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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3510 

To establish a scholarship program to encourage outstanding graduate students in mission-critical fields to pursue a career in the Federal Government. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 31, 2009 

Mr. PRICE of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, 

Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. 

MCDERMOTT, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, 

Mr. HODES, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. PLATTS) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in 

addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and 

Ways and Means, 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 establish a scholarship program to encourage outstanding 

graduate students in mission-critical fields to pursue a 

career in the Federal Government. 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Roosevelt Scholars Act of 2009’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is 

2 as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

Sec. 4. Theodore Roosevelt Scholarship Foundation. 

Sec. 5. Roosevelt Scholars. 

Sec. 6. Requirements for Roosevelt Scholars. 

Sec. 7. Special hiring authority. 

Sec. 8. Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund. 

Sec. 9. Expenditures and audit of Trust Fund. 

Sec. 10. Executive Secretary of the Foundation. 

Sec. 11. Administrative provisions. 

Sec. 12. Additional functions of the Foundation. 

Sec. 13. Exclusion of Roosevelt Scholarship awards from gross income. 

Sec. 14. Authorization of appropriations. 

3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) According to the Government Accountability 

6 Office, about one-third of Federal employees who 

7 were employed by the Federal Government at the 

8 end of fiscal year 2007 will become eligible to retire 

9 by 2012. Proportions of workers eligible to retire are 

10 projected to be especially high in certain occupa11 tions—some of them mission critical—as well as in 

12 key leadership positions. The Government will lose 

13 additional employees to non-retirement attrition. 

14 (2) The Office of Personnel Management esti15 mates that about 550,000 Federal employees will 

16 leave the Government in the next 5 years, the major17 ity through retirement, and a recent survey indicates 

18 that Federal agencies will need to hire nearly 

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1 tions (including highly specialized professionals, such 

2 as scientists, engineers, physicians, mathematicians, 

3 and economists) through September 2009. 

4 (3) The ability of the Federal Government to 

5 perform mission-critical functions depends on a 

6 strong, well-trained, and highly engaged Federal 

7 workforce. 

8 (4) Heavy educational debt and lack of knowl9 edge about Federal job opportunities drive many 

10 students to seek employment in the private sector, 

11 making it difficult for the Federal Government to re12 place needed talent in mission-critical positions. 

13 (5) A new scholarship program to help finance 

14 graduate-level education and to connect students di15 rectly with mission-critical Federal positions would 

16 help build a much needed pipeline of talent for the 

17 Government. 

18 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

19 For purposes of this Act— 

20 (1) the term ‘‘Foundation’’ means the Theodore 

21 Roosevelt Scholarship Foundation, as described in 

22 section 4(a); 

23 (2) the term ‘‘Board’’ means the Board of 

24 Trustees of the Theodore Roosevelt Scholarship 

25 Foundation, as described in section 4(b); 


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1 (3) the term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Theodore Roo2 sevelt Memorial Scholarship Fund, as described in 

3 section 8; 

4 (4) the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ means an Exec5 utive agency, as defined by section 105 of title 5, 

6 United States Code; 

7 (5) the term ‘‘State’’ includes the District of 

8 Columbia; 

9 (6) the term ‘‘graduate student’’ means a stu10 dent in a master’s, law, or doctoral degree program 

11 at a university accredited by a nationally recognized 

12 accrediting agency or association; and 

13 (7) the term ‘‘mission-critical occupational 

14 area’’ refers to those positions that a Federal agency 

15 identifies as essential to achieving its strategic goals, 

16 as determined through the workforce analysis proc17 ess of the Federal agency’s workforce planning sys18 tem. 

