I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2102 
To establish the United States Public Service Academy. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2009 
Mr. MORAN of Virginia (for himself, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. SIRES, 
Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. PERRIELLO, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. 
DELAURO, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. JACKSON of Illi-
nois, Mr. HONDA, Ms. NORTON, Mr. WELCH, Mr. BRADY of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. MASSA, Mr. 
RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. HIGGINS, 
Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. TONKO, Mr. LYNCH, and 
Mr. KENNEDY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To establish the United States Public Service Academy. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Public 
Service Academy Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
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(1) In the 21st century, the most pressing chal-
lenges that the United States faces will take place 
in the public sector, including educating young peo-
ple, taking care of the elderly, protecting the envi-
ronment, and battling terrorists. National disasters 
such as September 11, 2001, Hurricane Katrina, 
and the economic crisis have highlighted the impor-
tance of public service and underscored how much 
our Nation depends upon strong public institutions 
and competent civilian leadership at all levels of soci-
ety. 
(2) Young Americans, particularly after the 
September 11, 2001, attacks, have a strong ethic of 
public service. According to the Higher Education 
Research Institute, more than two-thirds of the 
2007 freshman class at institutions of higher edu-
cation in the United States expressed a desire to 
serve others, the highest rate in a generation. Appli-
cations to private programs such as Teach for Amer-
ica and City Year, publicly funded public service 
programs within USA Freedom Corps, and religious 
mission trips have increased dramatically since 
2001. Yet with the increase in college tuition caus-
ing the average college graduate with loans to owe 
about $20,000, many students often can afford to 
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pursue public service only for short periods of time 
and avoid public service careers in favor of more lu-
crative fields. 
(3) The aging of the population of the United 
States and the subsequent retirement of the Baby 
Boomer generation will create serious shortages in 
critically needed public service positions at all levels 
of our society, as evidenced by the following: 
(A) According to the Council for Excel-
lence in Government, 60 percent of the current 
Federal Government’s General Schedule work-
force and 90 percent of the Senior Executive 
Service will be eligible for retirement in less 
than 10 years. 
(B) There are more Federal workers in 
their 60s than in their 20s, and the Partnership 
for Public Service warns of a ‘‘[Federal] brain 
drain’’ as these older workers leave public serv-
ice. 
(C) 
In 
the 
aftermath 
of 
Hurricane 
Katrina, personnel shortages were ‘‘perhaps 
[the] most difficult challenge’’ for the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, according to a 
Congressional report on the Federal Govern-
ment’s response to the disaster. 
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(4) There is a large pool of untapped potential 
among young women who want to serve our country. 
Although the military service academies are only 15 
percent female, women constitute a majority (57 
percent) of college students nationwide. In service 
organizations, women are an even larger majority: 
58 percent of Peace Corps, 61 percent of City Year, 
and 71 percent of Teach for America participants 
are women. 
(5) American college students lack adequate 
preparation in fields crucial to public service, includ-
ing international education and civic education, as 
evidenced by the following: 
(A) According to the bipartisan Commis-
sion on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad 
Fellowship Program established under section 
104 of division H of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199; 118 
Stat. 435), students of the United States often 
graduate from college without knowing a for-
eign language or having any experience abroad. 
In the past 3 decades, the percentage of under-
graduate students of the United States study-
ing a foreign language has dropped from 16 
percent to 8.7 percent, and approximately 1 
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percent of such students participate in a study 
abroad program. 
(B) Young adults of the United States 
scored next to last in a recent National Geo-
graphic/Roper survey of geographic knowledge. 
(C) A University of Connecticut survey of 
14,000 undergraduate students found a wide-
spread lack of civic literacy, with seniors barely 
outscoring freshmen on a test of basic multiple 
choice questions about the history, foreign pol-
icy, economics, and government of the United 
States. 
(6) The United States does not have a national 
undergraduate institution to promote public service 
and develop well-trained, highly qualified civilian 
leaders. 
SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to establish a United 
States Public Service Academy that will— 
(1) strengthen and protect the United States by 
providing an annual influx of career-motivated pub-
lic servants and future leaders into the Nation’s 
public institutions; 
(2) be the first national civilian institution of 
higher education in the United States; and 
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(3) provide competitive, federally subsidized, 
public service-focused undergraduate education to 
students from the United States and the world. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) PUBLIC SERVICE.—The term ‘‘public serv-
ice’’ means employment with, or work for, a public 
institution that is funded primarily by the Federal 
Government, or by a State or local government. 
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States of the United States and the Dis-
trict of Columbia. 
SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established, in the 
Department of State, a United States Public Service 
Academy (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Academy’’) for 
the instruction in and preparation for public service of se-
lected individuals, who shall be called Academy students. 
(b) ORGANIZATION.—The President shall prescribe 
the organization of the Academy, in accordance with the 
requirements of this section. 
(c) KEY POSITIONS.—There shall be at the Academy 
the following: 
(1) A Superintendent. 
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(2) A Dean of Academic Affairs, who is a per-
manent professor. 
(3) A Dean of Admissions. 
(4) A Dean of Enrollment. 
(5) A Dean of Placement. 
(d) SUPERINTENDENT.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The President shall, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, ap-
point the Superintendent of the Academy, who shall 
serve for a 6-year term. A Superintendent may be 
reappointed at the discretion of the President. 
(2) DUTIES.—The Superintendent shall be re-
sponsible for the day-to-day operation of the Acad-
emy and the welfare of the students and staff of the 
Academy. 
(e) DEAN OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Superintendent shall 
appoint the Dean of Academic Affairs as an addi-
tional permanent professor from the permanent pro-
fessors who have served as heads of departments of 
instruction at the Academy, except that for the first 
year of the Academy the Superintendent shall ap-
point the Dean of Academic Affairs from qualified 
applicants. 
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(2) DUTIES.—The Dean of Academic Affairs 
shall perform such duties as the Superintendent may 
prescribe, with the approval of the Board of Visitors. 
(f) DEAN OF ADMISSIONS.—The Dean of Admissions 
shall have the sole discretion to make a final decision re-
garding the admission of any student to the Academy. 
SEC. 6. FACULTY AND DEPARTMENTS. 
(a) NUMBER OF FACULTY.—The Superintendent of 
the Academy may employ as many professors, instructors, 
and lecturers at the Academy as the Superintendent con-
siders necessary to achieve academic excellence. 
(b) FACULTY COMPENSATION.—The Superintendent 
may prescribe the compensation of persons employed 
under this section. Compensation and benefits for faculty 
members of the Academy shall be sufficiently competitive 
to achieve academic excellence, as determined by the Su-
perintendent. 
(c) FACULTY
EXPECTATIONS.—Faculty members 
shall— 
(1) possess academic expertise and teaching 
prowess; 
(2) exemplify high standards of conduct and 
performance; 
(3) be expected to participate in the full spec-
trum of Academy programs, including providing 
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leadership for the curricular and extracurricular ac-
tivities of students; 
(4) comply with the standards of conduct and 
performance established by the Superintendent; and 
(5) participate actively in the development of 
the students through the enforcement of standards 
of behavior and conduct, to be established in the 
Academy’s rules and regulations. 
(d) DEPARTMENT
TITLES.—The Superintendent 
may prescribe the titles of each of the departments of in-
struction and the professors of the Academy. 
SEC. 7. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND NOMINATION. 
(a) ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS.—The Dean of Ad-
missions of the Academy shall select students to attend 
the Academy. To be eligible for selection by the Dean of 
Admissions to attend the Academy, a student shall fulfill 
the following requirements: 
(1) Secure a letter of nomination to attend the 
Academy, as follows: 
(A) A student from the United States shall 
secure a letter of nomination from a member of 
Congress or the President in accordance with 
subsection (b). 
