[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2960-S2961]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 803. Mr. REED submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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:

       At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. ___. INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON SERVICE.

       (a) Establishment.--
       (1) In general.--There is established an Interagency 
     Council on Service (in this section referred to as the 
     ``Council'').
       (2) Functions.--The Council shall--
       (A) advise the President with respect to promoting, 
     strengthening, and expanding opportunities for military 
     service, national service, and public service for all people 
     of the United States; and
       (B) review, assess, and coordinate holistic recruitment 
     strategies and initiatives of the executive branch to foster 
     an increased sense of service and civic responsibility among 
     all people of the United States and to explore ways of 
     enhancing connectivity of interested applicants to national 
     service programs and opportunities.
       (b) Composition.--
       (1) Membership.--The Council shall be composed of such 
     officers and employees of the Federal Government as the 
     President may designate, including not less than 1 such 
     officer or employee the appointment of whom as such officer 
     or employee was made by the President by and with the advice 
     and consent of the Senate.
       (2) Chair.--The President shall annually designate to serve 
     as the Chair of the Council a member of the Council under 
     paragraph (1), the appointment of whom as an officer or 
     employee of the Federal Government was made by the President 
     by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
       (3) Meetings.--The Council shall meet on a quarterly basis 
     or more frequently as the Chair of the Council may direct.
       (c) Responsibilities of the Council.--The Council shall--
       (1) assist and advise the President in the establishment of 
     strategies, goals, objectives, and priorities to promote 
     service and civic responsibility among all people of the 
     United States;
       (2) develop and recommend to the President common 
     recruitment strategies and outreach opportunities 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 domestic investment;
       (3) serve as a forum for Federal officials responsible for 
     military service, national service, and public service 
     programs to, as feasible and practicable--
       (A) coordinate and share best practices for service 
     recruitment; and
       (B) develop common interagency, cross-service initiatives 
     and pilots for service recruitment;
       (4) lead a strategic, interagency coordinated effort on 
     behalf 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 Council members;
       (5) consider approaches for assessing impacts of service on 
     the needs of the United States and individuals participating 
     in and benefitting from such service;
       (6) consult, as the Council considers advisable, with 
     representatives of non-Federal entities, including State, 
     local, and Tribal governments, State and local educational 
     agencies, State Service 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;
       (7) 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 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) a review of Federal Government online content relating 
     to the mandate of the Council, including user experience with 
     such content;
       (C) current and foreseeable trends for service to address 
     the needs of the United States;
       (D) recommended service recruitment strategies and branding 
     opportunities to address outreach and communication 
     deficiencies identified by the Council; and
       (E) to the extent practical, a joint service messaging 
     strategy for military service, national service, and public 
     service;
       (8) identify any notable initiatives by State, local, and 
     Tribal governments and by

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     public and nongovernmental entities to increase awareness of 
     and participation in national service programs; and
       (9) perform such other functions as the President may 
     direct.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) 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).
       (2) 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 institution of higher education as defined in 
     section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1001); or
       (ii) the Federal Government or a State, Tribal, or local 
     government; and
       (C) is a program 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.).
       (3) Public service.--The term ``public service'' means 
     civilian employment in the Federal Government or a State, 
     Tribal, or local government.
       (4) 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.
       (5) State service commission.--The term ``State Service 
     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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