[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7732-S7735]
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SA 4233. Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Young) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and
intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In title X, add at the end the following:
Subtitle H--Council on Military, National, and Public Service
SEC. 1071. ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNCIL ON MILITARY, NATIONAL,
AND PUBLIC SERVICE.
(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--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
``Council'').
(2) Functions.--The Council shall--
(A) advise the President with respect to promoting and
expanding opportunities for military service, national
service, and public service for all people of the United
States;
(B) coordinate policies and initiatives of the executive
branch to promote and expand opportunities for military
service, national service, and public service; and
(C) coordinate policies and initiatives of the executive
branch to foster an increased sense of service and civic
responsibility among all people of the United States.
(b) Composition.--
(1) Director.--The President shall appoint an individual to
serve as the Assistant to the President for Military,
National, and Public Service and the Director of the Council,
who shall serve at the pleasure of the President. The
Assistant to the President for Military, National, and Public
Service shall serve as the head of the Council.
(2) Membership.--In addition to the Director, the Council
shall be composed of such officers as the President may
designate.
(3) Meetings.--The Council shall meet on a quarterly basis,
or more frequently as the Director of the Council may direct.
(c) Responsibilities of the Council.--The Council shall--
(1) 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 people of the United States;
(2) 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
people of the United States to participate, in military
service, national service, and public service in order to
address national security and other current and future needs
of the United States including policies for--
(A) reevaluating benefits for the Federal public service
and national service programs in order to increase awareness
of and remove barriers to entry into such programs;
(B) ensuring that the participation in and leadership of
the military, the Federal public service, and national
service programs reflects the diversity of the United States
including by race, gender, ethnicity, and disability status;
and
(C) developing pathways to service for high school
graduates, college students, and recent college graduates;
(3) serve as the interagency lead for identifying critical
skills to address national security and other needs of the
United States, with responsibility for coordinating
governmentwide efforts to address gaps in critical skills and
identifying methods to recruit and retain individuals
possessing such critical skills;
(4) serve as a forum for Federal officials responsible for
military service, national service, and public service
programs to coordinate and develop interagency, cross-service
initiatives;
(5) lead the effort of the Federal Government to develop
joint awareness and recruitment, retention, and marketing
initiatives involving military service, national service, and
public service, including the sharing of marketing and
recruiting research between and among service agencies;
(6) consider approaches for assessing impacts of service on
the needs of the United States and individuals participating
in and benefitting from such service;
(7) consult, as the Council considers advisable, with
representatives of non-Federal entities, including State,
local, and Tribal governments, State and local educational
agencies, State Commissions, institutions of higher
education, nonprofit organizations, philanthropic
organizations, and the private sector, in order to promote
and develop initiatives to foster and reward military
service, national service, and public service;
(8) oversee the response to and implementation of, as
appropriate, 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 (Public Law 114-328; 130 Stat. 2132);
(9) not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, and quadrennially thereafter, prepare and submit to
the President and Congress a Quadrennial Military, National,
and Public Service Strategy, which shall set forth--
(A) a review of programs and initiatives of the Federal
Government relating to the mandate of the Council;
(B) notable initiatives by State, local, and Tribal
governments and by nongovernmental entities to increase
awareness of and participation in service programs;
(C) current and foreseeable trends for service to address
the needs of the United States; and
(D) a program for addressing any deficiencies identified by
the Council, together with recommendations for legislation;
(10) not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, and quadrennially thereafter, prepare and submit to
the President and Congress a Quadrennial Report on Cross-
Service Participation on the basis of the activities carried
out under the strategy submitted under paragraph (9);
(11) prepare, for inclusion in the annual budget submission
by the President 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;
(12) develop a joint national service messaging strategy
that incorporates domestic and international service that
both the Corporation for National and Community Service and
the Peace Corps would promote; and
(13) perform such other functions as the President may
direct.
