technical degree, certificate, or certification program to meet a critical need in such military department, and who makes a commitment to service in an Armed Force under the jurisdiction of such Secretary. Each Secretary shall create a list of degrees, certificates, and certifications that qualify for grants under this section and shall update that list at least once every 5 years.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDB7EC13F0B9047CDB1324EE153BD7621"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements for receipt of grant</header><text>The Secretary of a military department may not provide grant funds under subsection (a) to an individual unless the individual signs an enlistment contract for military service upon completion of the educational program for which the funds were provided, for such period as is determined by the Secretary. Upon signing such enlistment contract, the individual shall be placed in the Delayed Entry Program of the Armed Force concerned. If, at the time the individual is expected to begin military training, the individual no longer qualifies for service or is otherwise unable or unwilling to serve, the individual shall, subject to subsection (c), repay the funds received, or serve a period equal to the military service commitment in a federally sponsored national service program.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H777AAF48E1D24160B397CA1FEB23CC9B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary of a military department may reduce or waive the service obligation of an individual under this section in exigent circumstances, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5BBFA9FB7E6F40ED8DDBD5B70A34CA1D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relation to other personnel authorities</header><text>A grant under subsection (a) may be provided—</text>
<paragraph id="HF49423B07A904209AA548211A3FDA6AA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>without regard to the lack of authority for the grant under title 10 or 37, United States Code; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBC74572953834D80AAE9E3492BBE5FD7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>notwithstanding any provision of such titles, or any regulation prescribed under such provision, relating to methods of providing incentives to individuals to accept appointments or enlistments in the Armed Forces, including the provision of group individual bonuses, pay, or other incentives.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3DE2156F277E49EA9C74E41CE384DFE1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Notice and wait requirement</header><text>The Secretary of a military department may not provide a grant under subsection (a) until—</text> <paragraph id="H7401D0CA5E7C45DDBDF6E8A4F497D7EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan regarding the provision of grants under that subsection, which includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H92152B42C452476E807B8369B699C3FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of the grant program, including its purpose and the potential recruits to be addressed by the program;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0423BBA7A24F4BF0A4A7B1110DEAE59A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the provisions of titles 10 and 37, United States Code, that require reporting of incentives to individuals to accept appointment or enlistments in the Armed Forces, including the provision of group individual bonuses, pay, or other incentives;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H165306E9D93940D7B9565A0DC1106709"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a statement of the anticipated outcomes as a result of providing grants under the grant program; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H18CAE03E8E8948E0962D21E3FDD35FCC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of the methods and metrics to be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the grant program; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB10AAE89FF674983AC8A66D72DA62C60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a period of 30 days beginning on the date on which the plan is submitted to the committees has expired.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEEA03A4A4D6A4644B9BD8886E38F6022"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation on number of incentives</header><text>The Secretary of a military department may not provide to an individual more than 2 incentives described in subsection (d)(2) to encourage the individual to enlist in an Armed Force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, in addition to a grant under subsection (a).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H19695CEE347D4C0F818991147FBD0E39"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Limitation on number of individuals receiving tuition grants</header><text>The number of individuals who receive a grant under subsection (a) from the Secretary of a military department during a fiscal year for an Armed Force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary may not exceed 20 percent of the number of enlistments for that fiscal year that is the objective of that Armed Force.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H59B1882799664DEE8E6E007533521E01"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reports to Congress</header><text>If the Secretary of a military department provides a grant under subsection (a) during a fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report, not later than 60 days after the end of that fiscal year, containing—</text>
<paragraph id="HBDED26D0C0054D4782CC641AB48B3D3A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of each grant provided under subsection (a) during that fiscal year; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD1D62CC79FE444EF9C95EB4882EE5448"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assessment of the impact of all such the grants on the recruitment of individuals for the Armed Force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H60EB2085434546CBBEBA54F2B956EDF1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Federally sponsored national service programs</header><text>A federally sponsored national service program referred to in subsection (b) includes the programs authorized in—</text> <paragraph id="H3F3B760424EF445D8068B045E4431793"><enum>(1)</enum><text>sections 5 and 6 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504 and 2505);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4BFB0C5269BC4AB1BBA79E2F1E2F0BE7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 171 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (relating to the YouthBuild Program; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3226">29 U.S.C. 3226</external-xref>);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3D97CA8BCD49494D8BDC7A51B9FAE3B1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>part A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (relating to the Volunteers in Service to America; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4951">42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3397AC0B8CD14A6FA613C72C418981A3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>subtitles C (relating to the National Service Trust Program; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12571">42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.</external-xref>) and E (relating to the National Civilian Community Corps; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12611">42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.</external-xref>) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H853B16853B7B4E6C94F7DBB0B0BE06C6"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary of each military department shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HDDCDC2F64B57439BB1FC36F80525CD8B"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HAF3B627100424CBF953E1FDEDC6B37CC"><enum>303.</enum><header>Pilot program on technical civilian professional credentials</header> <subsection id="H35B96A9F8ACA4A8CB97BC787372522E6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Pilot program</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall carry out, through the Secretary of one of the military departments, a pilot program, for a period of not more than 2 years, to assess the feasibility and advisability of establishing partnerships with community colleges and vocational schools to create technical education programs through which members of the Armed Forces may earn professional credentials in areas of critical need in the Armed Forces. The pilot program shall be comprised of such partnerships with up to 3 community colleges and vocational schools. The educational programs created through the pilot program shall be open to participation by members of the Armed Forces (including recruits) and any other students at the selected community colleges and vocational schools.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H7F8E51EDD4714028A386C81116651E95"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>The military department selected under subsection (a) shall bear at least 50 percent of the costs of the pilot program authorized under such subsection, and the community colleges and vocational schools in the pilot program shall bear the remaining costs, including providing the staff and facilities for the pilot program.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1120DF3F07A14EDDB1524C1C8A502E27"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports</header> <paragraph id="H778B7AAD51BE4750BAEC2A4254D3D738"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the pilot program under this section. The report shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC2354E68A4C44EE197C1BB473830D460"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a comprehensive framework for the education and credentials to be provided under the pilot program;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBDA16063E43F4F6582D37B9AB7DE7EAF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>metrics to be used to assess the effectiveness of the pilot program; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD345B04FEBCC48F4ABACA1BBAE6DA1C5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of mechanisms to be used to cover the costs of the technical education programs created under the pilot program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9FCE9CA000EA4FA0AAAB58B155F61B1C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after completion of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the committees of Congress referred to in paragraph (1) a final report on the pilot program. The report shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8151006BE8784A8FA7E3955B19AF13BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an evaluation of the pilot program using the metrics of assessment set forth in the initial report;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCF03D00E6B7947B694E9E1F9E91ECE2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment of the effects of the pilot program on recruitment and retention of military personnel; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1369AF76E4914EE1B9F2161667439491"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an assessment on the feasibility and advisability of extending the term of the pilot program, expanding its scope, or both.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB80136B3962A4E9D8E6CC4119D2059DF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H80A3435F6FF04DED800A323081017618"><enum>304.</enum><header>Expansion of Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Program</header>
<subsection id="H3358329F4D014119B7E9F32F363FFF55"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expansion of JROTC curriculum</header><text>Section 2031(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <quote>service to the United States</quote> the following: <quote>(including an introduction to service opportunities in military, national, and public service)</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8BA22B8FBDB1409EBB4E222FEBF00ECE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Plan To increase number of JROTC units</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments, develop and implement a plan to establish and support not fewer than 6,000 units of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps by September 30, 2031.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H1A4113B636EC4528A7DBDE32DECA52D8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. </text></subsection></section> <section id="HEC8D30C51B3044909D561A5067DDA881"><enum>305.</enum><header>Expansion of Cyber Institutes Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1640 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/232">Public Law 115–232</external-xref>; 132 Stat. 2310; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2200">10 U.S.C. 2200</external-xref> note) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HBBCBCFB6D4DC400182223B378E4E3764"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the effectiveness of the Cyber Institutes and on opportunities to expand the Cyber Institutes to additional select institutions of higher learning that have a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H38EBE133F2DE478F8EB3D3DFA2FE7687"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>In addition to funds otherwise available to carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense such sums as may be necessary to prepare the report under subsection (g) and to expand the Cyber Institutes program under this section after September 30, 2021.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="HE52202E573BF4D86AABA113686B666A0"><enum>306.</enum><header>Temporary authority for targeted recruitment incentives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 522(h) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/503">10 U.S.C. 503</external-xref> note) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4FB7D363FCE24E0F8CFFA82DEE4046AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the semicolon and inserting a comma; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE158A793C0CD40FFB5B266FA2E825C20"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>December 31, 2020</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2023</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HFCC01BFA2DEC43DEAE61FB4AEF0ECF1B"><enum>307.</enum><header>Multiyear appropriations for marketing and advertising</header> <subsection id="H34C42B0B916B4C2E91A2FB255CFC21F1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/141">Chapter 141</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2410s">section 2410s</external-xref> the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H88A982174FFF4EA2ACEAD3B831D8D564"><enum>2410t.</enum><header> Contracts for periods crossing fiscal years: Marketing and advertising contracts</header>
<subsection id="HCDD295F5CF6446F98C116D67BF9FFD64"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department (as defined in section 102 of title 5), or the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, may enter into a contract, for a period that begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year (without regard to any option to extend the period of the contract), to procure marketing and advertising services.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H217FCC1A67304C0DAB37D8F3C5673838"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Obligation of funds</header><text>Funds made available in one fiscal year may be obligated or expended in the next fiscal year for a contract entered into under subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HDA86C07CBC7B4B539912949663243ED9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 141 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2410s the following new item:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF55E3A689F6421C8860E304ECBF86D0"> <toc> <toc-entry level="section" bold="off">2410t. Contracts for periods crossing fiscal years: Marketing and advertising contracts.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H321B642F8F8B4BAB978733BDA6ABEF5D"><enum>B</enum><header>Advancement of national service</header> <section id="H676DC3C34F9C40A1BE815CF161F9C8A8"><enum>321.</enum><header>National service fellowships</header> <subsection id="H6C7D974DF2964D5686DE7E1B732C6AD2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 198B of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12653b">42 U.S.C. 12653b</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="H812D510BABC843DC9FDA1634F95E2649"><enum>198B.</enum><header>National service fellowships</header>
<subsection id="H4774331CA5234A7493662AEB3626BBCC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HD37877F413DE4CFEAB83AB19734316D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Area of national need</header><text>The term <term>area of national need</term> means targeted efforts to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H31F71EDA5F404CDBAF3A5109CFE644D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve education in schools for economically disadvantaged students;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3206B91E34254873936BAE44E816A9F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>expand and improve access to health care;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC59148159C324DBDACE021C1773224A1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improve energy efficiency and conserve natural resources;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDAEA4E4072BD4B6E9717368504EC1EB9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>improve economic opportunities for economically disadvantaged individuals;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAC7F1C3C289A4852AD2EFB2B7AA2545A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>improve disaster preparedness and response; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H025FF33B5BD3401EB1A809F8BA9EE177"><enum>(F)</enum><text>support the reintegration of ex-offenders.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD22DDF9523084A108A130CFE39353E67"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disadvantaged youth</header><text>The term <term>disadvantaged youth</term> has the meaning given that term in section 101(13).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H427852CAC34D4F6AB427F891D072CAC4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible fellowship applicant</header><text>The term <term>eligible fellowship applicant</term> means an individual who is selected by the Corporation through a randomized lottery and, as a result of such selection, is eligible for a national service fellowship.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDCAC2192A9A84552AD28E7C474182FD0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Fellow</header><text>The term <term>fellow</term> means an eligible fellowship applicant who is awarded a national service fellowship and is designated a fellow under subsection (e)(2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFAB1F72FE23A4F869D703E25C6BE163B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8D4F4D8843CF4E418AC37BAF32147179"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fellowship awards and positions</header>
<paragraph id="H975F37E15D9449578D5795BDA897E05D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>From the amounts appropriated to carry out this section, the Corporation shall award national service fellowships in accordance with this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H86363440FBA7439FA45DC7D5822055C9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allotment of positions</header> <subparagraph id="HDF9CFC6446454BAF94E741C38F8387E8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Allotment by congressional district</header><text>The Corporation shall allot 80 percent of the eligible fellowship positions supported under this section in a fiscal year on a formula basis to be distributed evenly among the congressional districts in each of the States, to include districts of nonvoting delegates to the Congress, in accordance with the selection process described in subsection (c)(1). The Corporation shall, to the extent practicable, reserve a percentage of eligible fellowship positions approximately equal to the percentage of disadvantaged youth residing in that district. In any district in which one or more Indian tribes are located, a portion of the positions shall be reserved for applicants who are members of any such Indian tribe.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3652894559B04A57A1131D9B0CD6BDB4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allotment to specific organizations</header><text>The Corporation shall allot 20 percent of the eligible fellowship positions supported under this section in a fiscal year to service sponsor organizations, regardless of congressional district, that have targeted service strategies for utilizing fellows, in accordance with the selection processes described in subsections (c)(2) and (f)(2). The Corporation shall, to the extent practicable, reserve a percentage of eligible fellowship positions approximately equal to the nationwide percentage of disadvantaged youth.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5EA5BCCF34F14C93A00B9BC99D55F0ED"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Number of positions</header><text>The Corporation shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4A0A31520BC546EC8053D33477BED179"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish the number of approved positions under this section at 25,000 for the first fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Inspire to Serve Act of 2021</short-title>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA51396FFA4574082B90885F23F45A2BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>increase the number of such approved positions by 25,000 for each fiscal year thereafter until the number of approved positions is at least 250,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HEB1D9CD1D436418A8346C4B43E861A1A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection by lottery</header>
<paragraph id="HF4F8EB7746C741F4921630FD894A7EE1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In congressional districts</header><text>For positions described in subsection (b)(2)(A), the Corporation shall select, from the applications received under this section, the number of eligible fellowship applicants that may be supported for that fiscal year based on the amount of funds appropriated for that fiscal year to carry out this section. Such selection shall be done by randomized lottery for all applicants, except that—</text> <subparagraph id="H577B61F4463949299E0B53CAF0A70925"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for those positions reserved for disadvantaged youth applicants under such subsection, selection shall be done by randomized lottery for disadvantaged youth applicants; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB70B967FE37345848E91BD5B8DDC3E3C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for those positions reserved for Indian tribal applicants under such subsection, selection shall be done by randomized lottery for Indian tribal applicants.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAAE8BF4DE94C4778BD63A607E32433A4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other positions</header><text>For positions described in subsection (b)(2)(B), the Corporation shall select, from the applications received, the number of eligible fellowship applicants that may be supported for that fiscal year based on the amount of funds appropriated for that fiscal year to carry out this section. Such selection shall be done by randomized lottery for all applicants, except that for those positions reserved for disadvantaged youth applicants under such subsection, selection shall be done by randomized lottery for disadvantaged youth applicants.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE10A9A7B1BAA4580969DC247716B1AD4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>In the regulations issued to carry out this section, the Corporation shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H699C62741ECE443C8F5B809CDE04CAE6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish the randomized lottery system for positions described in subsection (b)(2)(A) and (b)(2)(B);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8D3BBBF221134003AEC56D065C7E3F38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish preference for those individuals who have not previously been an eligible fellowship applicant or a fellow; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H283D23BCBE4E45E9AF1772914A064D74"><enum>(C)</enum><text>create a waitlist for eligible fellowship applicants if any individual selected as such an applicant does not become a fellow.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7F035E15876341CDBB285A8235D073D4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligible fellowship applicants</header>
<paragraph id="H2A1A9E53AC94417285DAD8DD8B69D4AA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An applicant desiring to become an eligible fellowship applicant shall submit an application to the Corporation at such time and in such manner as the Corporation may require and containing information on the applicant’s age, educational status, disadvantaged youth status, Indian tribal status, and contact information, and stating whether the applicant elects to be considered for placement in a position in a congressional district under subsection (b)(2)(A) or in a position described in subsection (b)(2)(B). Each applicant may apply for only one national service fellowship for any fiscal year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8C5C697C669A46E5A21B42AD60AA6960"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Age and education</header><text>An applicant may be selected as an eligible fellowship applicant only if the applicant—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD3FC57E9C6984522913D3121D5402B8E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is not less than age 18 and not more than age 25 on the date on which the application is made; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD2E56A4CD8864CE5850D64615ED9506D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>holds a high school diploma or recognized equivalent or will be working towards such diploma or recognized equivalent during the applicant’s term of service as a fellow.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8EABFA2464564CCC96245B14C46E2692"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Fellows</header>
<paragraph id="H592221E534474EF5861C99FC8A7EB735"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible fellowship applicant is eligible to participate in a service project as a fellow and receive a national service fellowship if—</text> <subparagraph id="HEBBDAE2D9CA74619A0613DCFBC1AAE6F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>within 3 months after being selected as an eligible fellowship applicant, the applicant selects a registered service sponsor organization described in subsection (f)—</text>
<clause id="HED177319DBDF4FF1B791A5E9E07BD985"><enum>(i)</enum><text>with which the applicant is interested in serving under this section; and</text></clause> <clause id="H0A4A5FC4B38540619AE15E3D10DC817A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with which the applicant would serve in a position that is located in the congressional district in which the fellow resides or a district adjoining the district in which the fellow resides, for a position allotted under subsection (b)(2)(A), or would serve in a position allotted under subsection (b)(2)(B);</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFBBCCCBA209540BCB714575D733E223C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enters into an agreement with the organization—</text> <clause id="HCCD7F6AFD0DD4C1F97F1A9AC5F3DE43D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that specifies the service the applicant will provide if the placement is approved; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H230667A3FA5443FE85F74ED85360C15A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in which the applicant agrees to serve for at least 1,700 hours during the applicant’s fellowship year, including training, high school equivalency coursework, and special fellow events, except that the Chief Executive Officer may, on a case-by-case basis, authorize a fellow to serve on a part-time basis for a lesser number of hours; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCDA7D3E3438C4F3FA14443CE49F81A80"><enum>(C)</enum><text>submits such agreement to the Corporation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB4420EDD113D4EDC8C6272F43881395F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>Upon receiving the eligible fellowship applicant's agreement under paragraph (1), the Corporation shall award a national service fellowship to the applicant and designate the applicant as a fellow.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3F5B925280BA4FBF87B5B388085B95E1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fellowship amount</header> <subparagraph id="HF691984F2AB747A4A79494A778282673"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Corporation shall award to each fellow a stipend equal to the living allowance under section 199K.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD5ACAD403AEF4BBC8F671E1817094FCE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Proration of amount</header><text>In the case of a fellow who is authorized to serve on a part-time basis under paragraph (1)(B)(ii), the amount provided to a fellow under this paragraph shall be prorated accordingly.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF85D509D71714CEFBEF51F2CFB8825D9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Educational awards</header><text>A fellow who serves in a service project under this section shall be considered to have served in an approved national service position and, upon meeting the requirements of section 147 for full-time or part-time national service, shall be eligible for an educational award described in such section or the alternative discounted end-of-service cash stipend described in section 332 of the <short-title>Inspire to Serve Act of 2021</short-title>. The Corporation shall transfer an appropriate amount of funds to the National Service Trust to provide for the educational award for such fellow.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H223E51D45590459E9B2A838B717ACF49"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Service sponsor organizations</header>
<paragraph id="HE9C61412130746F69DB68169E0BE2D60"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An organization is eligible to be a service sponsor organization if the organization—</text> <subparagraph id="H6BA02EC02AFF441EB20FDFBC7D415344"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a nonprofit organization, a local government agency, a State government agency, or an agency of an Indian tribe;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE6BDA087618E4E0D9D655247D22331D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>satisfies qualification criteria established by the Corporation, including standards relating to organizational capacity, financial management, and programmatic oversight; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H85B2F72D635E4E569A37AE596DDFF925"><enum>(C)</enum><text>at the time of registration with a State Commission, enters into an agreement with the State Commission providing that the service sponsor organization shall—</text>
<clause id="H9D4BF6D581784DF19AE8808BD4357C54"><enum>(i)</enum><text>abide by all program requirements;</text></clause> <clause id="H2E0BBB3A591D480A8AF88BC0851B0385"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>be responsible for certifying the number of hours served by each fellow and whether each fellow serving with the organization successfully completes the national service fellowship;</text></clause>
<clause id="H8E39E334B6504ABC9EB7AC463AD6E9A7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide supervision, supplies, and training for fellows, including a quarterly performance review;</text></clause> <clause id="HB0C50FCF40C5401083B5D74FBB729395"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>provide educational resources, funding for coursework, and other necessary resources to support fellows working towards their high school equivalency degrees; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H5AA02E091B094A0FA00F0A14458CCCAC"><enum>(v)</enum><text>provide, to the State Commission, the Corporation, and the Inspector General of the Corporation, timely access to records relating to the national service fellowships.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDAF9574777444A8B9AB833E86CF17408"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility as a specific organization</header><text>An organization is eligible to be considered for an allotment of positions under subsection (b)(2)(B) if the organization—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3B7C886185A64F5B8EF8357D3A73CEE5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>satisfies the requirements of this subsection;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H92C1802DA5FD4C808BAAADC262983F2A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submits an application to the Corporation that includes a detailed description of the area of national need that fellows will address with the organization, along with other requirements that the Corporation may establish; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H46FFAD75634647AEB53E7263D01861A6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is selected by the Corporation in accordance with a selection process established by the Corporation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBEC0CD60D5A648DA81A7754CEAD83400"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional assistance</header><text>Each service sponsor organization may provide additional benefits to fellows, including additional funding.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAB1394F0F3B649CCA6FBBC4543638043"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Registration</header>