(B) An international student shall secure a 
letter of nomination from the head of govern-
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ment in the home country of the student in ac-
cordance with such subsection. 
(2) Earn a secondary school diploma. 
(3) Take the SAT or ACT or an equivalent col-
lege-level aptitude test. 
(4) Sit for a personal interview with a rep-
resentative of the Academy. 
(5) Any further admissions requirements, as de-
termined by the Dean of Admissions. 
(b) NOMINATION PROCESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Prospective applicants to the 
Academy shall follow a nomination process estab-
lished by the Dean of Admissions of the Academy 
that is similar to the process used for admission to 
the military academies of the United States Armed 
Forces. 
(2) NOMINATIONS REQUIRED.—Nominations to 
the Academy shall be made as follows: 
(A) CONGRESS.—Each member of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives shall 
nominate a minimum of 5 candidates from the 
State that the member represents to compete 
for the State-specific and at-large congressional 
seats for each incoming first-year class of the 
Academy. 
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(B) PRESIDENT.—The President shall 
nominate a minimum of 100 candidates to com-
pete for the executive branch seats for each in-
coming first-year class of the Academy. 
(C) INTERNATIONAL.—The head of gov-
ernment in a foreign country may, as such head 
of government determines to be appropriate, 
nominate candidates from such country to com-
pete for the international student seats for each 
incoming first-year class of the Academy. 
(3) QUALIFICATIONS FOR NOMINATION.—To be 
eligible to be considered for nomination to the Acad-
emy, a student shall— 
(A) be 17 years of age or older; 
(B) be unmarried; and 
(C) have no dependents, as defined in sec-
tion 152(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986. 
(c) ALLOCATION OF STUDENT SEATS.—From the 
total number of seats in each incoming first-year class of 
the Academy, the Dean of Admissions shall reserve seats 
as follows: 
(1) CONGRESSIONAL SEATS.—Not less than 85 
percent of such total for students receiving a con-
gressional nomination under subsection (b)(2)(A), 
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with 75 percent of such total reserved for State-spe-
cific seats, and 10 percent of such total reserved for 
at-large seats, in accordance with this paragraph. 
(A) 
STATE-SPECIFIC
CONGRESSIONAL 
NOMINEE
SEATS.—In selecting students for 
State-specific seats reserved under this para-
graph, the Dean of Admissions shall— 
(i) proportionally allocate such seats 
among the States based on the number of 
electoral votes of each State; and 
(ii) for each seat allocated to a State 
under clause (i), select one student can-
didate who has been nominated by a mem-
ber of Congress from the State under sub-
section (b)(2)(A) to attend the Academy. 
(B) AT-LARGE CONGRESSIONAL NOMINEE 
SEATS.—In selecting students for at-large seats 
reserved under this paragraph, the Dean of Ad-
missions shall select student candidates to at-
tend the Academy from the pool of students 
who— 
(i) receive a congressional nomination 
under subsection (b)(2)(A); and 
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(ii) are not selected for a State-spe-
cific congressional nominee seat under sub-
paragraph (A). 
(2) EXECUTIVE BRANCH NOMINEE SEATS.—Not 
less than 5 percent of such total for students receiv-
ing an executive branch nomination under subsection 
(b)(2)(B). 
(3) INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT
SEATS.—Not 
less than 5 percent of such total for international 
students receiving a nomination from the head of 
government of the home country of the student 
under subsection (b)(2)(C). 
(d) HONOR CODE.—Each student admitted to the 
Academy shall sign an Honor Code developed by the Su-
perintendent of the Academy and approved by the Board 
of Visitors. A violation of the honor code may constitute 
a basis for dismissal from the Academy. 
SEC. 8. ACADEMIC FOCUS OF THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC 
SERVICE ACADEMY. 
(a) CURRICULUM; LEADERSHIP.— 
(1) CURRICULUM.—Each Academy student 
shall follow a structured curriculum that is self-rein-
forcing to emphasize leadership development (in ac-
cordance with paragraph (2)) and public service. 