19 SEC. 4. THEODORE ROOSEVELT SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDA20 TION. 

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established, as an 

22 independent establishment in the executive branch of the 

23 Government, a foundation to be known as the ‘‘Theodore 

24 Roosevelt Scholarship Foundation’’. 


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1 (b) BOARD OF TRUSTEES.—The Foundation shall be 

2 subject to the supervision and direction of a Board of 

3 Trustees. The Board shall be composed of 9 members, 

4 plus 1 non-voting ex officio member, as follows: 

5 (1) Two members shall be appointed by the 

6 House of Representatives, one appointed by the 

7 Speaker, and one appointed by the minority leader. 

8 (2) Two members shall be appointed by the 

9 Senate, one appointed by the majority leader, and 

10 one appointed by the minority leader. 

11 (3) Five members, not more than 3 of whom 

12 shall be of the same political party, shall be ap13 pointed by the President, with the advice and con14 sent of the Senate, from among individuals who— 

15 (A) have demonstrated leadership or exper16 tise in public service or higher education; or 

17 (B) represent a Federal agency or a pro18 fessional association related to mission-critical 

19 occupational areas. 

20 (4) The Director of the Office of Personnel 

21 Management (or a designee), who shall serve as a 

22 non-voting, ex officio member of the Board. 

23 (c) TERM OF OFFICE.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para2 graph (2) or (3), the term of each member (other 

3 than the ex officio member) shall be 6 years. 

4 (2) INITIAL APPOINTEES.—As designated by 

5 the President at the time of appointment, of the 

6 members first appointed— 

7 (A) 1 member appointed under subsection 

8 (b)(2) and 2 members appointed under sub9 section (b)(3) shall be appointed for a term of 

10 2 years; 

11 (B) 1 member appointed under subsection 

12 (b)(1) and 2 members appointed under sub13 section (b)(3) shall be appointed for a term of 

14 4 years; and 

15 (C) 1 member appointed under subsection 

16 (b)(1), 1 member appointed under subsection 

17 (b)(2), and 1 member appointed under sub18 section (b)(3) shall be appointed for a term of 

19 6 years. 

20 (3) VACANCIES.—Any member appointed to fill 

21 a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the 

22 term for which the member’s predecessor was ap23 pointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of 

24 that term. A vacancy on the Board shall be filled in 


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1 the manner in which the original appointment was 

2 made. 

3 (d) COMPENSATION.—Members of the Board shall 

4 serve without pay, but shall be entitled to reimbursement 

5 for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses in6 curred in the performance of their duties as members of 

7 the Board. 

8 SEC. 5. ROOSEVELT SCHOLARS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Foundation shall award 

10 scholarships to graduate students who demonstrate out11 standing potential for a career in a mission-critical occu12 pational area within the Federal Government. The recipi13 ent of a scholarship under this Act shall be known as a 

14 ‘‘Roosevelt Scholar’’. 

15 (b) SELECTION PROCESS.— 

16 (1) NATIONWIDE COMPETITION.—The Founda17 tion shall, directly or by contract— 

18 (A) provide for the conduct of an annual 

19 nationwide competition, including an application 

20 and interview process, for the purpose of select21 ing Roosevelt Scholars; and 

22 (B) market the scholarship program to di23 verse populations. 

24 (2) CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES.—The Foun25 dation shall adopt selection criteria and procedures 


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1 to ensure a diverse cohort of scholarship recipients 

2 each year who— 

3 (A) at the time of applying for a scholar4 ship under this Act, are enrolled in or seeking 

5 admission to an accredited full-time graduate 

6 degree program at an institution of higher edu7 cation in a discipline that is determined by the 

8 Foundation to be directly related to 1 or more 

9 mission-critical occupational areas within the 

10 Federal Government; 

11 (B) have been nominated by an appro12 priate faculty member or other representative of 

13 the institution of higher education in which 

14 they are enrolled, of which they are a graduate, 

15 or to which they are seeking admission, or by 

16 another individual, approved by the Foundation, 

17 who has direct knowledge of the candidate’s 

18 academic or work experience; and 

19 (C) are citizens or legal permanent resi20 dents of the United States. 