<subparagraph id="HC787897C11C449939FA09310B84E9234"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>A service sponsor organization may not receive a fellow under this section until the organization registers with the State Commission of any State in which a fellow will be serving with the organization.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8061A170C00B46A2AA1CEB5DE8D15467"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Clearinghouse</header><text>Each State Commission shall maintain on a public website a list of service sponsor organizations registered with that State Commission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H703E757EB917425CA3EC6AAC1761F12A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Noncompliance</header><text>If the Corporation determines that a service sponsor organization is in violation of any of the applicable provisions of this subsection, or a State Commission determines that a service sponsor organization is in violation of any requirement for registration under paragraph (4)—</text> <subparagraph id="H881FD2519CBD4077AD5A1F0C3F3F31A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the State Commission shall revoke the registration of the organization;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFDF1F9432E9142E7868C59ECC10E992B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the organization shall not be eligible to receive assistance, approved national service fellows, or approved summer of service positions under this title for a period of not less than 5 years; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H82C24432AC2A4C56B255786349F8F189"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Corporation shall have the right to remove a fellow from the organization and relocate the fellow to another site.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7122F74FFC904357A89D7F3B399D94F7"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Grants for ancillary services</header>
<paragraph id="HFE86087DFE534F6C9DC2ECFB7EA5A418"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Corporation may award grants to service sponsor organizations to offset the costs of providing ancillary services in support of fellows serving with those service sponsor organizations, including costs for—</text> <subparagraph id="HE21FAF6E000E4E1D8E5C2D81BB2FF3A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>attending the convention described in subsection (j);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7FE7E15037F14874B1E36162956420A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>courses and exams necessary to obtain a high school diploma or recognized equivalent;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3F994CDD6628465285102619ED169A77"><enum>(C)</enum><text>recruitment or training activities for fellows; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC94EC9026B8C4FF1A206A5CFB5A9DC57"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other activities approved by the Corporation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA0094BDB556A4FB09EF5BCDB260B1840"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, a service sponsor organization shall submit an application to the Corporation at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Corporation may require.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H669908DE6D624BB3A005F932B657D291"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Coordination within congressional district</header><text>Service sponsor organizations shall coordinate with other service sponsor organizations on training and events beneficial to fellows serving within the same congressional district and ensure that the offices of Members of Congress in those districts are kept apprised of such coordination.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H28BDEC74EBFC49CA8781CA2039C7FC97"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Branded attire</header><text>The Corporation may provide fellows with branded attire to wear where appropriate.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HAFF45836368643CDBD9B0C3AB8EB57B2"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Yearly convention</header><text>The Corporation may sponsor a yearly convention to convene a geographically diverse group of fellows in a central location to provide the fellows with the opportunity to share experiences and to provide the fellows with information on opportunities to continue in national, public, or military service after their fellowships end.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF0FED5CAEBFB43C0B6161CD3CD42C120"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Compliance with ineligible service categories</header><text>Service under a national service fellowship shall comply with section 132(a). For purposes of applying that section to this subsection, a reference to assistance shall be considered to be a reference to assistance provided under this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H60AFC1093C8E4F3F9EFEAF62B0EE4AF7"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Public service integration</header><text>The Chief Executive Officer shall consult with the Council on Military, National, and Public Service established under section 201 of the <short-title>Inspire to Serve Act of 2021</short-title> regarding opportunities to place fellows in public service positions at the State, local, and tribal levels.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H647F42C83AFF4A8CA4285EA1518E3CB7"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Surveys of fellows</header><text>The Corporation may survey fellows about their experiences as fellows, and shall make data acquired from any such survey publicly available.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H962DAE2FD73A4E21A359164F9864EC0B"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Corporation shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3FB1D8026053432D83CEB67E3FF21BAF"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H64C057B1F62840AF9A263FC8A75C4757"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HA04FEAF54BCA41399DBCE3775CE17574"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The item relating to section 198B of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 in the table of contents for that Act is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H240FE790B05446B08B42D4683B163CD8"> <section id="HB76113634CA14B378C0089C71F1DCADE"><enum>198B.</enum><header>National service fellowships</header></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H17F8AC75A4314F5CABEF8AFE3885AD0B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 123(7) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12573">42 U.S.C. 12573(7)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>ServeAmerica</quote> and inserting <quote>National Service</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB523BD9101D740F887A1211AAF6D691E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 501(a)(4)(B) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12681">42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(4)(B)</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HECF8DE36EE074D7EAC9382D557C2F9F4" commented="no"><enum>322.</enum><header>Expansion of youthbuild, youth conservation corps, and national guard youth challenge programs</header> <subsection id="HC63775259240462BA51A1FB7782C0895" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Youthbuild program</header> <paragraph id="H19D3703B81F4459D9EB7D6192771F160" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Expansion</header><text>The Secretary of Labor shall take the necessary steps to double, by December 31, 2031, the number of participants in the YouthBuild program established under section 171 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3226">29 U.S.C. 3226</external-xref>), from the number of such participants in fiscal year 2020.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB8AB0200D794ED9BEF9617F2900D612" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports to congress</header><text>The Secretary of Labor shall submit to Congress, not later than December 31 of each of the years 2023, 2026, 2029, and 2031, a report on the level of participation in the YouthBuild Program since the end of fiscal year 2020 and on the efforts taken to achieve the goal described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H88A04C3A9918468C905DCC29670A7B58" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Youth conservation corps</header> <paragraph id="H288B53DFD87D4E819FB15EF40E01ACDF" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Expansion</header><text>The Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior shall take the necessary steps to double, by December 31, 2031, the number of participants in the Youth Conservation Corps established under the Act popularly known as the <quote>Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970</quote> (title I of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/91/378">Public Law 91–378</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1701">16 U.S.C. 1701–1706</external-xref>), from the number of such participants in fiscal year 2020.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA5FE9632456C48F4AAE7D4442874D606" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports to Congress</header><text>The Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior shall submit to Congress, not later than December 31 of each of the years 2023, 2026, 2029, and 2031, a report on the level of participation in the Youth Conservation Corps since the end of fiscal year 2020 and on the efforts taken to achieve the goal described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H271B629339554DD8A85DB24CD5922BE2" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Youth challenge program</header> <paragraph id="H67EEE4854D794895B1264AD207CAD531" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Expansion</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall take the necessary steps to double, by December 31, 2031, the number of participants in the National Guard Youth Challenge Program established under section 509 of title 32, United States Code, from the number of such participants in fiscal year 2020.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H64E3E4FE4BFE4420A42C567AC2E72080" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports to congress</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress, not later than December 31 of each of the years 2023, 2026, 2029, and 2031, a report on the level of participation in the National Guard Youth Challenge Program since the end of fiscal year 2020 and on the efforts taken to achieve the goal described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H89D3AC148A75460CACF9AA8E6C4B96C9" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HA4E7BF92A8A34BCC95B8FB4828F9FDA2"><enum>323.</enum><header>National service public awareness campaign</header>
<subsection id="HF597F442520B47DB9307E1230EED1155"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service shall carry out a public awareness campaign to educate individuals likely to provide the greatest influence on youth, including parents, grandparents, teachers, guidance counselors, clergy, and coaches, on opportunities for youth to engage in national service, the impacts of national service, and ways to encourage youth to provide such service. Funds made available to carry out this subsection may be used to identify best practices, carry out national outreach and education campaigns, produce and make available materials for schools and students from kindergarten through grade 12, facilitate access to national service information and opportunities, and advertise national service programs nationwide.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9EE347136EBA4C79AC88E21C3C2E850E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the end of the fiscal year in which funds are made available to carry out the public awareness campaign under subsection (a), the Chief Executive Officer shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, a report describing the scope and effectiveness of the public awareness campaign under this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H0D9773BD8AAA4B7198C4A3C72D37FB80"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the campaign under subsection (a), including for salaries and expenses related to such campaign.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H177C97688BB444479BF37757A03AF32C"><enum>324.</enum><header>Recognition of corporate contributions to national service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Corporation for National and Community Service may annually designate not more than 25 corporations, whether publicly owned or privately held, with an award for their significant contributions to national service. The Corporation shall promulgate regulations describing evaluation criteria for the award under this section and may conduct a ceremony or give a symbolic medal or plaque to recipients. This section does not authorize any monetary award.</text></section>
<section id="H2AF39F73FEF844A5B7C1F46BAAFB6DD7"><enum>325.</enum><header>Corporation for national and community service demonstration projects</header>
<subsection id="HFF4460D0A58945C1A9AA63428C874770"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<paragraph id="H7BBFB44CC15D48A0ACA7EC324BFEAE4D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Ex-offender</header><text>The term <term>ex-offender</term> means an individual who requires assistance in overcoming barriers to employment resulting from a record of arrest or conviction for a crime under Federal, State, local, or Tribal law.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD176985E4D144DE7946E9290BF2896D9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Place-based model</header><text>The term <term>place-based model</term> means an investment initiative that seeks to leverage national service programs to expand the services available within a specific geographic location, to build the capacity of community organizations to provide those services, and to establish a community-wide culture of service and volunteerism.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2D95C5FC5748457699E9D7BA2CCBC60E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Priority pilots</header><text>The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service may conduct, during the 3-year period beginning on October 1, 2020, up to 5 demonstration projects to assess the feasibility and advisability of novel approaches to and focus areas of national service, with at least one demonstration project focused on developing a place-based model and at least one demonstration project supporting the reintegration of ex-offenders.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H120F6E5087A24563A54FFBF5EF09B74F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the demonstration projects under subsection (b), including for salaries and expenses related to such projects.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HF779F77A89AB4128B02BBC6819507B64"><enum>326.</enum><header>Peace Corps remote demonstration projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Peace Corps may conduct demonstration projects to test the feasibility of permitting volunteers who serve less than 27 months to perform their services from within the United States, instead of traveling outside of the United States. </text></section> <section id="H9C5DA62A5E38485898306E30D3A0AB14"><enum>327.</enum><header>National service living allowance increases</header> <subsection id="H3B29424BCE8A47D7887E23DA47DC91E1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual increases to living allowances for national service participants</header><text>Section 140(a) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12594">42 U.S.C. 12594(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HF20DCEB5A3284F2AAA4B813104C1A0CD"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Increases</header><text>The Chief Executive Officer shall review the amounts of living allowances under this subsection on an annual basis and, subject to paragraph (2), make increases as necessary to reflect changes in inflation, cost of living, and the geographical areas in which the national service programs are carried out.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H3911C0134F374B048A027BD139D603EB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to provide increases in living allowances under section 140(a) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12594">42 U.S.C. 12594(a)</external-xref>), such sums as may be necessary to increase the allowances above the levels provided on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HA3EC6E2E339D4D55965AF25C6AD68D6B"><enum>328.</enum><header>Senior Corps stipend increases</header>
<subsection id="HE298721B72BA40038D348B00AF2A96FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants and contracts for individual service projects</header><text>Section 211(d) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5011">42 U.S.C. 5011(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$3.00 per hour</quote> and inserting <quote>60 percent of the Federal minimum wage under section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/206">29 U.S.C. 206</external-xref>)</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H55D599FEF68843F59011D073665ED46F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to provide increases in allowances and stipends under section 211(d) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5011">42 U.S.C. 5011(d)</external-xref>), such sums as may be necessary to increase the allowances and stipends above the levels provided on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H0619DAE9CA6944ECB09456EF151E99ED"><enum>329.</enum><header>Wraparound support services for certain national service participants</header>
<subsection id="H2317D209F60E4D83B0D75A65BF4983FA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Wraparound support services for national service participants</header>
<paragraph id="HAAB09FEF2D35432DBA102B0A20A312C5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 140 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12594">42 U.S.C. 12594</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7163EB88B984885BDD7BB4DB66A87A6"> <subsection id="HDD201776858B4672AA4CB8FADEEB116C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Wraparound support services</header> <paragraph id="H02422DDCA29D4C4BA939E0349BB73B61"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Provision of additional support services</header><text>In addition to the living allowance and other benefits provided under this section, and subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this subsection, a State or other recipient of assistance under section 121 shall provide support services under this subsection (in this subsection referred to as <quote>wraparound support services</quote>) to those individuals who—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCE3EBF947CFB4676A029B25708F5785C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are participants in a national service program carried out or supported by the recipient using the assistance; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF046674A5A064E638EB0876B86BB0281"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are disadvantaged youth of ages 17 through 26, are located in Indian lands, or are located in rural communities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBFFC1CB16A85494EBEA75EA060C3EC0B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Guidelines for wraparound support services</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Corporation shall establish guidelines regarding the circumstances under which wraparound support services shall be made available under paragraph (1) and the types of wraparound support services that shall be made so available. Wraparound support services may include career counseling, transportation assistance, training and certification programs, and mental health assistance. In developing such guidelines, the Corporation shall consider the availability of philanthropic investment and the cost-per-participant to recipients who support participants described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H17975BB93E9E41E8ADCBDE48C4751F62"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exemption from living allowance</header><text>Wraparound support services shall not be considered in determining the total living allowance under subsection (a)(2).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB0C82F9F06A46A5832F4D4A09DB1F5A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on program costs</header><text>Section 189(c) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12645c">42 U.S.C. 12645c(c)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21F501F3E7B9485F8BA5ED60CF934E17"> <subsection id="HFB6BA1BD65A34D7A8C084F3E33DA0D94"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Costs not subject to limitation</header><text>The limitation under subsection (a), and the increased limitation under subsection (e)(1), shall not apply to—</text>
<paragraph id="H960DDAB3590A47FE954F9A274482F253"><enum>(1)</enum><text>expenses under a grant authorized under the national service laws to operate a program that are not included in the grant award for operating the program; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDDD3437331CA4BF4A6AD633C9F1A593F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>expenses for wraparound support services provided under section 140(g).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H474F483F8C704B38B73B4399DBD118E7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Wraparound support services for VISTA participants</header><text>Section 105(b) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4955">42 U.S.C. 4955(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE76732751AE141C08A77BD64FF39D47B"> <paragraph id="H90CB6D5B58004476BBB9CB0A80BDF87E" commented="no" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFA2EA94A98C542B28D2E88B1DC631503"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In addition to the stipend and other assistance provided under this section, and subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this paragraph, the Director shall provide support services under this paragraph (in this paragraph referred to as <quote>wraparound support services</quote>) for volunteers who—</text>
<clause indent="up1" id="H0C85E790BD594DFFAF77E446FBF41CA0" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are disadvantaged youth of ages 17 through 26;</text></clause> <clause indent="up1" id="H41139E0DA2D743A6B76195775FB379BC" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are located in Indian lands; or</text></clause>
<clause indent="up1" id="H3B54D0C5026E46C3942A6C685F73FDFF" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>are located in rural communities.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE2C96FDC0F39458389AB8256429BC10B" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation shall establish guidelines regarding the circumstances under which wraparound support services shall be made available to volunteers under subparagraph (A), and the types of wraparound support services that shall be made so available. Wraparound support services may include career counseling, transportation assistance, training and certification programs, and mental health assistance. In developing such guidelines, the Corporation shall consider the availability of funds and the cost-per-volunteer to support such volunteers. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="H2010DCCC1F82400392F61A46054EA93D" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>In this paragraph, the terms <term>disadvantaged youth</term> and <term>Indian lands</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12511">42 U.S.C. 12511</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H3868C6D0B3F5492886C600CFAAD162C5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service shall submit a report to Congress on the use of funds made available to provide wraparound support services under the amendments made by this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H76E0166D420643B9926B61F9F0147158"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Corporation for National and Community Service such sums as may be necessary to provide wraparound support services under section 140(g) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12594">42 U.S.C. 12594(g)</external-xref>) and section 105(b)(4) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4955">42 U.S.C. 4955(b)(4)</external-xref>). </text></subsection></section> <section id="H7FAC430F4A164E729FAC5D21C5192D26"><enum>330.</enum><header>National service educational award increases</header> <subsection id="HBDBB9454A3604C8C8284FD0D019E0F33"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Determination of educational award amount</header><text>Section 147(a) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12603">42 U.S.C. 12603(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>having a value equal to</quote> and all that follows through <quote>mandatory appropriations),</quote> and inserting <quote>equal to the average cost of 1 year of in-State tuition at a public institution of higher education that awards bachelor's degrees, as determined by the Chief Executive Officer,</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H815FE06A96494C3F99870E745D95BFCF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to provide increases in national service educational awards under section 147(a) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12603">42 U.S.C. 12603(a)</external-xref>), such sums as may be necessary to increase the awards above the level provided on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HA24B46FBB6E5478E85BE752695D5B9A6"><enum>331.</enum><header>Expanded use of national service educational award</header> <subsection id="H84368AC1CC824BEB8F2DDCFD4F6D6032"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Disbursement of educational awards</header><text>Section 148(a)(4) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12604">42 U.S.C. 12604(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after <quote>Secretary of Veterans Affairs</quote> the following: <quote>, regardless of whether the individual is a veteran as defined under section 101</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HBC06C932FAC9447782F1223067995838"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of certain provisions of law</header><text>Any individual who receives an educational award under section 146 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12602">42 U.S.C. 12602</external-xref>) may use the award for expenses described in section 148(a)(4) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12604">42 U.S.C. 12604(a)(4)</external-xref>), as a result of the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section, notwithstanding the provisions of any appropriations Act that does not specifically reference this section and that would not permit such use by the individual.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HFD7A835DCCE243539D45675D221A0A45"><enum>332.</enum><header>Discounted end-of-service cash stipend for national service members</header> <subsection id="HBC14D6363EBE481CA39DB673C124C6BF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Stipend; limitation; payment upon completion of term</header> <paragraph id="H5A75D13F747B4929898FACBE378E3E8C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="HEB11942CF2744B9297666BA506EBF9CA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Chief Executive Officer</header><text>The term <term>Chief Executive Officer</term> means the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE7BC642E0BFE4FB4AB8D922CCF192EFD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Full-time service</header><text>The term <term>full-time service</term> means <quote>full-time national service</quote> within the meaning of section 139(b)(1) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12593">42 U.S.C. 12593(b)(1)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H919C38FEECEF45B38065E29C45AB66F9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>National service participant</header><text>The term <term>national service participant</term> means a participant in a national service program who is described in section 137(a) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12591">42 U.S.C. 12591(a)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8DB3CC4BF96543E79455D562E870CCE8"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Part-time service</header><text>The term <term>part-time service</term> means <quote>part-time national service</quote> within the meaning of section 139(b)(2) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12593">42 U.S.C. 12593(b)(2)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF10825CC6A8D43C190A05B1AB1A24A67"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Stipend for national service participants</header>
<subparagraph id="HF38C647601DD40B982FDB7F6CC821CF7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authority</header>
<clause id="HC776456B669A469DA6AE97E861ACA20A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Full-time service</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), the Chief Executive Officer may provide to each national service participant who is performing full-time service, a stipend for any period in which such participant is in training or performing the participant’s service assignments.</text></clause> <clause id="HD7F35E0EBE6E491D9384D3E0272C908C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Part-time service</header><text>The Chief Executive Officer may, on a case-by-case basis, provide, to a national service participant who is performing part-time service, a stipend for any period described in clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H102C6D9987A049F8BE0A162EE9B4DDD1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount of stipend</header>
<clause id="HA65A5739AAA14884B4F27030E37927DD"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clauses (ii) and (iii), the amount of the stipend under subparagraph (A) shall be set at a rate that is not less than $200 per month and not more than $280 per month.</text></clause> <clause id="H368F66FC94B74C899494A50AD56F26F3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Leader stipends</header><text>The Chief Executive Officer may set the amount of the stipend under subparagraph (A) at a rate that does not exceed $380 per month in the case of an individual who—</text>
<subclause id="H4A11CC9692FF45D1A66F25C0B25651D3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has completed a corresponding term of service as required under subtitle D of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12601">42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.</external-xref>), subject to paragraph (4); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HD8FBF43834504D5CB724AC1C57EE9511"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has, in accordance with standards that the Chief Executive Officer shall establish in regulations, been designated a leader on the basis of experience among other national service participants.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H1854DA9AD906495693E489ECF5C2AC0D"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The amount of the stipend under this subparagraph is subject to the availability of funds for such stipend.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H868DCF59217545FBAC4E865F943A1E82"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Restriction on certain individuals</header><text>The Chief Executive Officer may not provide a stipend under this subsection to an individual who elects to receive a national service educational award under subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12601">42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF6DE2C92962C497EA56AFFD90D3D555C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Stipend for national civilian community corps members</header>
<subparagraph id="HB4C2DE925354415EA2EAA0441DD721CC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The Chief Executive Officer may provide, to each member of the National Civilian Community Corps who is enrolled in a national service program under section 153 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12613">42 U.S.C. 12613</external-xref>), a stipend for any period in which such member is in training or performing the member’s service assignment.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H15E745F882C14F0AB3A82009FBCF63F0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount of stipend</header> <clause id="H6872BF52D1974D38A55D7F1DEFFFCB24"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clauses (ii) and (iii), the amount of the stipend under subparagraph (A) shall be set at a rate that is not less than $200 per month and not more than $280 per month.</text></clause>
