[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5681 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5681

 To expand opportunities for employment of recent graduates in Federal 
             Government positions, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2023

Mr. Kim of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred 
 to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to 
the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To expand opportunities for employment of recent graduates in Federal 
             Government positions, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be called the ``Pipeline to Service Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT.

    (a) OPM Program To Recruit Students for Federal Employment.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Personnel 
        Management shall establish a program under which the Office 
        enters into partnerships with institutions of higher education 
        (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
        (20 U.S.C. 1001)) to recruit and hire students to positions in 
        the Federal Government.
            (2) Contents.--The program established under subsection (a) 
        shall be in such form and manner as the Director may prescribe, 
        but at a minimum shall--
                    (A) advise students on courses of study;
                    (B) provide professional development workshops to 
                students;
                    (C) assist students in searching for Federal jobs 
                on the website USAJobs.gov;
                    (D) provide students training on preparing resumes 
                for applying to Federal positions;
                    (E) make an effort to recruit students from 
                communities that are historically underrepresented in 
                Federal employment, as determined by the Director; and
                    (F) provide students training on how to be 
                competitive when applying for Federal internships and 
                the Pathways Program.
            (3) Coordination.--The Director shall coordinate with 
        Executive agencies in carrying out the program established 
        under subsection (a), including by engaging in cost sharing 
        with such agencies and in establishing agency-specific 
        partnerships with appropriate institutions of higher education.
            (4) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date the 
        program is established under subsection (a) and annually 
        thereafter, the Director shall submit a report on the program 
        to the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the 
        Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor 
        and Pensions and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
        Governmental Affairs of the Senate. Each such report shall 
        include, at a minimum, the following:
                    (A) A description of the Federal position in which 
                students are placed during the previous year.
                    (B) The institutions of higher education from which 
                students are recruited during the previous year.
                    (C) The geographic location of Federal positions in 
                which students are being placed during the previous 
                year.
            (5) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029 
        $15,000,000 to carry out this subsection. Of the amount 
        appropriated to carry out this subsection for any fiscal year, 
        at least 30 percent of such amount shall be used for recruiting 
        and hiring students from--
                    (A) minority-serving institutions (as described in 
                section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
                U.S.C. 1067q(a));
                    (B) junior or community colleges (as that term is 
                defined in section 312(f) of such Act); and
                    (C) land-grant colleges and universities (as that 
                term is defined in section 1404 of the National 
                Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 
                Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)).
    (b) Increase in Presidential Management Fellows Program 
Positions.--During each of fiscal years 2022 through 2027, the 
Presidential Management Fellows Program carried out by the Office of 
Personnel Management shall have a total number of Program positions at 
executive agencies equal to 200 percent of the number of such positions 
established on the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Intern Hourly Pay Rate.--
            (1) In general.--Any individual who is an intern in the 
        Federal Government, including any intern in a Federal 
        internship program described under section 3111a of title 5, 
        United States Code, shall be paid a stipend of, at a minimum, 
        $15 for each hour that the individual is working as such an 
        intern.
            (2) Adjustment.--Effective January 30 of each year, the 
        minimum hourly rate of pay under paragraph (1) shall be 
        adjusted by the percent change in the price index on January 1 
        of such year over the price index on January 1 of the preceding 
        year. In this paragraph, the term ``price index'' means the 
        Consumer Price Index (all items--United States city average) 
        published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    (d) OPM Publication on Federal Interns.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than January 30, 2024, and 
        annually thereafter, the Director of the Office of Personnel 
        Management shall publish, on the Office's public website, 
        demographic information on Federal interns, individuals 
        participating in the Pathways Program, and students 
        participating in the program under subsection (a).
            (2) Requirements.--Such information shall include, at a 
        minimum, demographic information on race, age, the type of 
        position occupied by the individual and where such position is 
        located in the civil service, and hours worked. The Office 
        shall not publish any information under this subsection that 
        reveals the personally identifiable information of any 
        individual.
    (e) Conversion of Interns.--
            (1) In general.--Any Federal intern who is not 
        participating in the Pathways Program may, subject to such 
        regulation as the Office of Personnel Management may prescribe, 
        be eligible for noncompetitive conversion to the competitive 
        service in the same manner, to the greatest extent practicable, 
        as Pathways Program participants under section 362.107 of title 
        5, Code of Federal Regulations.
            (2) Requirements.--Such regulations shall include best-
        practices for non-Federal entities to follow to assist interns 
        from such entities in becoming eligible for conversion under 
        such regulations, including qualifying criteria and performance 
        management.
    (f) Budgetary Effects.--The budgetary effects of this Act, for the 
purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled 
``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for 
printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House 
Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 
to the vote on passage.
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