(d) Responsibilities of the Director of the Council.--In
addition to duties relating to the responsibilities of the
Council described in subsection (c), the Director of the
Council shall--
(1) coordinate with the Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs for any matter that may affect
national security;
(2) at the discretion of the President, serve as
spokesperson of the executive branch on issues related to
military service, national service, and public service;
(3) upon request by a committee or subcommittee of the
Senate or of the House of Representatives, appear before any
such committee or subcommittee to represent the position of
the executive branch on matters within the scope of the
responsibilities of the Council; and
(4) perform such other functions as the President may
direct.
(e) Organizational Matters.--
(1) Assistant to the president for military, national, and
public service.--The Assistant to the President for Military,
National, and Public Service shall be compensated at the rate
of basic pay prescribed for level II of the Executive
Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code.
(2) Staff.--The Council may employ officers and employees
as necessary to carry out of the functions of the Council.
Such officers and employees of the Council shall be
compensated at a rate not more than the rate of basic pay
prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under
section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
(3) Experts and consultants.--The Council may, as necessary
to carry out of the functions of the Council, procure
temporary and intermittent services of experts and
consultants under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States
Code, at rates for individuals that do not exceed the daily
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for
level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of that
title.
(4) Advisory committees.--The Council may, in carrying out
the functions of the Council, direct a member of the Council
to establish advisory committees composed of representatives
from outside the Federal Government.
(5) Authority to accept gifts.--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.
(6) Authority to accept voluntary services.--
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.
(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out
this section.
(g) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1105(a) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(40) 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.
``(41) 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,
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National, and Public Service Strategy required by section
1071(c)(9) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022, with separate displays for mandatory and
discretionary amounts.''.
SEC. 1072. INTERNET-BASED SERVICE PLATFORM.
(a) Declaration of Policy.--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 service,
national service, and public service programs, to provide a
comprehensive, interactive, and integrated internet-based
platform to enable the people of the United States to learn
about and connect with service organizations and
opportunities and assist in the recruiting needs of service
organizations.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of
the Council on Military, National, and Public Service.
(2) Member.--The term ``member'' means an individual who is
a member of the Service Platform under this section.
(3) Service mission.--The term ``service mission'' means
the objectives of a service organization or a service
opportunity.
(4) Service opportunity.--The term ``service opportunity''
means any paid, volunteer, or other position with a service
organization.
(5) Service organization.--The term ``service
organization'' means any military service, national service,
or public service organization that participates in the
Service Platform.
(6) Service platform.--The term ``Service Platform'' means
the comprehensive, interactive, and integrated internet-based
platform established under this section.
(7) Service type.--The term ``service type'' means the
period and form of service with a service organization,
including part-time, full-time, term limited, sabbatical,
temporary, episodic, or emergency options for paid,
volunteer, or stipend-based service.
(8) State.--The term ``State'' means the several States,
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
and any other territory or possession of the United States.
(9) Uniformed services.--The term ``uniformed services''
has the meaning given such term in subsection (a)(5) of
section 101 of title 10, United States Code.
(c) Establishment of the Service Platform.--The Director,
in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget, shall establish, maintain, and promote the
Service Platform to serve as a centralized resource and
database for the people of the United States to learn about
and connect with organizations and opportunities related to
military service, national service, or public service and for
such organizations to identify people of the United States
with the skills necessary to address the needs of such
organizations.
(d) Operation of Service Platform.--
(1) Public accessibility.--The Director, in coordination
with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,
shall determine, and make accessible to the public,
information about service organizations and service
opportunities, without any requirement that an individual
seeking such access become a member.
(2) Members.--
(A) In general.--Any individual meeting criteria
established by the Director by regulation may register as a
member under subparagraph (B).
(B) Registration.--
(i) In general.--An individual that registers under this
subparagraph as a member shall be entitled to access
information about service organizations and service
opportunities available through the Service Platform.
(ii) Information and consent from individual.--An
individual meeting the criteria established under
subparagraph (A) and seeking to become a member--
(I) shall provide to the Director such information as the
Director may determine necessary to facilitate the
functionality of the Service Platform;
(II) shall, unless specifically electing not to, 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;
(III) 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;
(IV) may consent to be contacted for potential service with
any national service or public service organization in the
event of a national emergency; and
(V) may consent to be contacted to join the uniformed
services on a voluntary basis during an emergency requiring
national mobilization.