21 (c) SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNTS.—Each student awarded 

22 a scholarship under this Act shall receive, for each aca23 demic year in which such student is enrolled full time in 

24 the graduate degree program described in subsection 

25 (b)(2)(A), the cost of tuition plus a stipend, except that— 


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1 (1) the stipend awarded under this Act to a 

2 student for an academic year may not exceed the 

3 lesser of— 

4 (A) a monthly living stipend of not more 

5 than $300 per month and an amount equal to 

6 the cost to the student, for such academic year, 

7 of— 

8 (i) room and board; 

9 (ii) books; and 

10 (iii) materials and fees associated with 

11 coursework; or 

12 (B) $12,000 (adjusted annually to reflect 

13 any increase in the consumer price index for all 

14 urban consumers, as published by the Bureau 

15 of Labor Statistics); 

16 (2) the total scholarship awarded under this 

17 Act to a student for an academic year, for tuition 

18 and stipend combined, may not exceed— 

19 (A) $60,000 (adjusted at the same time 

20 and in the same manner as the dollar amount 

21 under paragraph (1)(B)), minus 

22 (B) the sum of all scholarships, grants, or 

23 other similar cash awards received by the stu24 dent for such academic year from any source 

25 apart from this Act; and 


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1 (3) scholarships under this Act may be awarded 

2 to a student for such periods as the Foundation may 

3 prescribe, but not to exceed 5 academic years. 

4 (d) SCHOLARSHIP CONDITIONS.— 

5 (1) SATISFACTORY PROFICIENCY.—A student 

6 awarded a scholarship under this Act shall continue 

7 to receive the payments provided for under this Act 

8 only during such periods as the Foundation finds 

9 that such student is maintaining satisfactory pro10 ficiency and devoting full time to study or research 

11 designed to prepare such student for a career in the 

12 Federal Government, unless otherwise approved by 

13 the Foundation. 

14 (2) REPORTS.—The Foundation may require 

15 reports containing such information, in such form, 

16 and to be filed at such times as the Foundation de17 termines to be necessary from any student awarded 

18 a scholarship under this Act. Such reports shall be 

19 accompanied by a certificate from an appropriate of20 ficial at the institution of higher education, approved 

21 by the Foundation, stating that such individual is 

22 making satisfactory progress in, and is devoting es23 sentially full time to study or research, except as 

24 otherwise provided in this subsection. 


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1 SEC. 6. REQUIREMENTS FOR ROOSEVELT SCHOLARS. 

2 (a) SERVICE REQUIREMENT.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each student awarded a 

4 scholarship under this Act shall be required to enter 

5 into a service agreement with the Foundation which 

6 provides for such student to complete, in return for 

7 the scholarship, a specified period of service with the 

8 Federal Government. Under the agreement, the pe9 riod of service shall be for the number of years equal 

10 to the total number of academic years for which the 

11 student received a scholarship under this Act, except 

12 that the total period of service shall not be less than 

13 3 years nor more than 5 years. 

14 (2) FAILURE TO FULFILL.—An agreement 

15 under this section shall provide that an individual 

16 shall, in the event that such individual fails to meet 

17 the service requirement under paragraph (1), be re18 quired to repay to the Foundation the amount equal 

19 to— 

20 (A) the total amount of scholarship monies 

21 (tuition and stipends combined) received by the 

22 individual under such agreement, multiplied by 

23 (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is 

24 the amount of service not completed and the de25 nominator of which is the total period of service 

26 agreed to. 


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1 An amount under this paragraph shall be treated as 

2 a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan under 

3 part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 

4 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a and following), and shall be 

5 subject to repayment, together with interest thereon 

6 accruing from the date of the scholarship award, in 

7 accordance with terms and conditions specified by 

8 the Secretary of Education in regulations under this 

9 subpart. 

10 (3) REGULATIONS.—The Foundation, in con11 sultation with the Office of Personnel Management, 

12 shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry 

13 out this subsection, including provisions under which 

14 the service requirement specified by paragraph (1) 

15 or a repayment otherwise required under paragraph 

16 (2) may be waived, in whole or in part, or deferred, 

17 in appropriate circumstances. 

