IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5810 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 16, 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To provide for mandatory training for Federal Government 
supervisors and the assessment of management com-
petencies, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Supervisor 
Education Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MANDATORY TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR SUPER-
VISORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4121 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 4121. Specific training programs 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘program’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 1122(a)(1)(C) of title 31; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘supervisor’ means— 
‘‘(A) a supervisor (as that term is defined 
in section 7103(a)(10)); 
‘‘(B) a management official (as that term 
is defined under such section); or 
‘‘(C) any other employee as the Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management may by 
regulation prescribe. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF TRAINING PROGRAMS.—In 
consultation with the Office of Personnel Management, 
the head of each agency shall establish— 
‘‘(1) a comprehensive management succession 
program to provide training to employees to develop 
managers for the agency; and 
‘‘(2) a program— 
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‘‘(A) under which supervisors have indi-
vidual development plans, established by the 
head, that provide for training on actions, op-
tions, and strategies a supervisor may use in— 
‘‘(i) developing and discussing rel-
evant performance goals and objectives 
with the employee and ensuring the per-
formance goals and objectives align to the 
mission and priority goals of the agency; 
‘‘(ii) communicating and discussing 
progress relative to performance goals and 
objectives, and conducting performance ap-
praisals; 
‘‘(iii) mentoring and coaching employ-
ees and improving employee engagement, 
performance, and productivity; 
‘‘(iv) fostering a work environment 
characterized by fairness, respect, equal 
opportunity, and attention paid to the 
merit of the work of employees; 
‘‘(v) effectively managing employees 
with unacceptable performance, including 
training to understand the disciplinary op-
tions and procedures available to the su-
pervisor; 
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‘‘(vi) effectively using the proba-
tionary period to examine whether an em-
ployee has demonstrated successful per-
formance or conduct to continue past the 
probationary period; 
‘‘(vii) addressing reports of a hostile 
work environment, retaliation, or harass-
ment of, or by, another supervisor or em-
ployee; 
‘‘(viii) 
meeting 
supervisor 
com-
petencies established by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management or the employing agen-
cy of the supervisor; and 
‘‘(ix) collaborating with human re-
sources employees to recruit, select, ap-
praise, and reward employees to build a 
workforce based on organizational goals, 
budget considerations, and staffing needs; 
‘‘(B) to provide training to supervisors on 
the prohibited personnel practices under section 
2302, employee rights, and the procedures and 
processes used to enforce employee rights; and 
‘‘(C) under which experienced supervisor 
mentors are identified, evaluated, and approved 
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to provide guidance and advice to new or under-
performing supervisors to— 
‘‘(i) transfer knowledge and advice in 
areas such as communication, critical 
thinking, responsibility, flexibility, moti-
vating and engaging employees, teamwork, 
leadership, and professional development; 
and 
‘‘(ii) identify strengths and areas for 
development. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
TRAINING
DESIGN.— 
Training in the program components established under 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(2) shall— 
‘‘(1) be designed using principles of adult learn-
ing and an industry standard instructional design 
model; and 
‘‘(2) to the extent practicable, as determined by 
the agency, be training that is instructor-based. 
‘‘(d) TIMING OF TRAINING.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL TRAINING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date an individual is appointed to the 
position of supervisor, such individual shall be 
required to have completed each program com-
ponent established under subsection (b)(2). 
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