<clause id="H8F698D5876C44CFAAC67BB37DFA20BB9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Leader stipends</header><text>The Chief Executive Officer may set the amount of the stipend under subparagraph (A) at a rate that does not exceed $380 per month in the case of an individual who—</text> <subclause id="H1AE13D34ADF242A595EA7F817A288870"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has completed a corresponding term of service as required under subtitle D of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12601">42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.</external-xref>), subject to paragraph (4); and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HE1A124DECC484258A6AEBD6D5454ED09"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has, in accordance with standards that the Chief Executive Officer shall establish in regulations, been designated a leader on the basis of experience among other national service members.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H827608EB1E324F6DAE34ABB88FF7DA24"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The amount of the stipend under this subparagraph is subject to the availability of funds for such stipend.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB5BDC1783A584CCCAD3F19D5AF54A46D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Restriction on certain individuals</header><text>The Chief Executive Officer may not provide a stipend under this subsection to an individual who elects to receive a national service educational award under section 158 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12618">42 U.S.C. 12618</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1341253419D64A029D57EC84C3073BD6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligibility for stipend</header><text>A stipend under paragraph (2) or (3) shall be payable to an individual only upon completion of a corresponding term of service, except under such circumstances as the Chief Executive Officer shall determine. In accordance with regulations which the Chief Executive Officer shall prescribe for payment under such circumstances, the accrued stipend, or any part of the accrued stipend, may be paid to the individual, or on behalf of the individual, to members of the individual’s family or others during the term of the individual’s service. In the event of the death of an individual during service, the amount of any unpaid stipend shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of section 5582 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE0A329872D0A4FE3AC3E09AB8B7BD924"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National service educational awards</header><text>Section 141(a) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12595">42 U.S.C. 12595(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD39D2429B0B5456CB1D8B4BA54F4628E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8286312063964CDAA7E55EF95C1D3555"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H82DC7AC0F6B6442995943891947474D6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HD0BACC80C91046E5B521363BFA793272"><enum>(3)</enum><text>has not accepted the stipend authorized under section 332 of the <short-title>Inspire to Serve Act of 2021</short-title>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA7D33079EE6A4914A0F48B123FA548AE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorized benefits for corps members</header><text>Section 158(f) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12618">42 U.S.C. 12618(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA21EBCA1311442AEB7730A76780945CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA21C4E812DA741EDAEE5322B9FA0ACA4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H24E795AB36A443E5B48510768410D0AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB065803857EA4E84B3F6C473D9BC329E"> <paragraph id="H90197DBDA91E4ABDB399A7E924936711"><enum>(3)</enum><text>has not accepted the stipend authorized under section 332 of the <short-title>Inspire to Serve Act of 2021</short-title>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H527F62FB7B3A4ABB9C78270C9472F17C"><enum>333.</enum><header>Exclusion of national service educational award from gross income</header>
<subsection id="HAC408A1CF3E1448481D48615830AEE75"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Paragraph (2) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/117">section 117(c)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H35D02E6F04E9403F9B425D3561A66805"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC9BC4AA1B76F4C4E81E2BE0E7198667F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting <quote>, or</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4771AD71172F4626A14E6206D9A5C470"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H195217E06B40490FA02AA13EAB0EE224"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a national service educational award under subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12601">42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB7C10F0C91B243AC90D58BBEB12D403F" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exclusion of discharge of student loan debt</header><text>Subsection (f) of section 108 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H02632F8733A64E2E87671D6BABCAFC6C" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Payments under national service educational award programs</header><text>In the case of an individual, gross income shall not include any amount received under a national service educational award under subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12601">42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H3A3674CF998B419FABA09C77077FD234" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H2DA2AD90C8F84694AF18E70BFEBBFC1B"><enum>334.</enum><header>Transferability of national service educational award</header>
<subsection id="H3D3C2DDA7F144455AB4BBFD5E7ABC32B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Disbursement of educational awards</header><text>Section 148(f) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12604">42 U.S.C. 12604</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFA2E837FD27C4F68940ED6E509F504BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A)(i), by striking <quote>in a national service program that receives a grant under subtitle C</quote> and inserting <quote>in a position specified under section 123</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H741FBEF76CC04135B53E4D3BB43452CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H570E4297E8B04E709935C9C1C50E6A9C"> <subparagraph id="H3D8F1CBBC66A472F9FD825CC2322558A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>who meets such other requirements as the Corporation shall specify in regulations.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6FA22162DAF64A1C95B4D4CEDC26E538"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Individuals eligible To receive an educational award from the trust</header><text>Section 146(d)(3) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12602">42 U.S.C. 12602(d)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>a 10-year period</quote> and all that follows through <quote>basis of the award</quote> and inserting <quote>a 7-year period that begins on the date on which the designated individual who received the transferred educational award becomes 18 years of age</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HEFD66ED4272E4479ACAC64D85C262187"><enum>335.</enum><header>Noncompetitive eligibility for full-time national service participants</header> <subsection id="H24AA841519AD4971B5B52267CFE555BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Noncompetitive eligibility for Americorps alumni</header> <paragraph id="H7CAE39576385432D86B99C3D5ECF58B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Volunteers in service to America</header><text>Section 415(d) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5055">42 U.S.C. 5055(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4E6F416B81F14881BA8442A2FC030C82"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>appointment in the competitive service</quote> and inserting <quote>noncompetitive appointment to a position in the competitive service (as defined in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code) for a period of 36 months, beginning on the date on which their required term of service ends,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H51FA3BAF62134F9BABC23DA8B371DA9D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Executive Order Number 11103 (April 10, 1963)</quote> and inserting <quote>Executive Order 11103 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2504">22 U.S.C. 2504</external-xref> note, relating to Providing for the Appointment of Former Peace Corps Volunteers to the Civilian Career Services), as amended by Executive Order 12107 (44 Fed. Reg. 1055; relating to the Civil Service Commission and Labor-Management in the Federal Service), without regard to section 4 of such Order</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3E0C21C7C91D4F8E9E13BA564E0996CE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other national service participants</header>
<subparagraph id="HC37A4C0D366C426185698B564B8291A7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Part III of subtitle C of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12591">42 U.S.C. 12591 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76FB8C7F2DE54F0C9501143559469F23"> <section id="H0B8F1D91509A4496BCE59E6A51377058"><enum>142.</enum><header>Noncompetitive eligibility for national service participants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Participants in a national service program who are eligible to receive a national service educational award under section 141, and who the Chief Executive Officer determines have successfully completed their terms of service, shall be eligible for noncompetitive appointment in a position in the competitive service (as defined in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code) for a period of 36 months beginning on the date on which their required term of service ends. The Chief Executive Officer shall make the determination about successful completion in accordance with the requirements of Executive Order 11103 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2504">22 U.S.C. 2504</external-xref> note, relating to Providing for the Appointment of Former Peace Corps Volunteers to the Civilian Career Services), as amended by Executive Order 12107 (44 Fed. Reg. 1055; relating to the Civil Service Commission and Labor-Management in the Federal Service), without regard to section 4 of such Order.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H10C80FCDB4AE4A6080B67D34762B1906"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 141 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H759A16CF218D44CD944E2F35B1786DC6"> <toc> <toc-entry level="section" idref="H0B8F1D91509A4496BCE59E6A51377058">Sec. 142. Noncompetitive eligibility for national service participants.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA030F7D3A3CE4EA89202E22C645A3A4A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Noncompetitive eligibility for returned Peace Corps volunteers and volunteer leaders</header><text>Section 5 of the Peace Corps Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2504">22 U.S.C. 2504</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H019DB818CDF94A18BF304E8B6F227948"><enum>(q)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8CEB8D0F169443AC85F757CA68F2375B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Volunteers and volunteer leaders shall be eligible for a noncompetitive appointment in a position in the competitive service (as defined in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code) for a term of 3 years if—</text> <subparagraph id="H7FA1CAB1F4EA4160820D64470D7A4204" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>they have completed a term of service of 2 years or more under this Act; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="H0E975110333B487DB418AA9960D6BE05"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Director determines that they have successfully completed their terms of service under this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="HF41F0D4D302F4C9A8793C4E3DCB0CEF1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The 3-year appointment in the competitive service shall begin on the first day after the ending date of the term of service referred to in paragraph (1)(A). </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6C773AE53ECC4B49B6DE3561A35A5AE0" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Director shall make each determination under paragraph (1)(B) in accordance with sections 1, 2, 3, and 5 of Executive Order 11103 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2504">22 U.S.C. 2504</external-xref> note, relating to Providing for the Appointment of Former Peace Corps Volunteers to the Civilian Career Services), as amended by Executive Order 12107 (44 Fed. Reg. 1055; relating to the Civil Service Commission and Labor-Management in the Federal Service).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H27CFA5272AB947F1A44B807D41856715"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to any individual—</text>
<paragraph id="H9C2E95382929408C84EA68EACA03CCF1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>who is—</text> <subparagraph id="H5632217305B04AA3B5776247E8FC3CE3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a volunteer under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4950">42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7C7A8BC7B16645DA8F94EEEE7F4CA41B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a participant, in a national service program, to whom section 141 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12595">42 U.S.C. 12595</external-xref>) applies; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0149EFFF437A4B5BB405A9229221F285"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a volunteer or volunteer leader under the Peace Corps Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2501">22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H22147368AC334B79A880F696675337A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>who has not completed the corresponding required term of service as of the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H3BBA90DFBDFD4BAAB5797599EEB563E8"><enum>336.</enum><header>Pension service credit for Federal service corps participants</header> <subsection id="H8E8262E69CB0475293B78503A8D53F95"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Creditable service</header><text>Section 8411(h) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>as a National Civilian Community Corps member or leader under subtitle E of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12611">42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.</external-xref>), as a member of a program under title I of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to establish a pilot program in the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture designated as the Youth Conservation Corps, and for other purposes</quote>, approved August 13, 1970 (commonly known as the <quote>Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970</quote>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1701">16 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>) or the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1721">16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.</external-xref>),</quote> after <quote>Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973,</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H00CD0FD0EFA54A22BCE6F9056DB63D00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contributions for creditable service</header><text>Section 8422(f)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE60C86C29E66422D936874110E86E84E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>as a National Civilian Community Corps member or leader under subtitle E of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12611">42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.</external-xref>), as a member of a program under title I of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to establish a pilot program in the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture designated as the Youth Conservation Corps, and for other purposes</quote>, approved August 13, 1970 (commonly known as the <quote>Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970</quote>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1701">16 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>) or the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1721">16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.</external-xref>),</quote> after <quote>Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973,</quote> the first place the term appears;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC92D75EF1042495EBD79A46EA8125CDB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or the stipend</quote> and inserting <quote>, of the stipend</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD612B89E85E42EE947D1F52104B1645" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>for each period of service as such a volunteer or volunteer leader</quote> and inserting <quote>or of the living allowance paid to the National Civilian Community Corps member or leader under subtitle E of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12611">42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.</external-xref>), or to the member of a program under title I of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to establish a pilot program in the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture designated as the Youth Conservation Corps, and for other purposes</quote>, approved August 13, 1970 (commonly known as the <quote>Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970</quote>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1701">16 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>) or the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1721">16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.</external-xref>), for each period of service as such a volunteer, volunteer leader, member, or leader</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HC9DA216AF8C4449FA40AB0A71256588C"><enum>337.</enum><header>Senior Corps competitive grant model</header>
<subsection id="HE9FAFF49812D4AABA56CA1B7E5719729"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects</header><text>Section 201 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5001">42 U.S.C. 5001</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4F582F290ED148E7BEC96BE46FBFD365"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H030CBBDF10AF4E3883C0A12B7DAC0AE5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D36E534B8664418A663C41221B43C7A"> <subparagraph id="H51A40E6E27E24D7C93DA43D5934FD4F0" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>awarded for a period of not more than 3 years; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H475EC8F8877D49DFAF0DF4D4F2CE3A3C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B)—</text> <clause id="HF3ACAE4957C142A983D04721EE56EF18"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by adding <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H86F36864C8264D359DD1EBE374D5B5EC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking clause (iv) and redesignating clause (v) as clause (iv); and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD03FB13609894935A0E36AFEE76A6A46"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (i) and redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (i).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB72FD5213BDC4299927783ACAB472E70"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Multiyear grants or contracts</header><text>Section 227(a) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5027">42 U.S.C. 5027(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFD742712A5EC469BA74F7242A31402A9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H40D03E2AD54D400EBDDEC342CC1E29D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H5E41F576F07E465EA3605348887ECD1E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject to</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H01BC4B7DE5704CD380B0A8580475FCA9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7261A191F53C458C968D3BFD604ABC4C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notice and hearing procedures for suspension and termination of financial assistance</header><text>Section 412(a) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5052">42 U.S.C. 5052</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H17E4456A87A344B28FEE8FFC8F2167F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by adding <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF7B2C1506CCF4113BADB161DF6F17DB8" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (2). </text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="HACDE7A62048B4BF0AD6A04D13ADEEC7A"><enum>C</enum><header>Advancement of public service: Modernization of Federal personnel systems</header>
<section id="H325A94B4162E446DB6E35207859F86B0"><enum>341.</enum><header>Enhanced awareness of the value of Federal public service</header>
<subsection id="H190231091D8C4D21826D8C1FBC7B615A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of activity</header><text>Subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/3">chapter 3</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF973F43C5C6478BB67E585E66C6532E"> <section id="H1857F1979E4A4049B9F29A50E224AD66"><enum>307.</enum><header>Enhanced awareness of the value of Federal public service</header> <subsection id="H3688CE239DCE44C3AB63AF16B2C4F9AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to guidance that the Comptroller General of the United States shall issue, any Executive agency or military department may use appropriated funds to educate and inform the public about the role of Federal employees, the value of Federal employment, and the mission of the agency or department. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H8D9DFB35A0964455B093AA45D157EA09"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The use of funds pursuant to the guidance issued by the Comptroller General of the United States under subsection (a) may not be construed as self-aggrandizement, publicity, or propaganda that is otherwise prohibited under any other provision of law that is enacted before, on, or after the date of enactment of this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H0FA70C26E2034D2FA4A3B446B3687841"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/3">chapter 3</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/306">section 306</external-xref> the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section" bold="off">307. Enhanced awareness of the value of Federal public service.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H0FC49902B1DC41EC97AFF869769B6B01"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall issue the guidance required under section 307(a) of title 5, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBE9AB825FC884A4486FE67455C76A429"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (c), section 307 of title 5, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section, and the amendment made by subsection (b) of this section, shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H146D8D7BFC7D4C9BA0B52879F3A3837D"><enum>342.</enum><header>Responsibility for determining eligibility for hiring preferences and special hiring options</header>
<subsection id="H27BDF09482444ED2BBBC6B75958A6CF6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HEA1D701622C94DD8A4E4F5F264A55456"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA767294795B440B9B478F65511A057FE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preference eligible</header><text>The term <term>preference eligible</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2108 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5543FA757CD243C6912869DFF9D48591"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority To determine eligibility</header><text>The Director shall determine whether an individual is a preference eligible, or whether an individual is eligible for appointment to a position in an Executive agency, under any each of the following authorities:</text>
<paragraph id="HFD0C00FA4DCF4645BCF27ED2D7039B7F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 4214 of title 38, United States Code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9EF15B7C194D4E8395F22E8910602E8C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 3112 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5DA4BBF270324AC78EAEEC79DB2D094B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 3304(f) of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6B2106904FE04C7EBADE4F03D984EE29"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 3330d of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD3427E0B90904B35B17C70183A5D18A4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 415(d) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5055">42 U.S.C. 5055(d)</external-xref>), as amended by section 335(a)(1) of this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H017C3C5B52534092BADDB47A14CE3ACD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 142 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as added by section 335(a)(2) of this Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF66BB399728E4112898D35D3F54416EC"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Subsection (q) of section 5 of the Peace Corps Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2504">22 U.S.C. 2504</external-xref>), as added by section 335(b) of this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE7C5E9AD978B4CC09985D5C712ED9C76"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 344 of this Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB923783B446C464B8D92184F2FE34F9C"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Section 370 of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3B574713B53048DE86575DF3A48EE878"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Director shall coordinate with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Director of the Peace Corps, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service in developing the process for making determinations under subsection (b).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HC1E37235E5014BFF97E2AF871CCC3544"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall issue regulations setting forth the manner in which applicants for employment in Executive agencies may access determinations made under subsection (b) and the procedures to appeal those determinations.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB24CC72DC440480CA83043C419130F9A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Preparation of certificates of eligibility</header> <paragraph id="H822B92F2AE9A4A3F8346736DB982F16C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Executive agencies shall rely on the eligibility determinations made by the Director under subsection (b) in preparing lists, registers, and certificates of such eligibility. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3CDB00222D5942BDB6AAFBB36ECE3E5C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>The Director shall issue guidance to Executive agencies on the policies and procedures of the Office of Personnel Management that are established under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA412C9F473EF4FA59B65E1719C8E1D02"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Other remedies available to preference eligibles not affected</header><text>Nothing in this section may be construed to limit the right of a preference eligible to seek administrative or judicial redress under section 3330a or 3330b of title 5, United States Code, respectively.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H7D27CC0FA69847DE9B3AC718C183B53A"><enum>343.</enum><header>Enhancement of special hiring authorities for military veterans</header>
<subsection id="H544E123AF2234D4EA889C25773B6F15E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exception to preference eligibility</header><text>Section 2108 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26618A5A5276462B93CB019BBB34C336"> <paragraph id="H99040DC9840F454E821D1C9994C13386"><enum>(4)</enum><text>except for the purposes of chapters 43 and 75 of this title, <term>preference eligible</term> does not include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0E5E7C5DE5E24EA3B34FFFC8E20FC485"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a retired member of the armed forces unless—</text> <clause id="H8B7DD38AB0C94530B7C4FFA9B8E82BB2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the individual is a disabled veteran; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HC7536E97373242DF972B5D9CC4084385"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the individual retired below the rank of major or its equivalent;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA23E993ED7234139A2504DC58B19BE1C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a veteran who has been discharged or released from active duty for more than 10 years, as of the date on which the individual would be appointed; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAA906242534C43B6B753AB1CED5A7F7E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a veteran who is an employee who has been in the competitive service for more than 2 years, as of the date on which the individual would be appointed; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H86DF8C1DCE3D4A959E18E73578D778FC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Veterans’ preference as a tiebreaker among equally qualified candidates</header> <paragraph id="HB4E15C22DB804C198E42C2C04621CEB8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Registers of eligibles</header><text>Section 3313 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="H37233EE1FA6F43B7BD0B673609E3709E"><enum>3313.</enum><header>Competitive service; registers of eligibles</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The names of applicants who have qualified in examinations for the competitive service shall be entered on appropriate registers or lists of eligibles in the order of their ratings, including points added under section 3309 of this title. The names of preference eligibles shall be entered ahead of others having the same rating.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB098B93B54274E8F9C0232DC7244BEC8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Alternative ranking and selection procedures</header><text>Section 3319(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the second sentence.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8A1CE38B7A4C4866BEC815578CF038E0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Veterans recruitment appointment improvements</header>
<paragraph id="H4C233F0CB2D843DB88A445375848669A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of recently separated veteran</header><text>Section 4211(6) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>three-year</quote> and inserting <quote>10-year</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF18497D786AC4EDF8B33FC85AD3FB862"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition of qualified covered veteran</header><text>Section 4214(a)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HC002D1EFA3D54D15A62CF40DF55BE7D1" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term <term>qualified covered veteran</term> means a veteran described in section 4212(a)(3) of this title, but does not include a retired member of the Armed Forces unless the individual qualifies for retirement under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/61">chapter 61</external-xref> of title 10.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HCCF899D3C60E40D08E7DC0693CC6F4F2"><enum>344.</enum><header>Noncompetitive eligibility for high-performing civilian employees</header> <subsection id="H9FEBF4685C8D4C61BFCBD587916FEBC1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <term>competitive service</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2102 of title 5, United States Code.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H1B6C0FB4AD604783813DA0ACF0E70DFD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Under such regulations as the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall issue, an Executive agency may noncompetitively appoint, for other than temporary employment, to a position in the competitive service any individual who—</text> <paragraph id="H3BB4F030DC7C4CE6811FB9830F4D0426"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is certified by the Director as having been a high-performing employee in a former position in the competitive service;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H30E5F22D78DA42D99242B3F424538F41"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has been separated from the former position described in paragraph (1) for less than 6 years; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0EDB34ED290942F989A9DE07C397121A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is qualified for the new position in the competitive service, as determined by the head of the Executive agency making the noncompetitive appointment.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDF1E6EA00F9E4F42A2AC34A4B70065C8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on authority</header><text>An individual may not be appointed to a position under subsection (b) more than once.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDF15484C17B2482B85866E662D3636E0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Designation of high-Performing employees</header><text>The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall, in the regulations issued under subsection (b), set forth the criteria for certifying an individual as a <quote>high-performing employee</quote> in a former position, which shall be based on— </text>
<paragraph id="HBE7F22BF30E2442F90F7B2215FF62FD9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the final performance appraisal of the individual in that former position; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3EEE25400DE841EABB605FAE18C882ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a recommendation by the immediate or other supervisor of the individual in that former position.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HBBAA90CFB6594C579DD013864A64FE8F"><enum>345.</enum><header>Flexibility for temporary and term appointments</header>