(iii) Verification.--Upon receipt of the information and,
as relevant, consent from an individual under clause (ii),
the Director shall--
(I) verify that the individual has not previously
registered as a member; and
(II) if such individual has not previously registered as a
member, register such individual as a member and by written
notice (including by electronic communication), notify such
member of such registration.
(3) Use of service platform.--
(A) Additional information.--The Service Platform shall
enable a member to provide additional information to improve
the functionality of the Service Platform, as determined
relevant by the Director, including information regarding the
member's--
(i) educational background;
(ii) employment background;
(iii) professional skills, training, licenses, and
certifications;
(iv) service organization preferences;
(v) service type preferences;
(vi) service mission preferences; and
(vii) geographic preferences.
(B) Updates.--A member may, at any time, update the
personal and other information of the member available on the
Service Platform.
(C) Renewal of consent regarding military service.--The
Director shall send to a member who consents to serve under
paragraph (2)(B)(ii)(V) an annual request to confirm the
continued consent to serve by the member.
(4) Withdrawal of members.--A member may withdraw as a
member by submitting to the Director a request to withdraw.
Not later than 30 days after the date of such request to
withdraw, all records regarding such member shall be removed
from the Service Platform and any other data storage
locations the Director may use relating to the Service
Platform, notwithstanding any obligations under chapter 31 of
title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the ``Federal
Records Act of 1950'').
(e) Service Organizations.--
(1) Executive agencies and military departments.--All
Executive agencies and military departments shall participate
in the Service Platform as service organizations.
(2) Non-federal service organizations.--State, local, and
Tribal government agencies, and nongovernmental organizations
that undertake national service programs, may participate in
the Service Platform, subject to subsection (h).
(3) Information on service organizations.--Each service
organization participating in the Service Platform shall make
available on the Service Platform--
(A) information sufficient for a member to identify and
understand the service opportunities and service mission of
such service organization;
(B) information on the availability of service
opportunities by service type;
(C) internet links to the hiring and recruiting websites of
such service organization; and
(D) such additional information as the Director may
require.
(4) Additional platforms not precluded.--Nothing in this
subsection shall prevent any service organization from
establishing or maintaining a separate internet-based system
or platform to recruit individuals for employment or for
volunteer or other service opportunities.
(f) Minimum Design Requirements.--The Service Platform
shall--
(1) 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;
(2) provide an individual with the ability to register as a
member in order to customize their experience in accordance
with subsection (d)(3)(A), including providing mechanisms
to--
(A) connect such member with service organizations and
service opportunities that match the interests of the member;
and
(B) ensure robust search capabilities to facilitate the
ability of the member to explore service organizations and
service opportunities;
(3) include mechanisms to enable a service organization to
connect with members who have consented to be contacted and
meet the needs of such service organization;
(4) incorporate, to the extent permitted by law and
regulation, the ability of a member to securely upload
information on education, employment, and skills related to
the service organizations and service opportunities from
internet-based professional, recruiting, and social media
systems, consistent with security requirements;
(5) ensure compatibility with relevant information systems
of Executive agencies and military departments;
(6) 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;
and
(7) 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 or as required
by applicable law, 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.
(g) Development of Service Platform Plan.--
(1) Implementation plan.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Director, in coordination
with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,
shall develop a detailed plan to implement the Service
Platform that complies with all the requirements of this
section.
(2) Consultation required.--In developing the plan under
this subsection, the Director shall consult with the
Secretary of Defense,
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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.
(3) Technical advice permitted.--
(A) In general.--In developing the plan under this
subsection, the Director may--
(i) seek and receive technical advice from experts outside
of the Federal Government; and
(ii) form a committee of such experts to assist in the
design and development of the Service Platform.
(B) Volunteer service.--Notwithstanding section 1342 of
title 31, United States Code, the Director may accept the
voluntary services of such experts under this paragraph.
(C) Federal advisory committee act.--A committee of the
experts formed under this paragraph shall not be subject to
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
(4) Information collection authorized.--
(A) In general.--In developing the plan under this
subsection, the Director may collect information from the
public through focus groups, surveys, and other mechanisms.
