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<dc:title>119 HR 6381 IH: Gateways to Advancement and Preparedness for Military Service Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-12-03</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 6381</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20251203">December 3, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="C001123">Mr. Cisneros</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HAS00">Committee on Armed Services</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to study the feasibility of a program to recruit individuals to serve for one year on active duty in the Armed Forces.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H05467CD429C14D63974C0BB9D34A5840" style="OLC"><section id="H4B39DAB6EBB740DBAA7406391A63A0B1" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header>
 <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Gateways to Advancement and Preparedness for Military Service Act</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>GAP for Military Service Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="HE43CE8A2E62B4227917B5713877ABC07" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header>GAO feasibility study on program to recruit individuals to serve for one year on active duty in the Armed Forces</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report regarding the feasibility of a program to recruit individuals to serve for one year on active duty in the Armed Forces. Such report shall include the following elements:</text><paragraph id="H197A7ADF324449FEB839E47DAE80D329"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A list of military occupational specialties suitable for such program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HED316E834B764CEF8B5B97B3DD3921F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The advanced training requirements for such program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDD1C2E7992994D309D246C3EE70014C8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An evaluation of such programs in other countries, including the effects on recruitment, retention, and force effectiveness.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5B26824B024B46549BC6746148E8F908"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of what such service may entail.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF851C10A80844A50957CA70E12DB0EC6"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of the costs to implement such a program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFE582643043B4C57BF344FB70444C9BD"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Barriers to implementing a such a program, including the availability of data required to assess the effectiveness of such program.</text></paragraph></section></legis-body></bill>

