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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. 

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 

A BILL 

To expand opportunities for employment of recent graduates 

in Federal Government positions, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be called the ‘‘Pipeline to Service Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEDERAL EM6 PLOYMENT. 

7 (a) OPM PROGRAM TO RECRUIT STUDENTS FOR

8 FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 

3 the Office of Personnel Management shall establish 

4 a program under which the Office enters into part5 nerships with institutions of higher education (as de6 fined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 

7 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) to recruit and hire students 

8 to positions in the Federal Government. 

9 (2) CONTENTS.—The program established 

10 under subsection (a) shall be in such form and man11 ner as the Director may prescribe, but at a min12 imum shall— 

13 (A) advise students on courses of study; 

14 (B) provide professional development work15 shops to students; 

16 (C) assist students in searching for Fed17 eral jobs on the website USAJobs.gov; 

18 (D) provide students training on preparing 

19 resumes for applying to Federal positions; 

20 (E) make an effort to recruit students 

21 from communities that are historically under22 represented in Federal employment, as deter23 mined by the Director; and 


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1 (F) provide students training on how to be 

2 competitive when applying for Federal intern3 ships and the Pathways Program. 

4 (3) COORDINATION.—The Director shall coordi5 nate with Executive agencies in carrying out the 

6 program established under subsection (a), including 

7 by engaging in cost sharing with such agencies and 

8 in establishing agency-specific partnerships with ap9 propriate institutions of higher education. 

10 (4) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

11 date the program is established under subsection (a) 

12 and annually thereafter, the Director shall submit a 

13 report on the program to the Committee on Edu14 cation and the Workforce and the Committee on 

15 Oversight and Accountability of the House of Rep16 resentatives and the Committee on Health, Edu17 cation, Labor and Pensions and the Committee on 

18 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

19 Senate. Each such report shall include, at a min20 imum, the following: 

21 (A) A description of the Federal position 

22 in which students are placed during the pre23 vious year. 


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1 (B) The institutions of higher education 

2 from which students are recruited during the 

3 previous year. 

4 (C) The geographic location of Federal po5 sitions in which students are being placed dur6 ing the previous year. 

7 (5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

8 There is authorized to be appropriated for each of 

9 fiscal years 2025 through 2029 $15,000,000 to 

10 carry out this subsection. Of the amount appro11 priated to carry out this subsection for any fiscal 

12 year, at least 30 percent of such amount shall be 

13 used for recruiting and hiring students from— 

14 (A) minority-serving institutions (as de15 scribed in section 371(a) of the Higher Edu16 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)); 

17 (B) junior or community colleges (as that 

18 term is defined in section 312(f) of such Act); 

19 and 

20 (C) land-grant colleges and universities (as 

21 that term is defined in section 1404 of the Na22 tional Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

23 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)). 

24 (b) INCREASE IN PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT FEL25 LOWS PROGRAM POSITIONS.—During each of fiscal years 


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1 2022 through 2027, the Presidential Management Fellows 

2 Program carried out by the Office of Personnel Manage3 ment shall have a total number of Program positions at 

4 executive agencies equal to 200 percent of the number of 

5 such positions established on the date of enactment of this 

6 Act. 

7 (c) INTERN HOURLY PAY RATE.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any individual who is an in9 tern in the Federal Government, including any in10 tern in a Federal internship program described 

11 under section 3111a of title 5, United States Code, 

12 shall be paid a stipend of, at a minimum, $15 for 

13 each hour that the individual is working as such an 

14 intern. 

15 (2) ADJUSTMENT.—Effective January 30 of 

16 each year, the minimum hourly rate of pay under 

17 paragraph (1) shall be adjusted by the percent 

18 change in the price index on January 1 of such year 

19 over the price index on January 1 of the preceding 

20 year. In this paragraph, the term ‘‘price index’’ 

21 means the Consumer Price Index (all items—United 

22 States city average) published monthly by the Bu23 reau of Labor Statistics. 

24 (d) OPM PUBLICATION ON FEDERAL INTERNS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 30, 

2 2024, and annually thereafter, the Director of the 

3 Office of Personnel Management shall publish, on 

4 the Office’s public website, demographic information 

5 on Federal interns, individuals participating in the 

6 Pathways Program, and students participating in 

7 the program under subsection (a). 

8 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—Such information shall 

9 include, at a minimum, demographic information on 

10 race, age, the type of position occupied by the indi11 vidual and where such position is located in the civil 

12 service, and hours worked. The Office shall not pub13 lish any information under this subsection that re14 veals the personally identifiable information of any 

15 individual. 

16 (e) CONVERSION OF INTERNS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any Federal intern who is 

18 not participating in the Pathways Program may, 

19 subject to such regulation as the Office of Personnel 

20 Management may prescribe, be eligible for non21 competitive conversion to the competitive service in 

22 the same manner, to the greatest extent practicable, 

23 as Pathways Program participants under section 

24 362.107 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations. 


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1 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—Such regulations shall 

2 include best-practices for non-Federal entities to fol3 low to assist interns from such entities in becoming 

4 eligible for conversion under such regulations, in5 cluding qualifying criteria and performance manage6 ment. 

7 (f) BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—The budgetary effects of 

8 this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory 

9 Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, shall be determined by ref10 erence to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects 

11 of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for print12 ing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the 

13 House Budget Committee, provided that such statement 

14 has been submitted prior to the vote on passage. 

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