[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9296 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9296

 To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress on 
 recruitment and retention efforts under the John S. McCain Strategic 
 Defense Fellows Program, the Presidential Management Fellowship, and 
             the Boren Fellowship, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2024

 Ms. Slotkin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress on 
 recruitment and retention efforts under the John S. McCain Strategic 
 Defense Fellows Program, the Presidential Management Fellowship, and 
             the Boren Fellowship, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Next Generation Civilian Leaders 
Program Act''.

SEC. 2. DOD REPORT ON RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION UNDER CERTAIN 
              FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS.

    Not later than January 1, 2025, the Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate detailing the recruitment and retention 
of employees under the John S. McCain Strategic Defense Fellows Program 
(in this Act referred to as the ``McCain Fellowship''), the 
Presidential Management Fellowship (in this Act referred to as the 
``PMF''), and the Boren Fellowship. The report shall include--
            (1) the total number of fellows entering the McCain 
        Fellowship since its inception and their host organization;
            (2) the total number of fellows hired into the Department 
        of Defense from the McCain Fellowship, the PMF, and the Boren 
        Fellowship following the individual's fellowship tenure's 
        termination;
            (3) promotion pathways up to level GS-15 of the General 
        Schedule and the Senior Executive Service available to fellows 
        in the McCain Fellowship;
            (4) demographic details on each class of the McCain 
        Fellowship since its inception, including gender, race, 
        geographic diversity, and number of years of work experience 
        prior to employment at the Department of Defense; and
            (5) career development opportunities available to employees 
        hired through the McCain Fellowship, the PMF, or the Boren 
        Fellowship, including detail and secondment assignments to 
        other executive agencies.
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