18 (b) INTERNSHIP REQUIREMENT.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Roosevelt Scholars shall be 

20 required to complete at least 1 internship related to 

21 their field of study in a Federal agency while earn22 ing their graduate or other advanced degree. 

23 (2) REGULATIONS.—The Foundation, in con24 sultation with the Office of Personnel Management, 

25 shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry 


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1 out this subsection, including provisions under which 

2 the internship requirement specified by subsection 

3 (b) may be waived in appropriate circumstances. 

4 (c) PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVI5 TIES.—While earning their graduate or other advanced 

6 degree and during their period of obligated service (as de7 scribed in subsection (a)), Roosevelt Scholars shall be re8 quired, in accordance with such terms as the Foundation 

9 shall establish, to participate in extracurricular activities 

10 as described in section 12(a)(5). 

11 (d) AVAILABILITY AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—While earning their graduate 

13 or other advanced degree and during their period of 

14 obligated service (as described in subsection (a)), 

15 Roosevelt Scholars shall be required, in accordance 

16 with such terms as the Foundation shall establish, 

17 to serve as a resource for— 

18 (A) individuals interested in becoming a 

19 Roosevelt Scholar or seeking temporary or per20 manent employment with the Federal Govern21 ment; 

22 (B) faculty, career services professionals, 

23 and other personnel at institutions of higher 

24 education who advise students on career and 


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1 other scholarship opportunities with the Federal 

2 Government; and 

3 (C) Federal agencies which might be inter4 ested in promoting, at the institution of higher 

5 education at which the student is enrolled, ca6 reer opportunities with the Federal Govern7 ment. 

8 (2) MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING.—The 

9 Foundation may enter into memoranda of under10 standing with any institution of higher education re11 garding any facilities or resources that will be made 

12 available to Roosevelt Scholars for purposes of this 

13 subsection. 

14 (3) TRAINING.—The Foundation, in coopera15 tion with the Office of Personnel Management, may 

16 provide for Roosevelt Scholars to receive any train17 ing which they might need in order to carry out 

18 their responsibilities under this subsection. 

19 SEC. 7. SPECIAL HIRING AUTHORITY. 

20 Under such regulations as the Office of Personnel 

21 Management shall prescribe, a Federal agency may make 

22 a noncompetitive appointment (in the excepted service, as 

23 defined by section 2103 of title 5, United States Code, 

24 leading to conversion to career or career-conditional em25 ployment) of any Roosevelt Scholar who has successfully 


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1 completed the program of study for which the scholarship 

2 was granted. A noncompetitive appointment under this 

3 section shall be for a period not to exceed 2 years, and 

4 shall be to a mission-critical position, with the possibility 

5 of an extension for one additional year by the employing 

6 agency. At the end of the period of the noncompetitive 

7 appointment, conversion to career or career-conditional 

8 employment in a mission-critical position shall be granted 

9 to those Roosevelt Scholars who meet all qualification, 

10 suitability, and performance requirements. 

11 SEC. 8. THEODORE ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP 

12 TRUST FUND. 

13 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

14 Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known 

15 as the ‘‘Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Scholarship Trust 

16 Fund’’ to be administered by the Foundation. The Fund 

17 shall consist of amounts appropriated to it pursuant to 

18 section 14 and amounts paid into the Fund pursuant to 

19 section 11(a)(4). 

20 (b) INVESTMENT IN INTEREST-BEARING OBLIGA21 TIONS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Upon request by the Foun23 dation, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the 

24 Treasury to invest such currently available portions 

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1 retary, immediately required for payments from the 

2 Fund. Such investments may be made only in inter3 est-bearing obligations of the United States or in ob4 ligations guaranteed as to both principal and inter5 est by the United States. 