<subsection id="HE1015316B3D045CA99F386FE3B7CDA57"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Temporary and term appointments</header><text>Subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/31">chapter 31</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77F4C4984E484E63B8119BAC89CE9B69"> <section id="H9966955ED4E9462FB728BF3E055ECD05"><enum>3117.</enum><header>Temporary and term appointments</header> <subsection id="H6CCB141C508A46CBAF184326C177CBAA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H9D25A952A11B4FA299D04C3636AE0D1C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2BA3A2345C214FC28E121E637B9CB92B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Temporary appointment</header><text>The term <term>temporary appointment</term> means an appointment in the competitive service for a period of not more than 1 year.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE2C78157E91C44D5A3D7D98071109185"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Term appointment</header><text>The term <term>term appointment</term> means an appointment in the competitive service for a period of more than 1 year and not more than 5 years.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H883807DC7FAA4D97B8166C77FD75E6BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appointment</header> <paragraph id="H0541A58D231546228AADC4E5FDE3F91B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The head of an Executive agency may make a temporary appointment or term appointment to a position in the competitive service when the need for the services of an employee in the position is not permanent. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFE1337BAF1744838A0F618F29B079305"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>Under conditions prescribed by the Director, the head of an Executive agency may—</text> <subparagraph id="H14C6AC97FF214D6FA8103645B7FF810C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>extend a temporary appointment made under paragraph (1) in increments of not more than 1 year each, up to a maximum of 3 total years of service; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1E05812082164CE4BD3E61578367E43B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>extend a term appointment made under paragraph (1) in increments determined appropriate by the head of the agency, up to a maximum of 6 total years of service.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H74EF4707260A4374BAC1D25F673A3E2A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Appointments for critical hiring needs</header> <paragraph id="H6088B32C08744B39AB0CFE6317E10EE1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Under conditions prescribed by the Director, the head of an Executive agency may make a noncompetitive temporary appointment, or a noncompetitive term appointment for a period of not more than 18 months, to a position in the competitive service for which a critical hiring need exists, as determined under section 3304, without regard to the requirements of sections 3327 and 3330. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAAC569E5CFC74F0B9BDE30CA0704BAD2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No extensions</header><text>An appointment made under paragraph (1) may not be extended.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB5B8B498067340D7BFA4AB3D8BD25557"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header> <paragraph id="HD9832C5140FC4EB8B99CAFED3EAFD730"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Director may prescribe regulations to carry out this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5AA6A270367C43CF95904C42BEDF52C8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Any regulations prescribed by the Director for the administration of this section shall not apply to the Secretary of Defense in the exercise of the authorities granted under section 1105 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/328">Public Law 114–328</external-xref>; 130 Stat. 2447).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1C59BC8EA18440C9AD596828988A6603"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special provision regarding the Department of Defense</header><text>Nothing in this section shall preclude the Secretary of Defense from making temporary and term appointments in the competitive service pursuant to section 1105 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/328">Public Law 114–328</external-xref>; 130 Stat. 2447).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H07AC10B7E1BC4343A7EFB89E73815F20"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the authorities granted under section 3109.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HDA3418C7734F48BE9ED0B7AE845EF23C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/31">chapter 31</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3116">section 3116</external-xref> the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section" bold="off">3117. Temporary and term appointments.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H0D217AE96A384399826B133552AE704A"><enum>346.</enum><header>Criteria for granting direct-hire authority to agencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3304(a)(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>shortage of candidates</quote> and all that follows through <quote>highly qualified candidates)</quote> and inserting <quote>shortage of highly qualified candidates</quote>.</text></section> <section id="HEA7E7632F9E24055A92A74E2E2764B7A"><enum>347.</enum><header>Cafeteria plan for Federal employees</header> <subsection id="H510225D378324D969E9DFB8DC48F081B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H0B5DBB2B39084CD681CB6E0E705E0D52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cafeteria plan</header><text>The term <term>cafeteria plan</term> has the meaning given the term in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/125">section 125(d)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H25046075399C416387BE9CE7090D1DBC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H83382C4CC91348D190DB0415722ADED4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualified carrier</header><text>The term <term>qualified carrier</term> means an insurance company (or consortium of insurance companies) that is licensed to issue disability-income insurance under the laws of 48 of the States and the District of Columbia, taking into account any subsidiaries of such a company (and, in the case of a consortium, considering the member companies and any subsidiaries thereof, collectively).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDCBDE4FB8519445E808BB233C80D5651"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Plan authorized</header><text>The Director shall establish and administer a cafeteria plan through which an employee of an Executive agency may select certain benefits from a menu of options, including cash, life insurance, disability-income insurance, flexible spending arrangements for health care, flexible spending arrangements for dependent care, a health savings account, enhanced dental benefits, and enhanced vision benefits.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HA3234319884648BD83280C27D662F72B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contribution</header>
<paragraph id="HAB25220EA4AC4CF1896CAD282773B0F3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than October 1 of each year, the Director shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HCFA13330568A4B0EA78F7DB5968E8EC3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify the amount of the Federal Government’s contribution to the cafeteria plan established under subsection (b); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H19C9DEDBCD704DB9A848622055671A26"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in making the identification required under subparagraph (A), determine the annual adjustment of the Federal Government’s contribution based on inflation and other appropriate factors as determined by the Director. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDB53C4D9F4D7451082E56578ABE634AE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Director responsibility</header><text>The Director shall ensure that the amount of the Federal Government’s contribution for the cafeteria plan described in subsection (b) does not increase or decrease Governmentwide spending by Executive agencies on benefits for employees of those agencies.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H13136466A7CC4E77833A2DC3B59DDBC1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Contracting authority</header><text>The Director— </text> <paragraph id="HF0AC35A38C824084AFD900E49C872A25"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may, without regard to subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 6101 of title 41, United States Code, or any other statute requiring competitive bidding, enter into contracts with 1 or more qualified carriers for a policy or policies of disability-income insurance, for the cafeteria plan authorized under subsection (b); and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H830F004B947E4E25BB6D3024D5E10392"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall ensure that each contract entered into under paragraph (1) is entered into on the basis of contractor qualifications, price, and reasonable competition.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE5667B22BB1B462FA91176984C9EF264"><enum>(e)</enum><header>No effect on eligibility for other benefits</header><text>Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the eligibility for insurance and other benefits under subpart G of part III of title 5, United States Code.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HEB6EF189BA3B45949770D5ABB0D27F76"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Director shall, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, propose for public notice and comment regulations to implement the plan authorized by this section, including regulations for a disability-income insurance program for Federal employees.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB44AC41A70134C588EF91ED42B051187"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Statutory proposals</header><text>The Director shall, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to Congress recommendations for legislative proposals that should be made to <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/87">chapter 87</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, that are necessary for the establishment of the cafeteria plan under this section.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H4B5B466620DF4A5DB4F0C8A5DA050D9A"><enum>348.</enum><header>Modern benefits pilot program</header>
<subsection id="H73E20E4247ED4FFBB21503826BE5221D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H01608B4940BE42B59B1E0380DA9D0AAF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Civil service</header><text>The term <term>civil service</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4BFE7EBA0053429A9EF44CBD491852AE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1324399D8D94438E97BE2AB5B8A8A9F0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible employee</header><text>The term <term>eligible employee</term> means an employee in the civil service, other than a public safety employee, who has completed less than 5 years of civilian service creditable under section 8411 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H21C858FA639742D6BD832B401F542E60"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Pilot program</header><text>The term <term>pilot program</term> means the pilot program established by the Director under subsection (b)(1).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5E0154102E96431D812E5DB2F0D20CE0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Public safety employee</header><text>The term <term>public safety employee</term> means an employee serving an Executive agency as a law enforcement officer, air traffic controller, firefighter, nuclear materials courier, or customs and border protection officer, as those terms are defined in section 8401 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HFAC82DFDFD3341C1805BFBF12071CF67"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pilot program authorized</header>
<paragraph id="HA34211AEB03C4B59A13906DC0AEEE0B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director shall establish a pilot program in 3 Executive agencies to offer eligible employees a benefits package described in subsection (d). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H13614800E11F438BBA46D0933FE25231"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultations</header><text>With respect to the pilot program, the Director— </text>
<subparagraph id="HC7CB92C1B2A44BC8BEFBF3B3C8CEB284"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall, in establishing the pilot program, consult with benefits experts, actuaries, labor unions, and the participating Executive agencies; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H50EEBEB0B10843B9B124FF772436A906"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may carry out the pilot program without regard to any requirement or limitation under section 4703 of title 5, United States Code (as amended by this Act), except that the pilot program shall be considered to be a demonstration project for purposes of subsection (a) of such section 4703.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3766351F014A4B94AF28EBCD4539C260"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Election of benefits package by employees</header>
<paragraph id="H08E9AABE5C6F4692812AF35AA8018E74"><enum>(1)</enum><header>New employees</header><text>An eligible employee who is appointed to a position in an Executive agency after the date on which the pilot program is established may elect to be covered by the benefits package in the pilot program or the benefits package otherwise applicable to civil service employees in the Executive agency. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H65A5A64BA0804188852A8A21A3C8A561"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recent hires</header><text>An eligible employee who is appointed to a position in an Executive agency during the 5-year period ending on the date on which the pilot program is established may elect to switch coverage to the benefits package in the pilot program. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H02664680C9F14BE0B0570B52862A5CF9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>An employee who elects the benefits package in the pilot program shall not be eligible for an annuity or annuitant health care benefits under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/84">chapter 84</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1B604DBBE837409AA7E4DD2C8D88BD2E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Program details</header><text>The Director shall ensure that the benefits package authorized under this section is of equivalent value to the benefits package otherwise applicable to employees in the civil service in the applicable Executive agencies and offers the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HB25F488D44D643F5854C592A874EBA43"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An enhanced Thrift Savings Plan benefit, including eligibility for a total agency contribution of not less than 10 percent of pay, vested immediately.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H66093A6B765349589617FFF9BAB47F70"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Not less than 12 weeks of paid leave for a purpose described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 6382(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, which shall be in addition to any accrued or accumulated annual or sick leave.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H98D1BE7CA603406FB9F84DE465F0D1E4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Immediate eligibility for agency-paid short-term and long-term disability-income insurance that replaces not less than 60 percent of the employee’s current salary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H694DD3CF32224D4C9443F32DAB713793"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Not less than 5 weeks of flexible paid time off accrued each year, in lieu of annual and sick leave.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H95008AEEBF46458DBB72848BFE1E0A18"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Such other benefits as the Director may authorize.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8DA0969875CB4E01B3D6E8F3D4D12E18"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Not later than 6 years after the date on which the pilot program under this section is established, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Comptroller General of the United States shall each submit to the Director and to Congress a report on the pilot program that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="H51E9325280AE4EC4941A8FCA8174B906"><enum>(1)</enum><text>evaluations of the pilot program; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBEE526B4542549D885D012B50C52F07F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations on whether to modify, continue, expand, or terminate the pilot program, or to make the program permanent for all Executive agencies.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H80245F2D82A340289480C93473987B1C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Additional report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the pilot program under this section is established, the Director shall contract with the National Academy of Public Administration—</text> <paragraph id="HCE3B8AD06F0A41BB876686A323D82F51"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to conduct a study of the pilot program; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9CABA55034514F3ABFB4E4883A209949"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to submit to the Director, not later than 6 years after the date on which the pilot program is established, a report on the pilot program that includes the elements set forth in subsection (e).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF24534674178488B83739C5FF94A7F30" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the Director to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H8654EAFF429149C48B70B59D80B092A7"><enum>349.</enum><header>Demonstration project flexibility for the Office of Personnel Management</header>
<subsection id="H7402A5085E56475494F770120C4E11D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on demonstration projects</header><text>Section 4703(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>demonstration project shall</quote> and all that follows through <quote>5-year period</quote> and inserting <quote>demonstration period shall terminate before the end of the 10-year period</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF9BC7B68BC584371952BC9B69A833D83"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Evaluation of demonstration projects</header><text>Section 4703 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (h) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H98BD3EF992254AA6B8FB910A43C19ED9"><enum>(h)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H74128E3794914AB1B6D064CFC814DD9F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Comptroller General of the United States and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall, every 5 years, each evaluate any demonstration project conducted under this section for its impact on improving public management, which shall, at a minimum, evaluate the following:</text> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H20A78E466259447F8A54FB81D836D69A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The effectiveness of the demonstration project in achieving the purpose identified in the project plan.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="HB50775874F574383BA1B144D20BAD589"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Significant impacts on any other matters important to attracting and maintaining a highly qualified workforce.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H6A65EF8E5DCF41DFAE905813E47AFC2F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The cost-effectiveness of the demonstration project.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="H159F98BF06BE41E8ABA51A45DFD11C43"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Whether the Director of the Office of Personnel Management should continue, cease, or adjust the demonstration project.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" id="H564A38AFD54D4804BA8A6E092D9ED1A0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Whether the Director of the Office of Personnel Management should make the demonstration project permanent.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="H9715757DEF0B45148DECDE85CDEBB115"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall, every 5 years, contract with the National Academy of Public Administration—</text> <subparagraph id="HA264F9328DCC48C5BF5EAD6DDF1E7C3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to conduct a study to evaluate any demonstration project conducted under this section for its impact on improving public management, including an evaluation of the items contained in paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBF1EB5FF81A4412C9DFE3ACEB9FD75CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to submit to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management a report on the results of each such study.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph indent="up1" id="H1CBB35785C474B709A6412E0FEB0ADED"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Director of the Office of Personnel Management may promulgate regulations to make a demonstration project permanent, without requesting separate statutory approval therefor, if at least 1 of the 2 officers evaluating the demonstration project under paragraph (1) recommends in such evaluation that the demonstration project be expanded Governmentwide. In exercising the authority under this paragraph, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management may consider the reports made under paragraph (2).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H496E44CD3DE64D1A9B5F43A70522654D"><enum>350.</enum><header>Advanced assessment tools for Executive agency hiring</header>
<subsection id="HCD44B7D1C9EB481F953A532A4F070584"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Adoption of skills-Based assessment technology</header><text>The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall support the distribution to, and use by, Executive agencies in their hiring processes of advanced skills-based assessment technology that the Director of the Office of Personnel Management has validated as effective for the recruitment, qualification, and assessment of candidates. The Office of Personnel Management shall not charge an Executive agency for the use of advanced skills-based assessment technology that the Office has developed or procured under this subsection.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H52C5B44FDAE0443E82BED2FABAE83E8D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Office of Personnel Management such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section, including for entering into licensing arrangements, purchasing technology, providing training, and incurring other expenses related to the use and distribution to Executive agencies of the technology described in subsection (a).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HC36512A48F7D49A398BC1BB9F0EACDB7"><enum>351.</enum><header>Competency standards for human resources specialists</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1303(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/1401">5 U.S.C. 1401</external-xref> note) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, and to establish competency standards for human resources employees, including technical knowledge, analytical skills, and collaborative skills</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H24E5E5F852BC4353BC4C0A3D58C35539"><enum>352.</enum><header>Evaluation of improvements to the Federal civil service personnel system</header> <subsection id="H5D006A68945D449398B33F97A5F2D53A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reports required</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2026, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Comptroller General shall each submit to Congress a report evaluating changes to laws, regulations, and policies governing the Federal civil service personnel system that address or reflect recommendations contained in the final report of the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service required under section 555(e)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/328">Public Law 114–328</external-xref>; 130 Stat. 2136) (in this section referred to as the <quote>Commission Report</quote>).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H79D44A7DB9CC4E1AAB9DB87D80917F01"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall contract with the National Academy of Public Administration—</text> <paragraph id="H19C9E6C5F2064A5CA076E0D8B4180E47"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to conduct a study evaluating changes to laws, regulations, and policies governing the Federal civil service personnel system that address or reflect recommendations contained in the Commission Report; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H87A5669655964CAF9243356F266480CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to submit to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, not later than December 31, 2026, a report on such study, which the Director shall submit to Congress.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H003240FE86A349B0AB2BAD0BD400D167"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Each report under subsections (a) and (b) shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H7391375201794F52ABE3F02732DE4A29"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A list of all changes to laws, regulations, and policies governing the Federal civil service personnel system that address or reflect recommendations contained in the Commission Report.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8EC9B4B1BBDF4B8E9C56021DC2E928C3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An evaluation of the changes identified under paragraph (1), including assessments of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCD4BEF77169D4B41BE9AD63292DC31AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the effectiveness of the changes, especially with respect to enabling Executive agencies to attract and retain highly qualified, younger employees and employees with critical skills;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4717AB29A7CE4E68B736F74A79DE8D54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cost of implementing the changes; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H85D364CA08E24DD38DDF9F6B3C52912E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the challenges associated with implementing the changes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF2198FDFC85B41679CD67AA523503F2A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Additional recommendations from the Commission Report that should be undertaken to attract and retain a highly qualified workforce that meets the needs of Executive agencies.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6E451BB09C154C82A5F5E8A63A000B3D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Additional recommendations, as appropriate, to more effectively attract and retain a highly qualified workforce that meets the needs of Executive agencies.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0A922EEDAAC24344B92ACA73D1FAF82B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <term>civil service</term> has the meaning given that term in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HA9BBBAA3493D4FB7B865F3ED073D19C5"><enum>353.</enum><header>Proposals for modern talent-management system</header>
<subsection id="HCE28DA80EB6347EA92F174E05BE63C63"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reports required</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2031, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Comptroller General shall each submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Reform and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report setting forth detailed proposals for a modern talent-management system to replace existing civil service personnel systems.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6D54CA73665A418589FAA228EC78B4E1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall contract with the National Academy of Public Administration—</text>
<paragraph id="H46D10162AD76427CB5D4D5407BC92EAB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to conduct a study of proposals for a modern talent-management system to replace existing civil service personnel systems; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H299F05733FB34BD09CB42F9E3260BE8E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to submit to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, not later than December 31, 2031, a report on such proposals, which the Director shall submit to the committees of Congress referred to in subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H540B9F5F1A474570B0696949100820E2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Each report under subsections (a) and (b) shall include the following:</text> <paragraph id="H4257CD674EBF451DA5CECFAF854C01B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A detailed proposal for a new, comprehensive civil service personnel system designed to replace existing civil service personnel systems in Executive agencies, with particular attention to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBFBB49700CB7459DA97420C6F64BC87E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>classification;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5AECEC4085184F449BFF3CD15E77B268"><enum>(B)</enum><text>hiring;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD89C9749BA6A4594A28FF6F019148810"><enum>(C)</enum><text>compensation;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0D9804EC5B174C86956A1FEB744C9A8C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>evaluation; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5663CE82780D47D899C357BC06CF57F7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>promotion.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7AD57BD8B83C42BD963CE8F2681BD39E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Evidence from previous changes to civil service personnel systems that supports the proposed design of the new civil service personnel system.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C94575265F143378A9456022D396E17"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Considerations of the views of relevant stakeholders to proposed changes to the existing civil service personnel systems.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H750DF1ED60C447BCA63E45B9D2A7D889"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <term>civil service</term> has the meaning given that term in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code. </text></subsection></section>
<section id="H1FD15499E74746389B6B23AC6CF9EBE2"><enum>354.</enum><header>Annual report on blended Federal workforce</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1103(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H989F00EEFFDA471BB8FACD03B7FFCFCE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5D7B627BB5564E118E5E8BE42A24FA84"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(c)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>(c)(1)(A)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFCB289C39125411DAC79D861937866C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HCD34BF890FBF40D0BEC4EAC56724DCD9" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HCA732B7C831041BEB8CC1D7216D3F48A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Office of Personnel Management shall collect from Executive agencies, other than elements of the intelligence community (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3003">50 U.S.C. 3003(4)</external-xref>)), on at least an annual basis the following:</text> <subclause indent="up1" id="H044987466A5647E09A962B3DB2262550"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The total number of persons employed directly by the Executive agency.</text></subclause>
<subclause indent="up1" id="H330DFCB6F3D04CC5BD7FC194E66C9AB0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>The total number of prime contractor employees and subcontractor employees, as those terms are defined in section 8701 of title 41, issued credentials allowing access to Executive agency property or computer systems.</text></subclause> <subclause indent="up1" id="H52BAD6AB9E3E4459BA52F4286BDD652F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>The total number of employees of Federal grant and cooperative agreement recipients, as those legal instruments are described in sections 6304 and 6305 of title 31, United States Code, who are issued credentials allowing access to Executive agency property or computer systems.</text></subclause>