(B) Paperwork reduction act.--The requirements under
subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code
(commonly known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'') shall not
apply to activities authorized under this paragraph.
(h) Regulations.--Not later than 12 months after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall issue regulations to carry out
this section including--
(1) procedures that enable State, local, and Tribal
government agencies to participate in the Service Platform as
service organizations;
(2) procedures that enable nongovernmental organizations
that undertake national service programs to participate in
the Service Platform as service organizations; and
(3) a timeline to implement the procedures described in
subparagraphs (A) and (B).
(i) Reports to Congress.--Not later than 12 months after
the date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter,
the Director, in coordination with the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget, shall provide a report to Congress
on the Service Platform. Such report shall include the
following:
(1) Details on the status of implementation of the Service
Platform and plans for further development of the Service
Platform.
(2) Participation rates of service organizations and
members.
(3) 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.
(4) Information on any cybersecurity or privacy concerns.
(5) The results of any surveys or studies undertaken to
increase the use and efficacy of the Service Platform.
(6) Any additional information the Director or the
President considers appropriate.
(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated to the Director for each fiscal year such
funds as may be necessary to carry out this section.
(k) Selective Service System.--Section 10 of the Military
Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3809) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(i) Service Platform.--The Director of Selective Service
shall provide to all registrants, on the website of the
Selective Service System and in communications with
registrants relating to registration, information about the
Service Platform established under section 1072 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. The
Director of Selective Service 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 Council on Military, National, and Public Service to
ensure that information provided by the Selective Service
System is compatible with the information requirements of the
Service Platform.''.
SEC. 1073. PILOT PROGRAM TO COORDINATE MILITARY, NATIONAL,
AND PUBLIC SERVICE RECRUITMENT.
(a) Pilot Program Authorized.--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 service,
national service, 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 United States while ensuring that
recruiting needs are met.
(b) Consultation.--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.
(c) Duration.--The pilot program under this section shall
terminate not earlier than 2 years after the date of
commencement of such pilot program.
(d) Status Reports.--Not later than 12 months after the
date of commencement of the pilot program authorized under
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 the pilot
program carried out under this section.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out
this section.
SEC. 1074. JOINT MARKET RESEARCH AND RECRUITING PROGRAM TO
ADVANCE MILITARY AND NATIONAL SERVICE.
(a) Program Authorized.--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.
(b) Information Sharing Permitted.--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.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for carrying
out this section.
SEC. 1075. INFORMATION SHARING TO ADVANCE MILITARY AND
NATIONAL SERVICE.
(a) Establishment of Plan.--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 an applicant who is
ineligible, or otherwise not selected, for service in the
Armed Forces, in a national service program administered by
the Corporation for National and Community Service, or in the
Peace Corps, with information about the forms of service for
which such applicant has not applied.
(b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 12 months after the
date of 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).
SEC. 1076. TRANSITION OPPORTUNITIES FOR MILITARY
SERVICEMEMBERS AND NATIONAL SERVICE
PARTICIPANTS.
(a) Employment Assistance.--Section 1143(c)(1) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by inserting ``the Corporation
for National and Community Service,'' after ``State
employment agencies,''.
(b) Employment Assistance, Job Training Assistance, and
Other Transitional Services: Department of Labor.--
(1) In general.--Section 1144 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs,'' and inserting ``the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation
for National and Community Service,'';
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs'' and inserting ``the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation
for National and Community Service''; and
(iii) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``and the Chief
Executive Officer'' after ``The Secretaries'';
(B) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following:
``(11) Provide information on public service opportunities,
training on public service job recruiting, and the advantages
of careers with the Federal Government.'';
(C) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by striking ``and the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs,'' and inserting ``, the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the Chief Executive
Officer of the Corporation for National and Community
Service,'';
(D) in subsection (d), in the matter preceding paragraph
(1), by inserting ``and the Chief Executive Officer of the
Corporation for National and Community Service'' after ``the
Secretaries''; and
(E) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(g) Corporation for National and Community Service
Programs.--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:
``(1) Provide information concerning national service
opportunities, including--
``(A) opportunities to acquire and enhance technical skills
available through national service;
``(B) certifications and verifications of job skills and
experience available through national service;
``(C) support services and benefits available during terms
of national service; and
``(D) job analysis techniques, job search techniques, and
job interview techniques specific to approved national
service positions
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(as defined in section 101 of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511)).