6 (2) ACQUISITION OF OBLIGATIONS.—The pur7 poses for which obligations of the United States may 

8 be issued under chapter 31 of title 31, United States 

9 Code, are hereby extended to authorize the issuance 

10 at par of special obligations directly to the Fund. 

11 Such special obligations shall bear interest at a rate 

12 equal to the average rate of interest, computed as to 

13 the end of the calendar month next preceding the 

14 date of such issue, borne by all marketable interest15 bearing obligations of the United States then form16 ing a part of the public debt; except that where such 

17 average rate is not a multiple of one-eighth of 1 per 

18 centum, the rate of interest of such special obliga19 tions shall be the multiple of one-eighth of 1 per 

20 centum next lower than such average rate. All re21 quests of the Foundation to the Secretary of the 

22 Treasury provided for in this section shall be binding 

23 upon the Secretary. 

24 (c) AUTHORITY TO SELL OBLIGATIONS.—At the re25 quest of the Foundation, the Secretary of the Treasury 


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1 shall redeem any obligation issued directly to the Fund. 

2 Obligations issued to the Fund under subsection (b)(2) 

3 shall be redeemed at par plus accrued interest. Any other 

4 obligations issued directly to the Fund shall be redeemed 

5 at the market price. 

6 (d) PROCEEDS FROM CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

7 CREDITED TO FUND.—In addition to the appropriations 

8 received pursuant to section 14, the interest on, and the 

9 proceeds from the sale or redemption of, any obligations 

10 held in the Fund pursuant to section 11(a), shall be cred11 ited to and form a part of the Fund. 

12 SEC. 9. EXPENDITURES AND AUDIT OF TRUST FUND. 

13 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING.—The Secretary of 

14 the Treasury may pay to the Foundation from the interest 

15 and earnings of the Fund such sums as the Board deter16 mines are necessary and appropriate to enable the Foun17 dation to carry out the purposes of this Act. 

18 (b) AUDITS BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OF19 FICE.—The activities of the Foundation under this Act 

20 may be audited by the Government Accountability Office 

21 under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by 

22 the Comptroller General. Representatives of the Govern23 ment Accountability Office shall have access to all books, 

24 accounts, records, reports, and files and all other papers, 

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1 tion, pertaining to such activities and necessary to facili2 tate the audit. 

3 SEC. 10. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE FOUNDATION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be an Executive Sec5 retary of the Foundation, who shall be the chief executive 

6 officer of the Foundation and shall carry out the functions 

7 of the Foundation, subject to the supervision and direction 

8 of the Board. The Executive Secretary shall carry out such 

9 other functions consistent with the provisions of this Act 

10 as the Board may delegate. 

11 (b) APPOINTMENT.—The Executive Secretary shall 

12 be appointed by the Board and shall be a member of the 

13 Senior Executive Service. The Executive Secretary shall 

14 have demonstrated significant management experience 

15 and shall possess a high level of expertise in the recruit16 ment and retention of personnel. 

17 (c) TERM OF OFFICE.—The Executive Secretary 

18 shall serve for a term of 5 years, and may be reappointed. 

The Executive Secretary may be removed by a vote of 2 19 ⁄3

20 of the Board membership. 

21 (d) COMPENSATION.—The Board shall appoint and 

22 fix the compensation of the Executive Secretary at a rate 

23 not to exceed the maximum rate for a member of the Sen24 ior Executive Service. 