<subclause indent="up1" id="H5E267B636EA84BB8A9FCA86EB2A03B3F"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>A total count of the workforce, including employees, prime contractor employees, subcontractor employees, grantee employees, and cooperative agreement employees.</text></subclause></clause> <clause indent="up1" id="HCE16D7B555894E56BF601EB81EF04DC8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The Office of Personnel Management shall compile the data collected under clause (i) and issue, and post on its website, an annual report containing the data.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H53B5C34E2D6C43D994EDB8AC3B347304"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)(A)</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H9717400B291C444B87498A2390BBBBE0"><enum>355.</enum><header>Sense of Congress on effective and efficient management of the blended Federal workforce</header> <subsection id="H070015FEDE4543829747C0F6D4BEB7A9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HA94C175BEBD243CD9B9B7B0E58B18F23"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The implementation of Federal laws and the competent administration of Federal programs require skilled and capable personnel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H260389FA27FC44C980761A43FAB3946E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Executive agencies depend on a blended workforce that includes Federal employees, employees of prime contractors and subcontractors performing services to Executive agencies, and employees of State or local governments, nonprofit organizations, or institutions of higher education performing services to Executive agencies under the terms of grants and cooperative agreements (in this section referred to as <quote>grantees</quote>), all of whom make essential contributions to achieving the missions of the Government in service to the American people.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H95BCBD4ADF3548CAA241D656A3E265F0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Approximately 2,000,000 Federal employees help to execute the laws of the United States, supplemented by an unknown number, estimated to exceed 5,000,000, of employees of prime contractors, subcontractors, and grantees providing services to Executive agencies.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1AEF42C62CA34C7597F060F687EC70E5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Policymakers, Executive agencies, and observers have often focused on individual components of the blended workforce, such as employees, without considering all components or considering the entire blended workforce and how all 3 components can work most effectively together.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF199C6A8493248ABA22A8664D00832B4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Executive agencies inhibit their own workforce planning and risk making decisions that may reduce the overall efficiency and cost effectiveness of the blended workforce by focusing on only 1 component in isolation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H59791A1DDC744D2B83B927564B0A26A6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Establishing artificial limits on headcounts or full-time equivalent positions for Federal employees, administrators, and managerial employees of Executive agencies may discourage the employment of interns or entry-level employees to build a balanced employment pipeline and may inadvertently encourage managers to shift work to contractors and grantees for the purpose of complying with such numerical limits, even if those decisions are not justified by an approach to improve the efficiency or cost effectiveness of the Executive agency’s work.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H605E0B6E0A364A6189803E779AAF9C88"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The Government Accountability Office has identified strategic human capital management as a high-risk area for the Federal Government, adding that critical skills gaps <quote>impede the government from cost-effectively serving the public and achieving results</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H340AD375E2444B818EB3E16E37AD7EA1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="HDCEE21C270C24ECB8F9FCF289117C358"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Executive agencies should manage the entire Federal blended workforce, including employees, contractors, and grantees, using a comprehensive and holistic approach to advance their missions as effectively and cost efficiently as possible, within appropriated budgets and without using artificial numerical limits on headcounts or full-time-equivalent positions; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFC236D2EA4074067BF7E2193EDB33041" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Executive agencies should conduct a holistic review of their blended workforce and develop a comprehensive plan to ensure an efficient and cost-effective blended workforce. </text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="HCF93F9CFDDF54875ABEB998911DD1CE0"><enum>D</enum><header>Advancement of public service: students, recent graduates, and critical skills</header>
<section id="H75C9D73386474EC990693DAC341E2CC5"><enum>361.</enum><header>Federal Fellowship and Scholarship Center</header>
<subsection id="H03B08114E0DB4C3A9C5314A134CA05F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HB271DA7C1FF44A29AA4DE4BB1E99D527"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Center</header><text>The term <term>Center</term> means the Federal Fellowship and Scholarship Center established under subsection (b).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H43F3E04A6A0C469F9AE19CE3C0A68125"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Civil service</header><text>The term <term>civil service</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB690D2FB18764F23B2B4342D5F7A2088"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Covered agency</header><text>The term <term>covered agency</term> means an Executive agency or military department.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDC6ADFF638784AD192963F98D6DF476A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Critical skills</header><text>The term <term>critical skills</term> means any knowledge, skills, abilities, or education that a sponsoring agency determines is necessary to meet critical workforce requirements.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H444E88D3FF944ECEA2557768E1984B1E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H212445BA96F048BE8F9B7F2E4C265A9B"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Executive Director</header><text>The term <term>Executive Director</term> means the Executive Director of the Center appointed under subsection (c)(1).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H84AE82242B1C449E999F0F4832E15757"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Fellowship</header><text>The term <term>fellowship</term> means a short-term employment opportunity (other than a post-fellowship service requirement), of not more than 2 years in length, that is intended to provide the recipient with work experience with a covered agency that prepares the recipient for permanent employment with a covered agency.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1578C542E1B24213BE6948BE25E1C2DC"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Institution of higher education</header><text>The term <term>institution of higher education</term> has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEE607AAEDDD449EABA6CB90835721D2E"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Intern</header><text>The term <term>intern</term> means a student enrolled in an institution of higher education who is providing voluntary services to a covered agency under section 3111(b) of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H54F4FCB982BD461184578F476604CCEF"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Scholarship</header><text>The term <term>scholarship</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HE75533FA82DC477C94A345161FF3591B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>financial support paid by a covered agency towards the cost to an individual of attendance at an institution of higher education that is authorized to participate in a Federal student aid program under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070">20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.</external-xref>) in a course of study leading to a credential in a critical skill or another program that requires the individual to demonstrate an interest in or agreement to pursue a career in public service; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2E0332E4616240CCAE11FE71E6C96115"><enum>(B)</enum><text>financial support paid by a covered agency towards the cost to an individual of procuring private instruction in a critical skill.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H88289130292948CBAEA79CD8916E7A80"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Sponsoring agency</header><text>The term <term>sponsoring agency</term> means any covered agency, or any administration, service, board, or bureau part thereof, that operates a fellowship or scholarship program.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC5A4942F6B35443B865879CF10E6107B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of Federal Fellowship and Scholarship Center</header><text>The Director shall establish and maintain a Federal Fellowship and Scholarship Center to administer, manage, and promote all fellowship and scholarship programs in order to attract individuals to serve in the Federal Government in a civilian capacity and facilitate the entry of those individuals into the civil service.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4A9F9C871C3F45B192C27D2BF7409EC5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Management of Center</header> <paragraph id="H84832296D4FF4CAA8656B0C9E944C40C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Executive Director</header> <subparagraph id="H85E0DCA4C7D542BE923229DB7AF4AF37"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The Director shall appoint an individual with appropriate expertise to serve as the Executive Director of the Center, which shall be a position in the Senior Executive Service.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H703E6E834DF942B1A7886ECE16CD631E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The Executive Director shall be appointed for a term of 5 years.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H750DA07650104C968BBA3CED0D3B89EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistant to the President for Military, National, and Public Service</header><text>The Director of the Council on Military, National, and Public Service established under section 201 shall provide strategic guidance to, and facilitate interagency cooperation with, the Executive Director.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H857D1C2365E14EA59F3EF96B2CEDB497"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Executive Director shall issue any regulations necessary to implement and manage the Center.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1C0AF7146E00424B8D7151A52C08AF18"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Functions of the Center</header><text>The Center shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HEC4940324872444AB29E10021D311299"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish, maintain, and operate an online platform accessible to the public that contains information regarding every fellowship and scholarship opportunity available, including information on how individuals may apply for the opportunity;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H26C205E4467E4E60AA9A5EB04F987277"><enum>(2)</enum><text>approve, promote, and facilitate fellowship and scholarship programs at the request of a sponsoring agency to meet workforce requirements of the sponsoring agency, especially in critical skill areas;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA06F61D63D2A48ACA91A8162B83ADEF5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>develop a standard application for fellowships and scholarships for use by applicants and sponsoring agencies, which may be supplemented by additional requirements of a sponsoring agency; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H319E061AF1FF43DCAD316392E901A32E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>ensure that an individual who successfully completes a fellowship or scholarship program is able to utilize the noncompetitive eligibility for employment in the competitive service provided under section 370(b).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB83A94FFEC9748EC80A961CD51B04179"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Virtual student Federal service</header>
<paragraph id="H0D495202C8EE49A189AA69F9BF393219"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Executive Director shall establish and operate a Virtual Student Federal Service, an online platform through which Executive agencies may solicit for interns to work approximately 10 hours per week during the academic school year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3A53746F4A494AAFA7042F163A874070"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Intern responsibilities</header><text>An intern appointed by an Executive agency under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H821D627A19194B6DA50EF8BB5D30071F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall communicate with and submit work to the Executive agency electronically; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0D69E604CB3A430ABF8E2BD967FC8E00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not be required to travel.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H197B4B99A77948B9A7A29E3F66031028"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Agency responsibilities</header><text>An Executive agency sponsoring an opportunity through the Virtual Student Federal Service shall provide the Center with relevant information about the intern services needed by the Executive agency.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H03C4640E09724BE0B8B9433A7A0E324E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Responsibilities and authorities of sponsoring agencies</header><text>The head of a sponsoring agency—</text>
<paragraph id="HF9AB6157DED44FA0ABAC27594F194330"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall establish the terms of each fellowship or scholarship program, including eligibility requirements, compensation, and length of service requirements;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8539A423D955456BB4062FD2DCF68970"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall provide the Center with the necessary information on existing fellowship and scholarship programs to enable the Center to fulfill its responsibilities to promote and facilitate those programs through the online platform and application process described in paragraphs (1) and (3), respectively, of subsection (d);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD48E214294284412A2187C1DD9F7DC08"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shall select recipients of fellowships and scholarships in a timely manner from among the applicants identified by the Center;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5ADD2BDAC53A4E698F63E8DD98BF1CAB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>with respect to a scholarship awarded to an individual, may pay the scholarship—</text>
<subparagraph id="H628544098F0548689EBA8F259209860F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>directly to the individual; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4774EC1351334E20A68A675E27C81983"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the institution of higher education in which the individual is enrolled, if applicable; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC68BDB7CA50045A99E197002B5950F7E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>shall comply with requests from the Center for information about the status of the fellowship and scholarship programs of the sponsoring agency.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H70E6A6D4B9C248DFB6C84E02A3035411"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reports to Congress</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Executive Director shall submit to Congress a report on the establishment of the Center, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H9E9BCF1098A64CA6B95596C142FBA790"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the status of the online platform established under subsection (d)(1);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7AEF0F58B3D34B5FBF3F636F56993B20"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the participation of sponsoring agencies;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC84B68B16DD14A519E52ED68B8E22CF6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the number of applicants; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0FFED94424A54C48B6B4081D38E8DC5D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any additional information the Director requires.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H04031A76609F401FBEFF9203300620C6"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H928A501BF99D4E2EA202354CDD207918"><enum>362.</enum><header>Public Service Corps</header> <subsection id="HDB974E8CCC1141A888E54F4BF9D07F62"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HF49C9F4E83C141D0A0D784128D0FF5A2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Terms defined in section 361</header><text>The terms <term>civil service</term>, <term>Center</term>, <term>covered agency</term>, <term>Director</term>, and <term>Executive Director</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 361.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA5E0B98561924B19BD5FF98AD06D7D87"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other terms</header> <subparagraph id="H21E2E9D0D0314665B8E59929B03E3713"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Institution of higher education</header><text>The term <term>institution of higher education</term> has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1E4956BEE1BE48CFBAF906D73F17C2CF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public Service Corps host; PSC host</header><text>The term <term>Public Service Corps host</term> or <term>PSC host</term> means an institution of higher education that has been selected by the Center to host Public Service Corps members.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H45D7E95D9F9F4685840AFB58A8082303"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Public Service Corps host program; PSC host program</header><text>The term <term>Public Service Corps host program</term> or <term>PSC host program</term> means a program operated by a PSC host under this section. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H89B8CE4322E84265B3FC6798DDC793AD"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Public Service Corps member; PSC member</header><text>The term <term>Public Service Corps member</term> or <term>PSC member</term> means a student at a Public Service Corps host who is awarded a Public Service Corps scholarship.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD703B20388294FB785C4556ADC66F271"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Public Service Corps scholarship</header><text>The term <term>Public Service Corps scholarship</term> means a scholarship provided to an individual in exchange for a commitment from the individual to serve in the civil service upon—</text>
<clause id="HF10EDC621D8C4D48A9FCE19704404251"><enum>(i)</enum><text>completion of requirements established by the sponsoring agency; and</text></clause> <clause id="H71AEEF394DA74CB9B3160466462BDEDA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>graduation from the PSC host.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBDD2DBA17F684334809E92BBB4DCD7CF"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Sponsoring agency</header><text>The term <term>sponsoring agency</term> means a covered agency that funds a Public Service Corps scholarship for an individual.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8ECFB09CE90D4070AB4A358B02AA164D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Director shall establish within the Center a Public Service Corps Program.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H8539456360B64A6D83A9D78A7F0B800C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection of Public Service Corps hosts</header>
<paragraph id="HE892397E88064588B834192439CDA1AB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>The Executive Director shall select a PSC host through a competitive process using criteria established by the Executive Director, which shall include a demonstrated commitment by the institution of higher education concerned to foster public service careers.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC1CA21B112244C58ABEBB12DEB76B8CE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standards; consistency</header><text>The Executive Director shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2B7B2E98727D44FD842E4FD94DC1463E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop standards for PSC hosts; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8BCCB6A85BE54A3F8706077D4D429F4A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure consistency among PSC host programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF54DAFC409DE4913BA0DE0B471114486"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application requirements for PSC hosts</header><text>An institution of higher education that desires to become a PSC host shall apply to the Center at such time and in such manner as required under the regulations issued under subsection (i).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H38141820BCC04D9E971128105FFDC347"><enum>(4)</enum><header>PSC interaction with other training programs</header><text>A PSC host that also supports a Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program under section 2102 of title 10, United States Code, or a Defense Civilian Training Corps established under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/113">chapter 113</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H15DBF05A3AF14BAAB36B5FF40F943992"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish joint leadership training opportunities;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5F7419EC24B54D75ADEBE7D4DAFC1C0C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>offer joint courses; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB581F3418383499FA4809857D89FEBD3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>permit PSC members, members of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program, and members of the Defense Civilian Training Corps program to enroll in coursework from either of the other 2 programs, on a space-available basis.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6AB6F8CC22FA4DD6860F346B43CE43C8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Integration of State, local, and Tribal government service programs</header><text>A PSC host shall consider the establishment of public service scholarship programs with State, local, and Tribal governments that are similar to the PSC host program, with the goal of integrating PSC members and State, local, and Tribal scholarship students in PSC programs on campus.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC8DAF74122BA4C0780B9353832CB6A35"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Selection of Public Service Corps members</header>
<paragraph id="H0BFB1D3F39E14C9D8132F2347DDCD5B1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header><text>A student interested in a PSC scholarship shall submit an application to the sponsoring agency at such time and in such manner as the Executive Director may require.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4F69338B130E49888DAF688139023516"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>A sponsoring agency shall select each student to whom the sponsoring agency will offer a PSC scholarship.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8A9A7570EC3F49969D1FE5F2246F4E24"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>An applicant may receive a PSC scholarship only if the applicant is enrolled in or admitted to a PSC host.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H798527B675224820978B38486762EECD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Scholarships</header> <subparagraph id="HA1B5AE805F8A4DDD86E17CA8643955CA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>A sponsoring agency may offer a scholarship with a duration of 2 years, 3 years, or 4 years to a PSC member.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDF0993A4B8EA4CE8A9C74EC9758B7587"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Socioeconomic diversity</header><text>To ensure socioeconomic diversity, a sponsoring agency shall reserve a portion of the scholarships offered by the agency for students who meet the eligibility requirements for a Federal Pell Grant under section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C. 1070a</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1F33BB48698E4ED8955E8B8FB8F60619"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Requirements for Public Service Corps members</header> <paragraph id="HCD1B65CDB086415AB8DB2D460170F448"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contract</header><text>A sponsoring agency shall enter into a contract with a PSC member in accordance with paragraph (2).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H45BB468BFA1448D69349BFEB82820BE9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>A contract entered into under paragraph (1) shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="H94AFDB98AFFF4125ABBDAB3DAAD57B4B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a requirement that the PSC member be enrolled full-time as a student at a PSC host;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE9868246BFF14A5BAD6370C930BA474E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any conditions imposed by the sponsoring agency on the scholarship, including—</text> <clause id="HB78FF6F6D6074C7B968094172741097B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>whether the PSC member must complete a specific academic program, major, certificate, or coursework relevant to the needs of the sponsoring agency; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H19AA4C91E49C4C90826000A2ADDA3C93"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the consequences if the PSC member does not comply with the terms and conditions of the scholarship;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA6DD18D1BFC44865A94C45ED71AB32D2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any obligations imposed by the sponsoring agency on the PSC member to participate in structured academic and experiential leadership training, a community service project, or an internship with a Federal, State, local, or Tribal entity;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H79D19676A3384DC4A9A2107584BD08E2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a requirement that the PSC member serve in the civil service for a 4-year period upon—</text> <clause id="H01BDF31AA1E240C59789084AD4D19CC1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>completion of requirements established by the sponsoring agency; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H058187EC1FC646DB92C452538DBF6773"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>graduation from the PSC host; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3A803745EC274439AD3ECB075F7E9ABA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any other terms or conditions as determined by the sponsoring agency.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HAB152095A7A14BB1884F60E8F6ACE176"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Responsibilities and authorities of sponsoring agencies</header>
<paragraph id="HEEA653AE5AB1491F97AB07375E9BC747"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Selection of scholarship recipients</header><text>A sponsoring agency shall interview and select scholarship recipients in accordance with procedures established by the Executive Director.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF049C5CF0406484B81314D1CC7314FCA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount of scholarship</header> <subparagraph id="HAF070DB6BEF64D66A32D812251823727"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Minimum</header><text>The annual amount of a scholarship offered by a sponsoring agency may not be less than the maximum amount of a Federal Pell Grant under section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C. 1070a</external-xref>) that a student eligible for a Federal Pell Grant may receive in the aggregate (without regard to whether the funds are provided through discretionary or mandatory appropriations), for the award year for which the PSC scholarship is offered.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE4FD4ADFAAC04F5BB201D5B1919F6FE4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Relation to eligibility for other Federal student assistance</header><text>The eligibility of an individual for Federal student assistance provided under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070">20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.</external-xref>) shall not be affected by receipt of a PSC scholarship.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA3B8FE9FB65C49548A86389F978FD92A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Other benefits</header><text>Other benefits that may be accrued, such as pay for internships or travel allowances, shall not count toward the minimum amount of the scholarship required under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7D12C925D1D049F4ACCF1703F2E7D7DF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coordination of internship opportunities</header><text>A sponsoring agency shall coordinate internship opportunities for a PSC member during the term of the scholarship of the PSC member.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9127EC038A55411F84CB0BEC42F3F401"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Security clearances</header><text>A sponsoring agency shall coordinate, sponsor, and manage the process for a PSC member to obtain any necessary security clearances.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5C4747A7CD8B4D4FA22724E64A5C0D10"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Public service employment</header>
<paragraph id="H71DBE7EF39804A9BABB1925CE592CF9E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Noncompetitive appointments for internships</header><text>An covered agency may noncompetitively appoint, for temporary employment, a PSC member for the purpose of completing an internship.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2AA63BFAD4D142F5A9779017F86C692E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other noncompetitive appointments</header><text>A sponsoring agency may noncompetitively appoint to the competitive service, for other than temporary employment, a PSC member who has—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC70B214969764FA0BC37D7CAA048E2B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>satisfactorily completed the requirements of the PSC scholarship; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H06EEECE223BB4B49B3B3D8405FD13B99"><enum>(B)</enum><text>graduated from the PSC host.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H09B4EBD57004408C86B7075406DBE4DD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Service commitment</header>
<subparagraph id="HE3C2769261E946618D3D24D436C334A2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If a sponsoring agency makes an offer of employment to a PSC member sponsored by the sponsoring agency after the PSC member satisfactorily completes the requirements of a PSC scholarship and graduates from a PSC host, the PSC member shall accept the offer.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H72BE918BC89A47A5BB2C195CA849DD8E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>No offer by sponsoring agency</header><text>If a sponsoring agency does not make an offer of employment to a PSC member described in subparagraph (A), the PSC member—</text>
<clause id="H9B5DC7BFCE8545349CC331F12015BD93"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall be eligible for noncompetitive appointment to the competitive service by a covered agency during the 3-year period beginning on the date on which the PSC member graduated from the PSC host; and</text></clause> <clause id="H44F011145B1045A2899C597068BA9B95"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may fulfill the service commitment of the PSC member described in subsection (e)(2)(D) through employment with any covered agency.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2C84BA5FF6CA42ED94AC55B77B8D0C55"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Failure To complete scholarship requirements</header>
<paragraph id="HB8E73A3811964C9D87AE60B7CC8B1108"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Liability for restitution in case of noncompletion or declination of employment</header><text>A PSC member who does not complete the required course of instruction, fails to graduate in accordance with the terms of the Public Service Corps scholarship, or fails to complete the 4-year service commitment described in subsection (e)(2)(D) shall, subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, repay the amount of the scholarship to the sponsoring agency.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9D3DD90694474EAE805E7107E6666825"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver of liability</header><text>The Executive Director may, in extraordinary circumstances, waive some or all of the liability for the 4-year service commitment under subsection (d)(4)(B) or the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H387B22EA7BBA4068B54CFE45CAE86990"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Director and the Executive Director shall jointly issue any regulations necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5935D7ACEDA1466BB766A36C6B20F698"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HE194BFB585C1419E9B00CA3ED7FD7974" commented="no"><enum>363.</enum><header>Public service academy grants</header>