``(2) Inform members of the armed forces 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.
``(3) Work with military and veterans' service
organizations and other appropriate organizations in
promoting and publicizing job fairs for such members.
``(4) Provide information about disability-related
employment and education protections.''.
(2) Conforming and clerical amendments.--
(A) Heading amendment.--The heading of section 1144 of such
title is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 1144. Employment assistance, job training assistance,
and other transitional services: Department of Labor and
the Corporation for National and Community Service''.
(B) Table of sections.--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:
``1144. Employment assistance, job training assistance, and other
transitional services: Department of Labor and the
Corporation for National and Community Service.''.
(c) Authorities and Duties of the Chief Executive
Officer.--Section 193A(b) of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12651d(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (24), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (25), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(26) ensure that individuals completing a partial or full
term of service in a program under subtitle C or E or part A
of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42
U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) receive information about military and
public service opportunities for which they may qualify or in
which they may be interested.''.
SEC. 1077. JOINT REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INITIATIVES TO
INTEGRATE MILITARY AND NATIONAL SERVICE.
(a) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than 4 years after
the date of enactment of this Act and quadrennially
thereafter, the Director of the Council on Military,
National, and Public Service established under section 1071,
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.
(b) Contents of Report.--Each report under subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) 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.
(2) 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.
(3) An assessment of existing (as of the date of the
reports submission) joint recruitment and advertising
initiatives undertaken by the Department of Defense, the
Peace Corps, or the Corporation for National and Community
Service.
(4) An assessment of the feasibility and cost of expanding
such existing initiatives.
(5) An assessment of ways to improve the ability of the
reporting agencies to recruit individuals from the other
reporting agencies.
(c) Consultation.--The Director of the Council on Military,
National, and Public Service established under section 1071,
the Secretary of Defense, the Chief Executive Officer of the
Corporation for National and Community Service, and the
Director of the Peace Corps shall undertake studies of
recruiting efforts that are necessary to carry out the
provisions of this section. Such studies may be conducted
using any funds appropriated to those entities under Federal
law other than this subtitle.
SEC. 1078. DEFINITIONS.
In this subtitle:
(1) Council on military, national, and public service.--The
term ``Council on Military, National, and Public Service''
means the Council on Military, National, and Public Service
established under section 1071.
(2) Executive agency.--The term ``Executive agency'' has
the meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, United
States Code.
(3) Military department.--The term ``military department''
means each of the military departments listed in section 102
of title 5, United States Code.
(4) Military service.--The term ``military service'' 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).
(5) National service.--The term ``national service'' means
participation, other than military service or public service,
in a program that--
(A) is designed to enhance the common good and meet the
needs of communities, the States, or the United States;
(B) is funded or facilitated by--
(i) an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under
section 501(a) of such Code;
(ii) an institution of higher education as defined in
section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1001); or
(iii) the Federal Government or a State, Tribal, or local
government; and
(C) is a program--
(i) authorized in--
(I) the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.);
(II) section 171 of the Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3226) relating to the YouthBuild
Program;
(III) the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C.
4950 et seq.); or
(IV) the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12501 et seq.); or
(ii) determined to be another relevant program by the
Director of the Council on Military, National, and Public
Service.
(6) Public service.--The term ``public service'' means
civilian employment in the Federal Government or a State,
Tribal, or local government.
(7) Service.--The term ``service'' means a personal
commitment of time, energy, and talent to a mission that
contributes to the public good by protecting the Nation and
the citizens of the United States, strengthening communities,
States, or the United States, or promoting the general social
welfare.
(8) State commission.--The term ``State Commission'' means
a State Commission on National and Community Service
maintained by a State pursuant to section 178 of the National
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12638).
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