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1 SEC. 11. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

2 (a) POWERS OF THE FOUNDATION.—In order to 

3 carry out this Act, the Foundation may— 

4 (1) appoint and fix the compensation of such 

5 personnel as may be necessary, at rates not to ex6 ceed level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec7 tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code; 

8 (2) procure temporary and intermittent services 

9 of experts and consultants as are necessary to the 

10 extent authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

11 States Code, but at rates not to exceed the rate for 

12 level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 

13 5315 of title 5, United States Code; 

14 (3) prescribe such regulations as it considers 

15 necessary to carry out its functions under this Act; 

16 (4) receive money and other property donated, 

17 bequeathed, or devised, without condition or restric18 tion other than that it be used for the purposes of 

19 the Foundation; and to use, sell, or otherwise dis20 pose of such property for the purpose of carrying 

21 out its functions; 

22 (5) accept and utilize the services of voluntary 

23 and non-compensated personnel and reimburse them 

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1 (6) enter into contracts, grants, or other ar2 rangements, or modifications thereof, to carry out 

3 such provisions of this Act, and such contracts or 

modifications may, with the concurrence of 2 4 ⁄3 of the 

5 members of the Board, be entered into without per6 formance or other bonds, and without regard to sec7 tion 5 of title 41, United States Code; 

8 (7) rent office space in the District of Colum9 bia; and 

10 (8) make other necessary expenditures. 

11 (b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Foundation shall sub12 mit to the President and to the Congress an annual report 

13 on its operations under this Act. 

14 (c) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Foundation may 

15 enter into contracts under this Act only to such extent 

16 or in such amounts as may be provided for in advance 

17 in appropriations Acts. 

18 SEC. 12. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE FOUNDATION. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to its other functions, 

20 the Foundation shall— 

21 (1) create, maintain, and promote an on-line di22 rectory of all Federal scholarship opportunities avail23 able to individuals pursuing temporary or permanent 

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1 (2) create and maintain an online directory of 

2 current mission-critical occupational areas; 

3 (3) partner with Federal agencies to place Roo4 sevelt Scholars in positions in the Federal Govern5 ment; 

6 (4) to the extent practical, assist Federal agen7 cies and other Federal scholarship foundations in 

8 placing Federal scholarship recipients in positions in 

9 the Federal Government; 

10 (5) work with nonprofit organizations to design 

11 and implement mandatory extracurricular programs 

12 and activities that— 

13 (A) promote team-building and create a 

14 network and community for past, present, and 

15 future Roosevelt Scholars; 

16 (B) motivate Roosevelt Scholars to become 

17 career Federal employees; 

18 (C) are offered regularly during each year 

19 in which an individual is receiving a Roosevelt 

20 Scholarship, including during intervals between 

21 periods of enrollment; 

22 (D) expose Roosevelt Scholars to the busi23 ness, political, demographic, cultural, and eco24 nomic climate of the Federal Government; and 


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1 (E) help Roosevelt Scholars to develop 

2 leadership qualities; and 

3 (6) within 2 years after the date of the enact4 ment of this Act, submit to Congress (and make 

5 available to the public) a report regarding— 

6 (A) any barriers to appointing Roosevelt 

7 Scholars and other Federal scholarship recipi8 ents to positions in the Federal Government; 

9 and 

10 (B) recommendations to— 

11 (i) remove barriers to appointing Roo12 sevelt Scholars and other Federal scholar13 ship recipients to positions in the Federal 

14 Government; and 

15 (ii) educate Federal agencies on the 

16 best use of personnel flexibilities in the ap17 pointment of Federal scholarship recipi18 ents, including Roosevelt Scholars. 

19 (b) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—The Foundation may, 

20 consistent with regulations of the Office of Personnel 

21 Management, request and fund security clearances for 

22 Roosevelt Scholars, as necessary. 


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1 SEC. 13. EXCLUSION OF ROOSEVELT SCHOLARSHIP 

2 AWARDS FROM GROSS INCOME. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 117 of the Internal Rev4 enue Code of 1986 (relating to qualified scholarships) is 

5 amended by adding at the end the following new sub6 section: 

7 ‘‘(e) ROOSEVELT SCHOLARSHIPS.—Gross income 

8 shall not include any amount awarded under section 5 of 

9 the Roosevelt Scholars Act of 2009.’’. 

10 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

11 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 

12 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

13 SEC. 14. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

15 this section $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such 

16 sums as may be necessary for succeeding fiscal years. 

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