<subsection id="H3793A817350F41B28B4C07224D3DB87F" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H7162EEF76DDD4B6882FD78C6AE7B4E0B" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Enrollment of needy students</header><text>The term <term>enrollment of needy students</term> has the meaning given the term in section 312(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1058">20 U.S.C. 1058(d)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2F05409341394E21A17BF0C6C732E0EE" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Institution of higher education</header><text>The term <term>institution of higher education</term> has the meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7B28FF5B6EDE4D51A2DA66CB22369ABD" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Public service</header><text>The term <term>public service</term> means civilian employment in the Federal Government or a State, local, or Tribal government in the United States.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H79DC981B809844A480956380D40C6202" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Public service academy</header><text>The term <term>public service academy</term> means a leadership development program at an institution of higher education that is designed to prepare students for public service through curricular, extracurricular, experiential learning, and internship programs.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF1247CCFE3354434864EE2AA622490E8" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Public service academy cost</header><text>The term <term>public service academy cost</term> means the cost of developing and administering a public service academy at an institution of higher education.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6DF2C0ECB523407FA6612868A1F434AC" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Education.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0A65E70CE88F4DF884605CEBC71720B3" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program authorized</header><text>The Secretary shall establish and administer a program to issue grants to not more than 50 institutions of higher education, on a competitive basis, to support the development of public service academies—</text>
<paragraph id="H121FA8878AF64688AEEED92D56AF7B3C" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to attract postsecondary students to careers in public service;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAFF6A2D2F16E434B84C947CCC07237A4" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to promote public service as a career path for younger Americans;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDEE22EFECEAA4149BC429B3A010EA107" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to prepare future generations with skills needed in all levels of public service; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H57871F53E55E4174930113C791F14511" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to support the Federal Government and State, local, and Tribal governments in their efforts to attract exceptional talent from the Nation’s recent graduates.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HACFA8BD8CD334FA5B6F4AB38D9617A2E" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grant application</header><text>An institution of higher education seeking a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. Such application shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H13EAB7BACABC40588A5F4449E0630F6E" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a plan for the development of a public service academy, including an account of existing curricular, extracurricular, experiential learning, and internship programs at the institution of higher education that would be included in the public service academy, as well as new curricular, extracurricular, experiential learning, and internship programs that would be established with grant funds;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H990EF834B56A42E3B6181D0B560F1B93" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assessment of anticipated costs for the public service academy in each of the first 4 years of operation, including the potential sources of non-Federal funds to be used for the public service academy; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD76B276A564D42D98523A8B3C6F69C6E" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>information regarding the enrollment of needy students at the institution of higher education.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3D73F0B4521847459D87710285AC722F" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Selection by competitive process</header>
<paragraph id="H91687D7ADEBA4C67906585B4733D25BD" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall issue grants under this section pursuant to a competitive process and shall establish rules for evaluating applicants and awarding grants under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1CA97910A91F437AB71F0D424AA868FA" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reservation of funds for certain institutions</header><text>Of the funds made available for grants under this section, the Secretary shall reserve not less than 50 percent for grants to institutions of higher education that have enrollments of needy students.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9A85C68CAFA5439D960D7955E2B22416" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Equitable geographic distribution of grants</header><text>To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure an equitable geographic distribution of grants awarded under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H53BD95E9510C4275A4D4E87E929998C6" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Duration and amount of federal grants</header> <paragraph id="H2D574C2374C545A486E8E136A8F4640F" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>A grant under this section shall be awarded for a period of not more than 4 years.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H87D89461E90946C78E598E3CFAA0A280" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certain costs excluded</header><text>A grant under this section shall not include funds for the cost of any curricular, extracurricular, experiential learning, and internship programs maintained or sponsored by the institution of higher education at the time an application for a grant under this section is made.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED106940B82540E8AC7166C44156AD3D" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amount of grant</header><text>The amount of the grant may not exceed—</text>
<subparagraph id="H90D3F7B3E1514A2E812690D01723D6A7" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>75 percent of the public service academy cost in the first year; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H233651AA44AF42028059DC95DB17028B" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>50 percent of the public service academy cost in each of the second, third, and fourth years.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC2F451BF551648AB8839FE51D80C7529" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Permissible uses</header><text>An institution of higher education receiving a grant under this section may use funds from the grant—</text> <paragraph id="H122BFC20A2B947F9A0C31BA616FF0B8F" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to develop, expand, and modify curricula to prepare students for careers in public service, including experiential learning components of curricula;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9C9C2526B59E444E816D89FE59B10943" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to create and administer classroom activities, thesis projects, individual or team projects, internships, degree or certificate programs, or community service activities related to promoting public service and preparing students for careers in public service;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6550A26A246B423080DAD1E02291C436" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to collaborate with government entities, nonprofit organizations, or consortia of such entities and organizations to provide students with public service-related work experiences and introduce students to potential careers upon their graduation;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H72603BE6A46D4AAB96EAE5BB2D0DF60F" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to provide scholarships for students who participate in the public service academy; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEADCF953CBE74246BEB19EE99AA5DB2B" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to evaluate the effectiveness of the public service academy as it relates to leading participants into careers with local, State, or Federal Government agencies.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H830AED308F5447278B24190BB17A3C52" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Annual grantee report</header><text>A recipient of a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary on an annual basis a comprehensive report on the public service academy supported by the grant and the use of the grant funds to support the academy. The Secretary shall provide guidance on what information shall be included in the report.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB5C11DE85E4A41CDBF2B0797AA3B9F24" commented="no"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Congressional reports</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HEB7204F7092E4D9E8597415566089AE3" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 12 months thereafter, submit to Congress a report on the results or outcomes of all public service academies provided grants under this section and the potential need for additional funding for such academies; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD1FB73D8FF741D4B8F9D0C25412DDF9" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the fourth annual report submitted under paragraph (1), include a recommendation to Congress about whether the grant program under this section should receive continued funding.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9E839098468544DD893748EABFC76648" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H1E83BB6E0C984DD4BADC50E294655CB1"><enum>364.</enum><header>Public service cadet program at military service academies</header> <subsection id="H0EFEE808A25E4853A16E7A3B17D10967"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Plan for public service cadet program</header><text>The Superintendent of each military service academy, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall develop a plan to create a program for the instruction of and preparation for public service of certain cadets at such service academy, in accordance with subsection (b).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HF4A0DB416A7E41F983FC86D76BBE57CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements of plan</header><text>The plan described in subsection (a) shall—</text> <paragraph id="H0578C9559AA447CD81212AE0644E2DB3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for the appointment of cadets to a public service cadet program representing at least 5 percent of the total incoming class at each academy, with no corresponding decline in enrollment of military cadets or midshipmen;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H46B6F116BE8D4701A6DC462367CF9319"><enum>(2)</enum><text>require that each graduate of the public service cadet program accept an appointment to the Federal civil service and commit to serve in the Federal civil service for a period of 5 years after such appointment;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2C68E1FC4954B66A60DFB11B8938C19"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide a process for any graduate who does not serve in a position in the Federal civil service or who resigns from a position in the Federal civil service before the expiration of the 5-year service commitment to pay back the cost of the graduate’s education at the military service academy, consistent with requirements of military cadets or midshipmen, along with a process for the Superintendent to issue a waiver to all or part of such requirement;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H79A782E5519F4538A19CD0D0CD062609"><enum>(4)</enum><text>specify the training, curricular, and other requirements for public service cadets;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBF3DF64CAF3548E296C92C7B4AE108EB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>address the applicability of the Uniform Code of Military Justice or alternative disciplinary procedures to public service cadets; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H973A16C995204F83AD17E42D8DDB7636"><enum>(6)</enum><text>provide a detailed plan for implementing the public service cadet program, including the amount of time needed to implement the plan.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H37DC2777F90E4FD79CDBA42CC7D00C2E" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Submittal to Congress</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Superintendent of each military service academy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives the plan developed by such Superintendent under this section.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H4D239FA557DC4C2A83519036E926EC14"><enum>365.</enum><header>Compensation for Federal interns</header>
<subsection id="H5D16F9EC303141888C958AF2F2682E24"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal agency interns</header><text>Section 3111 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HAEEF74333FF2481F894D3C52347BB3E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by inserting before the semicolon the following: <quote>, but only insofar as the institution provides academic credit to the student for the voluntary service</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1788D7D634FA4F269DC926ED145A2B25"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58AA253959694553AC4DB6815FBE63AE"> <subsection id="HE1CCFDC2A79D4310B5BEE3DC432F0F9C"><enum>(f)</enum><text>An agency may provide reimbursement for transportation and subsistence expenses for any student who provides voluntary service under subsection (b), pursuant to regulations issued by the Office of Personnel Management.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5A10F200994149A9860FE145C04F9DD1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Legislative branch interns</header><text>Part 3 of title IV of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/4101">2 U.S.C. 4101</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58D321266ED148FC811B7AF1CDE706AF"> <section id="HAEE8D1BF9F47451781448BD9CBE0524D"><enum>432.</enum><header>Interns in the legislative branch</header> <subsection id="HE030B5E928BC45D3B25D1A95AC19B374"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H54D8CF7A074D41CEAC025C22063AE6DF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Intern</header><text>The term <term>intern</term> means, with respect to a legislative branch office, an individual who serves in the legislative branch office for not more than 120 days in a 12-month period and whose service is primarily for the educational experience of the individual.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB99FA621C19F42358FF1BD0DCBBA726B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Legislative branch office</header><text>The term <term>legislative branch office</term> means each of the following: </text>
<subparagraph id="HE92363AA35714D9E86F73123107CEA58"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An employing office, as defined in section 101 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1301">2 U.S.C. 1301</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2BD83A01ECE943668562F5326E3AD7D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Government Accountability Office.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF1F25556907346E9B138642989992381"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Government Publishing Office.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H64166362577248F09F649B1C7DEFBA5D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The head of each legislative branch office shall pay an intern who serves in the legislative branch office not less than the minimum wage rate established under section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/206">29 U.S.C. 206</external-xref>), unless—</text>
<paragraph id="HE573C31592E24ABE810072C2FA82B99F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the intern is a student who is participating in a program established by the institution at which the intern is enrolled; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H98ED307F0CE249408154BBBA946F8224"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the institution provides academic credit to the student for the voluntary service of the intern.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H282A1D485F654C698CCECA941BF42A02"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Benefit exclusion</header><text>Interns compensated under this subsection shall be excluded from the operation of the following provisions of title 5, United States Code:</text> <subparagraph id="H3C2737A16FD54D21ACEC29F3D18B62C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Chapter 84 (relating to the Federal Employees Retirement System).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9EA0FD4AA6E745F38351859CD911E532"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Chapter 87 (relating to life insurance).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD1649DE3D5544CF9964E18D92C3CD7D3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Chapter 89 (relating to health insurance).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA0EC30F1B2DF4E50B5150317A96AAABA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Senate allowance</header><text>There is established for the Senate an allowance which shall be available for the compensation of interns who serve in the offices of Senators during a calendar year.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H35DCE229D6F04DBBB2EE7935E7236830"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federal judiciary interns</header> <paragraph id="H8F889F51C781458A831FBC4FED07C241"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall issue regulations to provide for the compensation of all interns serving in the judicial branch.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA577E64906204DCD9A191E2079875C72"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Intern defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>intern</term> means an individual—</text> <subparagraph id="H2ECE0CAA94B24387A2C1F051AF77E78B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>who serves in a court of the United States or the Administrative Office of the United States Courts for not more than 120 days during a 12-month period; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H87CDA28B428E4C8590F825ADAA773262"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whose service is primarily for the educational experience of the individual.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6FD80F4D97F04D23A7A7E518D1367BC5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section and the amendments made by this section.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HBCDDD9D50F9349A2B9678154D3B4623B"><enum>366.</enum><header>Establishment of Pathways Program</header>
<subsection id="H55D621EB0AD54F1DB4835658A47EF03C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H91F567B48B4C4832903FC7AF252794A9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agency</header><text>The term <term>agency</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8224645DFC1A4C93B89735755160FBDB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5D11FA86952F4EE4900940FB3E0D3A1D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Government Publishing Office.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAC5A6DD70A444698B3A877C2396D7514"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Civil service</header><text>The term <term>civil service</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D70351FC81840B39BCD8B96429C9C9A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Competitive service</header><text>The term <term>competitive service</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2102 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC64DF0F9B8214589ACE5006DE7734091"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Office.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC6BCCF23E454AC6840FC194DA0C31A9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Excepted service</header><text>The term <term>excepted service</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2103 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D7BD138982441909F4DE818551EA913"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Office</header><text>The term <term>Office</term> means the Office of Personnel Management.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6E54F5FA3FE747A0A55E035A72FEE11B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header> <paragraph id="H538C7B37BBB34C57BE7E15DBE47DF306"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director shall establish the Pathways Program.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H723CF18765034F58A27E28D0BAC63EAA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the Pathways Program is to promote employment opportunities in the Federal workforce for students and recent graduates by excepting participants in the Program from competitive service hiring requirements for certain positions in the civil service.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6C3EE50DEF6F4B2D8D4A41AD4A904A4E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Sub-programs</header><text>The Pathways Program shall consist of an Internship Program and a Recent Graduates Program.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7159D04064EA40DB9B0383067B3622E8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Director shall issue regulations for the Pathways Program, which shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H4C5927135E734742A3916CD3AD8E67EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of the positions that agencies may fill through the Pathways Program because conditions of good administration necessitate excepting those positions from the competitive hiring rules;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA76FE836F08E4F99BF679839523FA376"><enum>(2)</enum><text>rules governing whether, to what extent, and in what manner agencies must provide public notice of job opportunities in the Pathways Program;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0C537A9BD92045F7822A4C18AF3FF4C9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of opportunities for career development, training, and mentorship for participants in the Pathways Program;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H74F167B928EA45FDA1F58255E60E640B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>requirements that managers assess the performance of participants in the Pathways Program to identify the individuals who should be considered for conversion to career civil service positions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H541EB94ED9CC4FA28DD38F05CADB1D98"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a description of oversight by the Office of the use of the Pathways Program by agencies to ensure that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAA371ED414B14698827A692A05FA5D83"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Pathways Program serves as a supplement to, and not a substitute for, the competitive hiring process; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3699279D05AA4F6CA452FF0F4C6042AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>agencies are using the Pathways Program in order to develop talent for careers in the civil service;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1A2DB745B433466D9BB9EE501D4F274B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a description of plans by the Office to evaluate—</text> <subparagraph id="H766683C664BF4C1EB074C8A465B2EE9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the effectiveness of agencies in recruiting and retaining talent using the Pathways Program; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H275971B6BBC64A959972308BA4ED5428"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the satisfaction of the students and graduates participating in the Pathways Program; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7678FF26EEF143EABD53E011AB866773"><enum>(7)</enum><text>standard naming conventions across agencies, so that students and recent graduates can clearly understand and compare the available career pathway opportunities in the Federal Government.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H76F9DBA88DA746C39350584F37ADEEB4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Internship Program</header>
<paragraph id="H3305C7A297734D4D97EB00CD2C56DC2E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Internship Program shall provide a student in high school, a community college, a 4-year institution of higher education, a trade school, a career or technical education program, or another qualifying educational institution or program, as determined by the Director, with paid opportunities to work in agencies and explore Federal careers while still in school.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF1AA1BA735B44713851613D4C3129F68"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Principles and policies</header><text>The following principles and policies shall govern the Internship Program:</text>
<subparagraph id="HEEA0AD8585FF4B9CBB6665288F32EBA4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A participant in the Internship Program shall be a student enrolled, or accepted for enrollment, in a qualifying educational institutions or program, as determined by the Director.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8F7EC6F0445E44C1A266A817C6E7B543"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Subject to such exceptions as may be provided by regulation, an agency shall provide an intern with meaningful developmental work and set clear expectations regarding the work experience of the intern.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H60B6855B40A4477C983213C418B0117F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A student employed by a third-party internship provider but placed in an agency may, to the extent permitted by regulation, be treated as a participant in the Internship Program.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HED7FDB44605544449A813545E20A0D35"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An agency shall participate in the Internship Program for the primary purpose of developing and evaluating entry-level talent for future permanent employment with the Federal Government.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H61A07AE09E7F447789F91663284A1457"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Recent Graduates Program</header>
<paragraph id="HF5C0010E500C43A3B8B0EB1A60C1FAF4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Recent Graduates Program shall provide an individual who has recently graduated from a qualifying educational institution or program with developmental experiences in the Federal Government intended to promote a possible career in the civil service.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H973570A335A6494A9644EF5A3353353F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Principles and policies</header><text>The following principles and policies shall govern the Recent Graduates Program:</text>
<subparagraph id="H5AF80AB44EC9492784AAFC2EBDFB02B1"><enum>(A)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6BA49313312A44B9A24325E4A5C29593"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), a participant in the Recent Graduates Program shall have obtained a qualifying degree, or completed a qualifying career or technical education program, as determined by the Director, during the 3-year period preceding application to the Recent Graduates Program.</text></clause> <clause id="HF4C210C715604960BB0FBAEDE9F4F217" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>In the case of a veteran who, due to the military service obligation of the veteran, would be precluded from participating in the Recent Graduates Program because the veteran is unable to apply during the 3-year period required under clause (i), that clause shall be applied by substituting <quote>6-year period</quote> for <quote>3-year period</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA461CFCFFACB4D2485EB846FE9598AF2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Responsibilities assigned to a recent graduate shall be consistent with—</text> <clause id="H82DAE18B689544CFB3D65182986B3F79"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the qualifications, educational background, and career interests of the graduate;</text></clause>
<clause id="H6D3FD8C79CEC4FCFB162216FCB45B8B2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the purpose of the Recent Graduates Program; and</text></clause> <clause id="HBDE340EBFFE543F9AF880BC364176332"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the needs of agencies.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8F6BEEB289E848B1993AF267DFCF4EBF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Appointment and conversion</header><text>The following requirements shall apply to an appointment in the Pathways Program:</text> <paragraph id="H5F2A7A9CE341452897D89FFEE5FC60B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An appointment to the Pathways Program shall be under the excepted service.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H15F10CE838BC4A2E96C67B21C5C35A4D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An appointment to the Recent Graduates Program may not exceed 2 years, unless extended by the employing agency for a period of not more than 120 days.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAB56A888757043ACA39B733504161751"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An appointment to the Pathways Program shall not confer any right to further Federal employment in the competitive service or the excepted service upon the expiration of the appointment, except that an agency—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7C529CC23B6746BFA3F5F46713861B11"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may convert a participant noncompetitively to a term, career, or career-conditional appointment after the participant satisfies requirements to be established by the Director; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6857F9454A2A4950AF174A6B9C493B28"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may noncompetitively convert a participant who was initially converted to a term appointment under this section to a career or career-conditional appointment before the term appointment expires.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H36AA8E0DC22F402F8647B80E78621CBD"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definition of Federal internship program</header><text>Section 3111a(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE6A788387C884A17B51C9D7260EC5DE8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), respectively; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFC434B0D43D9412FA18F8804AE01C168"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1002B8B1DA2A425081AE8E25ACA8AFCD"> <subparagraph id="HFBD1374BCB1744C39207E74232FB7147"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Internship Program established under section 366(d) of the <short-title>Inspire to Serve Act of 2021</short-title>;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HD40AC1C9315C421FAF85373C351B431B"><enum>367.</enum><header>Enhanced hiring for recent college graduates and post-secondary students</header>
<subsection id="HBA8DE8FD7C204353AD26F21D36520E4A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Recent graduate hiring authority</header><text>Section 3115(e) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA75EFCEF64104DCEAD3DCAFAA18FA1CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking all that follows <quote>exceed</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6A7FE422F41F4F45B0543912001A2E6E"><text>the greater of—</text> <subparagraph id="HBB40B4C968754B59812D66055018BA69"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number equal to 15 percent of the number of individuals that the agency head appointed during the previous fiscal year to permanent employment; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H07F5C2DB6DD34C9C9EAD6645746C7346"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number equal to 1 percent of the average number of permanent employees in the agency during the previous fiscal year.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H57817E2F98734F1DAD104D5E1A008429"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19DD28BD01164D70B20E3F4914C64D85">
<paragraph id="HA6FA2022D8E746DAAE1D4DA0A302E096"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Temporary cap increase</header>
<subparagraph id="H9E3E4F9FF90542FE9A37D36A7683EC40"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Under a regulation prescribed under subsection (f), the Director shall increase the limit on the number of individuals that may be appointed by the head of an agency under paragraph (1) of this subsection during a fiscal year as necessary to meet the target under section 368 of the <short-title>Inspire to Serve Act of 2021</short-title> (relating to aggregate number of hires of recent college graduates and post-secondary students).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H70F1F656074A4615AB217FDE75102058"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>The increased limit under subparagraph (A) shall terminate not later than September 30, 2031.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2C2F503551214ED3A6EB013D0C743141"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Post-Secondary student hiring authority</header><text>Section 3116 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF8E102CE7B7642BE840D10C1BFDF7AF6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H577BC1CC4D18416D8190A5C82AB4A667"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking all that follows <quote>exceed</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFFF81B17D3B54518A0880E8C044E9402"><text>the greater of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1070AC34B20C467F9A8A2C9FAE2AC011"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number equal to 15 percent of the number of individuals that the agency head appointed during the previous fiscal year to permanent employment; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2F70B9D6634249E2861310EC3FB13541"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number equal to 1 percent of the average number of permanent employees in the agency during the previous fiscal year.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H99F2B04620F248AAA0FC3E00453AE3CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB895E61937B45B7A7F3DD31FB6DA648"> <paragraph id="HBBA9BDCC798343969C9D46413B3980FE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Temporary cap increase</header> <subparagraph id="HEA3E98DBF82447A0BEBB287D9F9B7AB9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Under a regulation prescribed under subsection (g), the Director shall increase the limit on the number of individuals that may be appointed by a head of an agency under paragraph (1) of this subsection during a fiscal year as necessary to meet the target under section 368 of the <short-title>Inspire to Serve Act of 2021</short-title> (relating to aggregate number of hires of recent college graduates and post-secondary students).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H29492BEA4FB1449CA34FB025E91D28B5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>The increased limit under subparagraph (A) shall terminate not later than September 30, 2031.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE38486D7A7974CAC8287217F0CCE7656"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(2), by striking <quote>640</quote> and inserting <quote>400</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H62B1D6C2ECEB46ABAA3D3F7407A532AE"><enum>368.</enum><header>Aggregate number of hires of recent college graduates and post-secondary students</header>
<subsection id="H3E4BC6C42EAC44B59E7F2753B704CCE2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Targets</header><text>The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall ensure that the aggregate number of applicants hired into term or permanent, competitive service positions in Federal agencies under section 366 of this Act (relating to the Pathways Program), section 1106 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (10 U.S.C. note prec. 1580; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/238">Public Law 114–238</external-xref>), and sections 3115 and 3116 of title 5, United States Code (as amended by section 367 of this Act)—</text> <paragraph id="H3CE2B0E429E144969078511BE7FA342F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by September 30, 2026, is not less than 30,000; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H44C05E8FF2844FE192D75867E8CE7C34"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by September 30, 2031, is not less than 50,000.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9A71AD97B0C34D8CBF299DB30D0D91A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pro rata share determination</header><text>The Director shall determine the pro rata share, for each fiscal year, of the obligation of each Federal agency to meet the targets under subsection (a), based on the number of competitive service positions at the agency as compared with the total number of competitive service positions across all agencies.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H0D49D08D7EC74806AA4E246C4F7BF70B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Shortfall determination</header><text>Each fiscal year, the Director shall determine the progress of each Federal agency in achieving the targets under subsection (a) by subtracting the number of applicants hired into term or permanent, competitive service positions at the agency during the preceding fiscal year under the provisions of law set forth in subsection (a) from the pro rata share of the agency determined under subsection (b).</text></subsection></section> <section id="HA33522B3968247D5B117C49F5DDD312F"><enum>369.</enum><header>Demonstration project to hire recent college graduates and post-secondary students with critical skills</header> <subsection id="HDF9AC21B21014B7CB5DAADB5F7B9904E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HFE2D6F6D111140CBB6EAFD0EF6C8D32D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H86D35E38C381406699433A266798280A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Internship program</header><text>The term <term>internship program</term> has the meaning given the term in section 3111a(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by section 366(g) of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H39D87BCD420B4758A578635F5D861255"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Demonstration project</header>
<paragraph id="HB8B5CFB275264D68AF41F295CCAC4FBC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The Director shall, pursuant to section 4703 of title 5, United States Code, carry out a demonstration project described in paragraph (2) of this subsection for the purpose of—</text> <subparagraph id="HE66DB5F7C3C3484294025966B9D73084"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assessing the sufficiency of hiring authorities to meet the hiring needs of Executive agencies in positions that require critical skills; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H75A213543D994C449C5B6D1B024BFEA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>determining whether changes are needed in methods of establishing qualification requirements for, recruitment for, and appointment to, positions described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2053F794421546E68260A8F9637DE4A6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project described</header><text>Under the demonstration project under paragraph (1), an Executive agency shall appoint—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF7BFFE73695940E19C12E158F4259912"><enum>(A)</enum><text>students to internship programs for the purpose of acquiring critical skills that address the needs of the Executive agency; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H69CC1961FFA9454DACCC78FF341932C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recent graduates to full-time positions in the Executive agency that require critical skills described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8BC64931450F4BB08E10105C71B57851"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date on which the demonstration project under this section terminates, the Director shall submit to Congress a report on the project, including the assessment and determination of the Director under subsection (b)(1).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8CBFD70911DE4E069A0E3B296E2F653D" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the demonstration project under this section. </text></subsection></section>
<section id="H6471125E32A04B3797D346AF244798A6"><enum>370.</enum><header>Noncompetitive eligibility for Federal developmental positions</header>
<subsection id="H56F96C93433945919083FDE78F52C8D1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HCE1310A405A148DF88E5C2CFFEB13CFD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Competitive service</header><text>The term <term>competitive service</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2102 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB32554462D034F5A878815192AD485AF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fellowship</header><text>The term <term>fellowship</term> means a short-term employment opportunity (other than a post-fellowship service requirement), of not more than 2 years in length, that is intended to provide the recipient with work experience with an Executive agency or a military department that prepares the recipient for permanent employment with an Executive agency or a military department.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB7CABF1AA29A4762B87DE7FACA9A60B1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Internship</header><text>The term <term>internship</term> has the meaning given the term <term>internship program</term> in section 3111a of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H74A30336D1354C778642F32A480AC810"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Scholarship</header><text>The term <term>scholarship</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H70C50689345842AFA87BED529082177F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>financial support paid by an Executive agency or a military department towards an individual’s cost of attendance at an institution of higher education that is authorized to participate in a Federal student aid program under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070">20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.</external-xref>) in a course of study leading to a credential in a critical skill or another program that requires the student to demonstrate an interest in or agreement to pursue a career in public service; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5873D8C8208C4E4798F6A18356C0300E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>financial support paid by an Executive agency towards an individual’s cost of procuring private instruction in a critical skill.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H643F8FAAB3CD41E7AAB4A1A37838B277"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Third-party internship or fellowship</header><text>The term <term>third-party internship or fellowship</term> means an internship or a fellowship in the Federal Government that is facilitated and organized through a nongovernmental, third-party organization that has a formal arrangement with 1 or more Executive agencies, or with the legislative branch, to provide such internships or fellowships.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H15EF0640C81D4F73BDD4B15ADF4B369A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appointment in competitive service</header><text>The head of any Executive agency or military department may appoint in the competitive service any individual who has been certified by the Office of Personnel Management, within the 12-month period preceding the appointment, as having successfully completed any internship, scholarship, or fellowship program, or a third-party internship or fellowship.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H52AB89BCA7484238944521011AA39CBD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Documentation</header><text>The Director of the Office of Personnel Management, through the Executive Director of the Federal Fellowship and Scholarship Center established under section 361, shall issue such documentation as is necessary to certify individuals under subsection (b) as eligible for noncompetitive appointments in the competitive service.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HBAAD43E5CAAE484BA14F73013A47EBD7"><enum>371.</enum><header>Facilitation of Federal employee reskilling</header>
<subsection id="HECEC98BA6575448C8D1303345B7A12B7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H846EFC3D6C2F422981A3B5C5912C2112"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Competitive service; excepted service</header><text>The terms <term>competitive service</term> and <term>excepted service</term> have the meanings given the terms in sections 2102 and 2103, respectively, of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF8043D4357404AF38074162534AC48F4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal reskilling program</header><text>The term <term>Federal reskilling program</term> means a program approved by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to provide an employee serving in a position in the competitive service or the excepted service with technical skill or expertise that will enable such employee to continue work in the Federal Government in a different position in the competitive or excepted service that requires such skill or expertise.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF21737CA72C84502A73FA9748AE5CBDD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reentry at same or higher class and grade</header><text>Any employee who successfully completes a Federal reskilling program and transfers to a position in the Federal Government in the competitive or excepted service that requires technical skill or expertise provided to the employee in such Federal reskilling program shall, notwithstanding the classification requirements set out in <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/51">chapter 51</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, serve in the new position at a class and grade at or higher than the class and grade of the position from which the employee transferred.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H43D5EC8CB2904A14AFDF506569677CC5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Guidance and regulations</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall issue—</text> <paragraph id="HCEBAF6220317454A9F59AFF2ACD65164"><enum>(1)</enum><text>guidance on the approval process for Federal reskilling programs; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H839DBC393A9E492F8B1D55AF24441576"><enum>(2)</enum><text>regulations ensuring the rights of participants described in subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H3D84858EAA4342CF81A111F739B318EE"><enum>372.</enum><header>Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve pilot project</header> <subsection id="H27EB2FB7F054479F98FDD334DFAB31FA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H5861DAE590EC4FB19196D6B37B15BFCD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate agency head</header><text>The term <term>appropriate agency head</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H51AA91D53A484ADE8B6A349855DB8DBC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of the Department of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Homeland Security; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAB8FB624EDA34905A0A15C0282B7B378"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of the National Security Agency, the director of the National Security Agency.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2B07F8707E5945A091A519FF63A96D5F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Competitive service</header><text>The term <term>competitive service</term> has the meaning given that term in section 2102 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D847C948AB44363B3DA6A1A22218C9E" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Covered agency</header><text>The term <term>covered agency</term> means the Department of Homeland Security or the National Security Agency. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H51FB9EB8E4B54EF0859CABFF44E699AA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Uniformed services</header><text>The term <term>uniformed services</term> has the meaning given that term in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HAFF76045AFCF44FC9A83AC367922F815" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to establish a Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve as a pilot project to provide to the Federal Government trained and qualified civilian personnel who have previously served with the Federal Government or in the uniformed services and possess cybersecurity expertise, in order to address cybersecurity needs of the United States to protect the national security of the United States.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCEFB82B98F0B4636B2FCBD7588324D8E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pilot project</header> <paragraph id="H3F3443ED3BF54D7EA48A15C339F15DB8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each appropriate agency head may carry out a pilot project to establish a Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve at the covered agency. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3D419878CBCA44AB962E3B80475E88BA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Noncompetitive appointment</header><text>Under a pilot project authorized under paragraph (1), the appropriate agency head may noncompetitively appoint members of the Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve to temporary positions in the competitive service.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA5CF9B83F9B94EF08F6F34758495092B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligibility; application and selection</header> <paragraph id="HED6B7AAE2FAA432FADA521E8F9F0BAAE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Under a pilot project authorized under subsection (c), the appropriate agency head shall establish criteria for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC51F342A291C47D08570CA1F8F18A8DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>individuals to be eligible for the Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve in the covered agency; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6F835E959788435490E83C37E50743E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the application and selection processes for the Reserve. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6FBDFA3D4DA1452F9F2EFA72157743A2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements for individuals</header><text>The criteria established under paragraph (1)(A) with respect to an individual shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="HE0FD9CA1105346B4A9CF03F10CF81475"><enum>(A)</enum><text>previous employment by the Federal Government or within the uniformed services; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2E42B6D8986D476FB565AB25E513C79B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>cybersecurity expertise.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA3AEF87DB6E44D24A0F36C8ABBFDE133"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Agreement required</header><text>An individual may become a member of the Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve only if the individual enters into an agreement with the appropriate agency head to become such a member. The agreement shall set forth the rights and obligations of the individual and the covered agency. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1D57B7C0007F4281A50BF856D662E8C4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Exception for continuing military service commitments</header><text>A member of the Selected Reserve under section 10143 of title 10, United States Code, may not be a member of the Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H059109506B3A4543B88EBACFD2CC118B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Components of the civilian cybersecurity reserve</header><text>The appropriate agency head may consider, in carrying out a pilot project authorized under subsection (c), developing different components of the Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve in the covered agency, one with an obligation to respond when called into activation at the direction of the appropriate agency head and one that is not compelled to so respond, with appropriate corresponding differing benefits for each such component.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H61DB21E6737E4BC18E458858A81F0BD4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Security clearances</header><text>The appropriate agency head shall ensure that all members of the Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve in the covered agency have an active security clearance in accordance with Executive Order 12968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3161">50 U.S.C. 3161</external-xref> note; relating to access to classified information) and Executive Order 13467 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3161">50 U.S.C. 3161</external-xref> note; relating to reforming processes related to suitability for Government employment, fitness for contractor employees, and eligibility for access to classified national security information).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H92BA91665B014DE7A7F3F6F127CAA363"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Project guidance</header> <paragraph id="HD00C9D071EC64A67A40FD1DDF7995CF5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each appropriate agency head may issue guidance establishing and implementing a pilot project authorized under subsection (c) at the covered agency. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H182B6319AD3E471FB6960538FB9E09DC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>In developing guidance under paragraph (1), an appropriate agency head may provide for penalties for individuals who do not respond to activation when called, such as loss of security clearance, recoupment of pay or benefits earned as a member of the Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve, or recoupment of civilian service creditable under section 8411 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1AD23ADC3CDB4866988DF0DC9ACA65E8"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>Not later than 5 years after the pilot project authorized under subsection (c) is established in each covered agency, the Comptroller General of the United States shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H8698FD21468F44D68650B5E9B065EA39"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a study evaluating the pilot project at that agency; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H87A07607B66A4C30861E783A499906A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit to Congress—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6CA6D597D0064061BA9F97D826AC552E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a report on the results of the study; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H287EC229DE144495AFBC4766A8B6ECDE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a recommendation with respect to whether the pilot project should be modified, extended in duration, or established as a permanent program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HADF2889CFB264F9DB4C5B17077C83954" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to each appropriate agency head such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. </text></subsection></section> <section id="HBD87B4E6EC3D46429E5DAE977A84726E"><enum>373.</enum><header>Expansion of cyber talent management system</header> <subsection id="H15023BE1375C449184D9D9E254067F21"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expansion of cyber talent management system</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), the head of any Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, may exercise the authorities under section 2208 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/658">6 U.S.C. 658</external-xref>) to the same extent as the Secretary of Homeland Security may exercise such authorities.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HBA9FBEE210054DCBA0C9D7266C821771"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination by Secretary of Homeland Security</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall coordinate with the heads of Executive agencies to facilitate the exercise of authorities under subsection (a).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H0B58E43F8AB1421BBD7BB201F8767010"><enum>374.</enum><header>Personnel policy demonstration project for Federal agencies with employees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields</header> <subsection id="H39EC02C2F3D2439083D519914F1C40E6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Director of the Office of Personnel Management, in consultation with the heads of the agencies specified in subsection (b), shall develop and implement a personnel policy demonstration project to assess innovative approaches to new personnel policies for employees, that may include implementing—</text>
<paragraph id="HDCB6EE2B38D14965AD8BBD08038B4902"><enum>(1)</enum><text>more flexible job classifications;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB6553081F53F4BC2A3B63CE97F4DBE54"><enum>(2)</enum><text>competency-based hiring;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAA4D6A57D1E64BC18BAEE266B30AE99C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>market-based pay;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF308287FD5B74415832A39840B1B84A4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>promotion based on experience, skill, and performance; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA9F5CF116AF640A4A5D4FB31BA817677"><enum>(5)</enum><text>streamlined personnel transfers between agencies.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC78BC8C71CE04B4097F9E282CA5F33B9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Agencies</header><text>The agencies referred to in subsection (a) are—</text>
<paragraph id="HBBE0DDEA1AC64DED94FE424E3E21812E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7AD08BB115F247FDAE2A9421952A3E2A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Department of Energy;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE307F8A1F5044D5EAE32F47258FB0836"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the National Science Foundation;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7F413D00744C47008EA6A765655DFCB3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Department of Commerce;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H244CEAD60C314D679FA7716E1731992E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Department of the Interior;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H28B92F99BB4C44099D216AE61F52E8B5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Environmental Protection Agency; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4CA834A0B6124691851C6E64CDB615BD"><enum>(7)</enum><text>not more than 2 additional agencies, which the Director of the Office of Personnel Management may designate, that have significant numbers of employees in positions that require skills in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H567A4FBEF9F64CE28251C231547CAE99"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Participation</header><text>The head of each agency referred to in subsection (b) may determine whether the agency will participate in the personnel demonstration project under this section, and, if the agency head determines that the agency will so participate, whether the project will apply to current employees of that agency, current employees of 1 or more components of that agency, newly hired employees of that agency, or newly hired employees of 1 or more components of that agency.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H9769E76D9A2D4D399DDF292FDC1743D6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duration and size of project</header>
<paragraph id="HD9DAA216A76546049734056F560EF003"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the demonstration project under this section shall be carried out for a 10-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB286428B62134639B05130DC58002EF2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>The Director of the Office of Personnel Management may extend the demonstration project under this section for an additional 10-year period.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H58B78967420A4769B284E6A816999FE3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Total number of employees</header><text>The total number of Federal employees included in the demonstration project in any 1-year period may not exceed 10 percent of the total number of Federal civilian employees in all Executive agencies (as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code) in the preceding 1-year period.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H84E69FA1EEB2420EA39DA69C08BAF634"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HA7965F414729455E9BFA29FC54D9A045" commented="no"><enum>375.</enum><header>Development of proposal for simplified personnel system for Veterans Health Administration</header>
<subsection id="HC696E0B3DC8E4B0D89E247C487469EEF" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall develop a legislative proposal to establish, under title 38, United States Code, a single personnel system that—</text> <paragraph id="H3C1C15B9D4BC474EB59C74391F34D3F5" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>applies to all positions in the Veterans Health Administration;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0293421C9C1B4B8D93339223BCEDF4CC" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>applies best practices from the private sector to human capital management; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H25FA84B6EBF545B7BDBACFD8F9B90007" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>supports pay and benefits that are competitive with pay and benefits for health care delivery systems in the private sector.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H23D8D4013BA7404AB83B0C5053F0A4B9" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Matters To consider</header><text>In developing the proposal under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H30FD39E1D1DF447FA910F419D0224D17" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>draw from, in addition to other resources, the applicable research and conclusions of the Commission on Care established under section 202 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/146">Public Law 113–146</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/1701">38 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note), including recommendation number 15 of the Commission as set forth in the final report of the Commission submitted under subsection (b)(3)(B) of such section, dated June 30, 2016, and titled, <quote>Final Report of the Commission on Care</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H85EBAA1D944A498F9AB456D3273424B6" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consult with the heads of other Federal agencies that operate health care delivery systems, employees of the Veterans Health Administration, and labor unions that represent employees of the Veterans Health Administration.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA5EC89A16D414105B6028A66242EC7D3" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of proposal</header><text>The Secretary shall make the proposal developed under subsection (a) available for use by other Federal agencies that operate health care delivery systems.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HCAB8461D582B4924BB2D62AAB5C85F8F" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives a report containing the proposal developed under subsection (a).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H0D0734E555364EA38B23DAE04F12A30E" commented="no"><enum>376.</enum><header>Portability of health care licensure for Federal employees</header> <subsection id="H51334C33750E404EB5D4DAD0C1994338" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Portability of licensure for Federal health care professionals</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding the licensure of health care providers, a health care professional described in subsection (b) may practice, at any location in any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States, the health profession or professions for which the health care professional has a license described in subsection (b)(2), regardless of where such health care professional or the patient involved is located, if the practice is within the scope of the authorized Federal duties of such health care professional.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H35FDD2D767F641449ACC34E40BC57157" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Individuals described</header><text>A health care professional described in this subsection is a Federal employee—</text> <paragraph id="H6E132ECFCE864E479DA45BEDD32D0777" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>who is credentialed and privileged at a Federal health care institution;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3D677AF822954BBB8A28F3A40BDF77FF" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>who has a current license to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, psychology, nursing, therapy, or another health profession; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2E965DBE1EB44C5EA1421393629098B1" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>who is performing authorized duties for the Federal Government to practice the health profession described in paragraph (2) for which such license was issued.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H268EA8704A004A4AA8E4143A13F331C4" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition of license</header><text>As used in this section, the term <term>license</term> means a grant of permission by an official agency of a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States to provide health care independently as a health care professional and includes, in the case of such care furnished in a foreign country by any person who is not a national of the United States, a grant of permission by an official agency of that foreign country for that person to provide health care independently as a health care professional. </text></subsection></section></subtitle> <enum>IV</enum><header>Strengthening of national mobilization</header> <section id="H4E5D488AC5F84E2BA49BCA6E540D48F0"><enum>401.</enum><header>Modernization of the Selective Service System</header> <subsection id="H000656E41D87471D8A72C0A1E05D15B2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reference</header><text>Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference in this section to a section or other provision shall be deemed to be a reference to that section or other provision of the Military Selective Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3801">50 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HDD4269E09C6D47A6AA8BC95AA228FA93"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose of selective service</header><text>Section 1(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3801">50 U.S.C. 3801(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H55F63E76139A4F1793CC1A53D7E90E26"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>armed strength</quote> and inserting <quote>military strength</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB842A1D32C044D4DAB4057D29CB58E13"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>insure</quote> and inserting <quote>ensure</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB320D4E2C5CE4C91BD820FCE8AE3DB2B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>by ensuring adequate personnel with the requisite capabilities to meet the mobilization needs of the Department of Defense during a national emergency and not solely to provide combat replacements</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0044A67AD2EA4FF491EE1E8420962A21"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Solemnity of military service</header><text>Section 3 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3802">50 U.S.C. 3802</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAAE3EC4EE33448188F62F6BCB3D617D8"> <subsection id="H0C837CD75C844D39A38EE01D3D1DF847"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) shall include methods to convey to every person required to register the solemn obligation for military service in the event of a military draft.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HFD70086A713B4B5D9786E35D7FB4CDDE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Expanded registration to all Americans</header>
<paragraph id="H80F3A6B2D55A4607B188BCC7C3781450"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 3(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3802">50 U.S.C. 3802(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HC075B0DA1F214F5EB1F53D56E863A281"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>male citizen</quote> and inserting <quote>citizen</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC8D39BB97C5D4E60832505F7CE38B200"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>male person</quote> and inserting <quote>person</quote>; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9F11976EABD24E168FB8300D1B08057E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>present himself</quote> and inserting <quote>appear</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC2AB7843D2C049DEAECC2AA862EE7C25"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>so long as he</quote> and inserting <quote>so long as such alien</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H47EF6F4AAC46404C8052E226574E6D20"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 4(e) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3803">50 U.S.C. 3803(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>enlisted men</quote> and inserting <quote>enlisted persons</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H61D6E5F758C846018CAB18BE68091392"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 5 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3805">50 U.S.C. 3805</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HC7D3D80994E84B29A8C3DC8A426F3129"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1)—</text>
<clause id="H90B5BB47545E41E68DFC4C69736E58B2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>race or color</quote> and inserting <quote>race, color, sex, or gender</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HD59F7A2963EA4F7F91CCB54651A801EF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>call for men</quote> and inserting <quote>call for persons</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3FA7311A6FB143A0874A62413412C96D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>men</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>persons</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD744A1C56E464380B6B0252337C8C090"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 6 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3806">50 U.S.C. 3806</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE1AABD32072343D9AA3FB50081D420EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1)—</text> <clause id="H984321D25C3D471DBF2619718832B1B8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>enlisted men</quote> and inserting <quote>enlisted persons</quote>; and </text></clause>
<clause id="H1CD0617FB42E472FBA60E632842CD134"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>accrue to him</quote> and inserting <quote>accrue to such alien</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1E9E6A41B3174735ADEF6FBEDBC585CF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (h)—</text>
<clause id="HCA4A301CC1374D049C547F4E0EBD1DF6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(other than wives alone, except in cases of extreme hardship)</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H7A5DA2C34E714AAF9A46EDDA62BB447B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>wives and children</quote> and inserting <quote>spouses and children</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3E8401376BCF46ABAE99F8FA1A283670"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 10(b)(3) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3809">50 U.S.C. 3809(b)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HA2802CAB033D4E6F8B16D5567E72AC74"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the President is requested</quote> and all that follows through <quote>within its jurisdiction</quote> and inserting <quote>the President is requested to appoint the membership of each local board so that each board has both male and female members and, to the maximum extent practicable, it is proportionately representative of the race, national origin, and sex of those registrants within its jurisdiction</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H13DC96698D084AC4BDC4D40FCF8C03FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>race or national origin</quote> and inserting <quote>race, sex, or national origin</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE96AC6EC383B4224B4CD6B3E9674C38F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 16(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3814">50 U.S.C. 3814(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>men</quote> and inserting <quote>persons</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF2DCDFC1E49C47DF92B0BC3748F436D3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Maintaining the health of the Selective Service System</header><text>Section 10(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3809">50 U.S.C. 3809(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4CBFF5D59B414D54B12B030412D22577"> <paragraph id="HE513DD13EBFB4164ACF698042DB0E708"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Selective Service System shall conduct exercises periodically of all mobilization plans, systems, and processes to evaluate and test the effectiveness of such plans, systems, and processes. Once every 4 years, the exercise shall include the full range of internal and interagency procedures to ensure functionality and interoperability and may take place as part of the Department of Defense mobilization exercise under section 10208 of title 10, United States Code. The Selective Service System shall conduct a public awareness campaign in conjunction with each exercise to communicate the purpose of the exercise to the public.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HE4C1F5B641D14A8C96733F3A807C5A88"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Due process for failure To register</header>
<paragraph id="H956A35CBDEC84FBC9588B05AA50CFFF7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 12 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3811">50 U.S.C. 3811</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H8227834455AB4F439B6AC878187063D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<clause id="H6891967C9AE445328C845848E38B3C92"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting before the period at the end <quote>or proof of registration in accordance with subsection (g)</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="HBAA6922D713447B7AA8A4726D3CB0C34"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subclause id="H995E5F38D5354A9993441066008761E9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>compliance</quote> and inserting <quote>compliance or proof of registration</quote>; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H08D781D406944556894C2ADC63ED4610"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by inserting before the period at the end <quote>or proof of registration</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HBDEA7B2A0C3340F783B1525ADAD34EFA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), in the second sentence—</text> <subclause id="HA3B8EC6476C246E0AAC26C5C6EF37C0E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>thereunder</quote> and inserting <quote>thereunder, or failure to provide proof of registration in accordance with subsection (g),</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H6802366528D64A21A82F6FAE182F10D9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting before the period at the end <quote>or has registered in accordance with subsection (g)</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H76F8BFF4C97C4159A26874322A02EAFE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text>
<clause id="HE30307BCE6124B0DBD728476D78C8B9F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting <quote>and the person shows by a preponderance of the evidence that the failure of the person to register was not a knowing and willful failure to register; or</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H96ADE4F08C694549BC8D8612EFEE6A3B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CAB59AA1ECD410AA2A239E8DEF8DF4E">
<paragraph id="HE796E2470DE943A8B88F23214AC81929"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the person was provided notice of the person’s failure to register and the person registered within 30 days with the Selective Service System, regardless of the person’s age at the time of registration.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB8750BDCBE344DC88305D964EB98DA93"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header><text>The Military Selective Service Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE989177C7441457BAAB01355AAEAA1EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 4 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3803">50 U.S.C. 3803</external-xref>)—</text> <subparagraph id="H292FBC22B2364E3292E87E14253EAA48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a) in the third undesignated paragraph—</text>
<clause id="HB011D2F03AFC486C92AFD464463A6AA1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>his acceptability in all respects, including his</quote> and inserting <quote>such person’s acceptability in all respects, including such person's</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H05350D53EE0A4CBA8EA7E0EC2B52984E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>he may prescribe</quote> and inserting <quote>the President may prescribe</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8605A736713D4FF5939B38661ED86F0F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <clause id="HE7BB44CE06D54E108E8F000158385634"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>any enlisted member</quote> and inserting <quote>any person who is an enlisted member</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HA07D843039874B1BA39859E308854543"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), by striking <quote>in which he resides</quote> and inserting <quote>in which such person resides</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB00652FF55F44DDFA0530EA53893455F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by striking <quote>coordinate with him</quote> and inserting <quote>coordinate with the Director</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2D4CA66A006B4C5B9674F8380B676729"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (k)(1), by striking <quote>finding by him</quote> and inserting <quote>finding by the President</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE6A2B4B63D3A4BA9AF24956F06048A0D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 5(d) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3805">50 U.S.C. 3805(d)</external-xref>), by striking <quote>he may prescribe</quote> and inserting <quote>the President may prescribe</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5051E86F5A3843BB8FFCB9257CA2A5A3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 6 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3806">50 U.S.C. 3806</external-xref>)—</text> <subparagraph id="H567877B8CF094B21971A4CFF2C29E024"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2)(D), by striking <quote>he may prescribe</quote> and inserting <quote>the President may prescribe</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3706886E1F59458EB4F4A2CBB6F21661"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(3), by striking <quote>he may deem appropriate</quote> and inserting <quote>the President considers appropriate</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2E93D2523DFE4A25A13B3A63678BF064"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (h), by striking <quote>he may prescribe</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>the President may prescribe</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9859142CE4C34A8DBC13A8379CC54714"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 10 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3809">50 U.S.C. 3809</external-xref>)—</text> <subparagraph id="HA5CBD5C03B5C45BBA5256DCBB51AD0AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<clause id="H1BA3AE79C16E468DA05598377FEF8CCC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <subclause id="H9897987790644EB1A4AA8C851FE36AD5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>He shall create</quote> and inserting <quote>The President shall create</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H8FE542E3AAB0462AA51FA8B15F714B03"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>upon his own motion</quote> and inserting <quote>upon the President’s own motion</quote>;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H78A894AE67CC4091AB140370A98F0622"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>his status</quote> and inserting <quote>such individual’s status</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H69AD86A4F14944229076EE8CE4800044"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraphs (4), (6), (8), and (9), by striking <quote>he may deem</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>the President considers</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H25D58D69DF28479189768804B7733043"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>vested in him</quote> and inserting <quote>vested in the President</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8804B43439F04C3C8592814BE0E2E9C6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in section 13(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3812">50 U.S.C. 3812(b)</external-xref>), by striking <quote>regulation if he</quote> and inserting <quote>regulation if the President</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H32925A23CDBC474F8DC4CB69FF06971C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in section 15 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3813">50 U.S.C. 3813</external-xref>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H05307781764E4AE9AC0E1C9503A5C3FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>his</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>the registrant’s</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6CF08B90237E43F08A335CDFAF323B4E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>he may deem</quote> and inserting <quote>the President considers</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D7F8C6E25DE4DC78AB73B63DAE77A51"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in section (16)(g) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3814">50 U.S.C. 3814(g)</external-xref>)—</text> <subparagraph id="H752091B4889C488086C0FAE183DCAFB2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>who as his regular and customary vocation</quote> and inserting <quote>who, as such person’s regular and customary vocation,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H11A6025EE2A14C52AA9F1CB61EBC4B45"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="H03E4E8FFB9E14377B172DF69CEDA9EDD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>one who as his customary vocation</quote> and inserting <quote>a person who, as such person’s customary vocation,</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H1495B586E1204B70B1A28244F71E0CF3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>he is a member</quote> and inserting <quote>such person is a member</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBEC6D165200C4B25896CC6F4FBA3A89D"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in section (18)(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3816">50 U.S.C. 3816(a)</external-xref>), by striking <quote>he is authorized</quote> and inserting <quote>the President is authorized</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC08551DCA02149B4B56D7781703A8354"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in section 21 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3819">50 U.S.C. 3819</external-xref>)—</text> <subparagraph id="HC4277DAD92834AE49F5B054D653751ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>he is sooner</quote> and inserting <quote>sooner</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4AF11063C1294C618CE96C018B97341B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>he</quote> each subsequent place it appears and inserting <quote>such member</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE3B3E58692D64F0FAEB06BCEE5BCD565"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>his consent</quote> and inserting <quote>such member’s consent</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA25D251509CC46F6943210C161EF837F"><enum>(10)</enum><text>in section 22(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/38290">50 U.S.C. 38290(b)</external-xref>), in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking <quote>his</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>the registrant’s</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCC264E81AF0D46098D372438EEFE5C21"><enum>(11)</enum><text>except as otherwise provided in this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="H04E5489CC99749B49A7A63C569519887"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>he</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>such person</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBCB1903BF92B4F3EB6933B0EFE83ABC0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>his</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>such person’s</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC572B124DA17454DB9AFB4442EEFEF3A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>him</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>such person</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5D790688C4C843FDBACAA11CAEEA97E8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>present himself</quote> each place it appears in section 12 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3811">50 U.S.C. 3811</external-xref>) and inserting <quote>appear</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA739DD012D654F5EB709F3B2C7B3409C"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Conforming amendments to other laws</header>
<paragraph id="HE5097CEBE62241ACAE3C453DD827E52D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 3328 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4B162BE576D148AFB56A928E1CC47A3F"> <subsection id="H309443F6FDBE4246927E00B1C7B058D6"><enum>(a)</enum><text>An individual who was required to register under section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3803">50 U.S.C. 3803</external-xref>) but failed to meet the registration requirements of section 3 of that Act shall be ineligible for appointment to a position in an Executive agency, unless—</text>
<paragraph id="H819456511A854280A0721712CA92F608"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the requirement for the person to so register has terminated or become inapplicable to the person and the person shows by a preponderance of the evidence that the failure of the person to register was not a knowing and willful failure to register; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDB91F192382E4CF7B12A7E5C685BCAD9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the person was provided notice of the person’s failure to register and the person registered within 30 days with the Selective Service System, regardless of the person’s age at the time of registration.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H82C507814C4640A8B1EDD5243FE295B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 484(n) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1091">20 U.S.C. 1091(n)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/50/462">50 U.S.C. App. 462(f)</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3811">50 U.S.C. 3811(f)</external-xref>)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA75DBF1288DA451DB3DDE2210D04EF90"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, except that the amendments made by subsections (d) and (h)(1) shall take effect 1 year after such date of enactment.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HADA23F84DABC4B3A8307A64CC14C26CE"><enum>402.</enum><header>Report on exemptions and deferments for a possible military draft</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Selective Service System, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall submit to Congress a report providing a review of exemptions and deferments from registration, training, and service under the Military Selective Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3801">50 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.</external-xref>) and of proposed revisions to those exemptions and deferments, taking into account amendments to the Military Selective Service Act under section 401(d) of this Act to require registration of all United States citizens and persons residing in the United States.</text></section> <section id="HFD32583B262249EF82BF360CB6736090"><enum>403.</enum><header>Responsibilities for national mobilization; personnel requirements</header> <subsection id="H56D99824D5324E3BA0D12690E9567303"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Lead official for national mobilization</header><text>The President shall designate an employee of the National Security Council to serve as lead national mobilization official, whose duties and responsibilities shall include coordinating the planning and execution of any national effort to mobilize government and industry to respond to a national emergency.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HBE2B037270C04B3481FFF1E9394F3088"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Executive agent for national mobilization</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall designate a senior official within the Office of the Secretary of Defense as the Executive Agent for National Mobilization. The Executive Agent for National Mobilization shall be responsible for—</text> <paragraph id="HBD65A18A855E48E0BC5CDD983966A1D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>developing, managing, and coordinating policy and plans that address the full spectrum of military mobilization readiness, including full mobilization of personnel from volunteers to draftees in the event of a draft activation;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2E89BC392A6F4115BE1E735EB52C4877"><enum>(2)</enum><text>providing Congress and the Selective Service System with updated requirements and timelines for obtaining draft inductees in the event of a national emergency requiring mass mobilization and activation of the draft; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H40F125644F724486843D7139AC3F9417"><enum>(3)</enum><text>providing Congress with a plan, developed in coordination with the Selective Service System, to induct large numbers of volunteers who may respond to a national call for volunteers during an emergency.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H602F7DFE1F65459884654FF0994C3361"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a plan for obtaining draft inductees as part of a mobilization timeline for the Selective Service System. The plan shall include a description of resources, locations, and capabilities of the Armed Forces required to train, equip, and integrate drafted personnel into the total force, addressing scenarios that would include 300,000, 600,000, and 1,000,000 new volunteer and drafted personnel. The plan may be provided in classified form.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H0DB69A2485CF4F25B57AD2F08FC0EF8F"><enum>404.</enum><header>Enhancements to national mobilization exercises</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10208 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H72F0A8B203C24E33A3596D1C98846844"><enum>(c)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA4134CB236A74EBAA8F6FE8607E0A712"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary shall, beginning in the first fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and every 5 years thereafter, as part of the major mobilization exercise under subsection (a), include the processes of the Selective Service System in preparation for a draft, and submit to Congress a report on the results of this exercise. The report may be submitted in classified form.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3727BBFCD56E43F9AD1DDB60892C6850" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The exercise under this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB53CDA2DE5684EBFA4BE2894449F6E07"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall include a review of national mobilization strategic and operational concepts;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEB66F31016FF4F7CABEAD9F1AAA61891"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall include a simulation of a mobilization of all armed forces and reserve units, with plans and processes for incorporating Selective Service System inductees; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0B1AFE16287C440D9C6EAE7154C41831"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall involve the Selective Service System, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Labor, and other relevant interagency stakeholders.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HB9C521689CBE4BE8B8953CFD72136FE0"><enum>405.</enum><header>Critical skills for the Department of Defense</header> <subsection id="HF47C360DA24A484ABA7708A42B67C20E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text>
<paragraph id="HA6FC3822E77848D4A1A4FD07E961B2C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Department of Defense needs a workforce of skilled individuals to meet the national security challenges facing the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9BE0D6DB01AD403DA92EF039A2730B0D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>As the Department develops tools to bring individuals with critical skills into civilian and military service, it must identify the type and number of critically skilled personnel that are needed.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HEC60E43DBA1A4A5CA767BE8A9BF22CF0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Critical skills and skilled individuals</header>
<paragraph id="H0ABA5246DC48476B860C0AA71E65586C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, shall develop and maintain a list of the critical skills and numbers of skilled individuals needed for the Department of Defense, the Armed Forces, and the National Guard. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2598CAF3F3D41A3BE8BB1D586F3DACF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Critical skills</header><text>For purposes of this section, critical skills are those skills for which the Department has a critical need, such as medical, dental, and nursing skills, language skills, cyber skills, and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics skills.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCFD00AF2FB38466FA2823BE6E95C0667"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibility</header>
<paragraph id="H9AFD49AEF7A94385A7797B7612062A1D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness shall ensure that the list developed under subsection (b) is updated annually in accordance with paragraph (2). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9413F1F19C5246E780A74FC86379D77B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Under Secretary shall develop, maintain, and update the list of critical skills in close consultation with each military department, through its Assistant Secretaries for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, with the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, with the Director of the Selective Service System, and with the Council on Military, National, and Public Service established under section 201.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCA6EF46F039640FEA7551B9D83953492"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The Under Secretary shall implement the list of critical skills under this section not later than January 1, 2022.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HBBE5259681C54B9BB84F548A2815BB7F"><enum>406.</enum><header>Individual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills</header> <subsection id="H30476D7873134D57A07088AF8EF24BD0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Individual Ready Reserve</header> <paragraph id="H453AD01607234DFF95C366BB26FD9273"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/1005">Chapter 1005</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/10144">section 10144</external-xref> the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H3A731A3C3244453796A8816D31A0750A"><enum>10144a.</enum><header>Ready Reserve: Individual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills</header>
<subsection id="H32E337E74C55446E88AE68EC73431919"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For the purpose of recruiting personnel with the requisite critical skills, the Secretary of each military department, under the direction of the President, may establish and maintain an Individual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills within the Ready Reserve of each of the reserve components under the jurisdiction of such Secretary.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBD775B9E78B044C586A8A9C622F2835F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership requirements</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall outline the requirements for membership in the Individual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills, including providing guidance on—</text>
<paragraph id="H72B1B28BE3684BA6A291D8C1C3256351"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a means for each armed force to establish qualifying critical skills for inclusion in its Individual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF4D8B351A07644D7A6F200CDF19967E5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the standards and process for selection of individuals who are not otherwise in a reserve status to qualify for Individual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills of an armed force;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H527DBFC6FD344558AC09638780D26A47"><enum>(3)</enum><text>requirements for screening and re-evaluation of members in the Individual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC9D691259D1D496C8CFCCD21F1047034"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the training and obligations required for members in the Individual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H583CAE18A95848A7A0D88654D297B2B3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the use of allowances and nonmonetary incentives to retain members in the Individual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8C00E34A029543A4B6CE555675577DBF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Mobilization</header> <paragraph id="HE7B630A6D48A471DAC144F92BC346D4E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Active duty</header><text>A member of the Individual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills may be ordered to active duty without the consent of the member in accordance with section 12304, or in accordance with any other provision of law authorizing activation of Individual Ready Reserve members.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF8F57174620F4A8B9A91638F99724E4A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility for benefits</header><text>A member of the Individual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills who is mobilized under paragraph (1) shall be eligible for benefits available to members of the Selected Reserve.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFFDB0DB197EF471B8561D4362DEE3271"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1005 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 10144 the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">10144a. Ready Reserve: Individual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H053D48599C234D608F7DC5085DEC8873"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 12304(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HACA5C4C764FF43E5A5DC2CE85E84BE0C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or any member</quote> and inserting <quote>any member</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H58233B707E9E49C29A76B3C8D3037C59"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, or any member in the Individual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills</quote> after <quote>by the Secretary concerned,</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2B31BBB97E064ECB808451B5D30BAD21"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. </text></subsection></section>