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(2) LEADERSHIP.—The purposes of the leader-
ship development system are to motivate Academy 
students to seek leadership responsibilities upon 
graduation and enable Academy students to think 
clearly, decide wisely, and act decisively under pres-
sure and in a variety of leadership situations. Direct 
support to leadership development shall be provided 
by concurrent and relevant coursework to create an 
interplay between learning the science of leadership 
in the classroom, while learning the art of leadership 
outside the classroom. 
(b) DEGREE.— 
(1) DEGREE CONFERRED UPON GRADUATION.— 
Under such conditions as the Board of Visitors may 
prescribe, the Superintendent of the Academy may 
confer a baccalaureate of science or baccalaureate of 
arts degree upon a graduate of the Academy. 
(2) MAJORS.—Each Academy student shall 
pursue a program of study for a baccalaureate of 
arts or a baccalaureate of sciences degree in tradi-
tional liberal arts subjects. 
(c) BREADTH OF REQUIRED SUBJECT AREAS STUD-
IED.—Each Academy student shall take courses in a 
broad array of subject areas as part of the student’s pro-
gram of study. 
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(d) PUBLIC SERVICE CONCENTRATION.—Not later 
than the completion of the fourth semester, each Academy 
student shall choose a public service concentration, which 
shall be the field in which the student ultimately will serve 
upon graduation. 
(e) PUBLIC
SERVICE
REQUIREMENTS
BEFORE 
GRADUATION.—Each Academy student shall participate 
in regular programming related to public service, as deter-
mined by the Dean of Academic Affairs. 
(f) OFF-CAMPUS LEARNING PROGRAM REQUIRE-
MENTS.—For each year of attendance at the Academy, 
each Academy student shall spend at least 8 weeks partici-
pating in a structured off-campus learning program estab-
lished by the Superintendent of the Academy and the 
Dean of Academic Affairs. 
SEC. 9. PUBLIC SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOLLOWING 
GRADUATION. 
(a) PUBLIC SERVICE AGREEMENT.—Each Academy 
student from the United States shall sign an agreement 
with respect to the student’s length of public service to 
the United States. The agreement shall provide that the 
student agrees to the following: 
(1) The student will complete the course of in-
struction at the Academy, culminating in graduation 
from the Academy. 
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(2) Upon graduation from the Academy, the 
student— 
(A) will accept a public service assignment 
under subsection (g), if tendered, at the as-
signed location; and 
(B) will serve in the public service assign-
ment for not less than the 5 years immediately 
following the first day of the assignment, unless 
a student chooses to pursue graduate education 
in accordance with subsection (h). 
(b) INTERNATIONAL STUDENT AGREEMENT.—Each 
international Academy student who was selected for the 
Academy under section 7(c)(3) shall sign an agreement 
with the student’s home country regarding employment in 
the national or local government of the country that meets 
the same conditions set forth in subsection (a). 
(c) FAILURE TO GRADUATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An Academy student who 
has completed a minimum of 4 semesters at the 
Academy but fails to fulfill the Academy’s require-
ments for graduation within 4 years shall be— 
(A) dishonorably discharged from the 
Academy; and 
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(B) obligated to repay the Academy for the 
cost of the delinquent student’s education in the 
amount described in paragraph (2). 
(2) AMOUNT OF REPAYMENT.—The delinquent 
student shall be financially responsible for the costs 
relating to each semester that the student was offi-
cially enrolled in the Academy. 
(d) FAILURE TO ACCEPT OR COMPLETE ASSIGNED 
PUBLIC SERVICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A delinquent graduate shall 
be— 
(A) dishonorably discharged from the 
Academy; and 
(B) obligated to repay the Academy for the 
cost of the delinquent graduate’s education in 
the amount described in paragraph (2). 
(2) AMOUNT OF REPAYMENT.—In the case of a 
delinquent graduate who fails to complete all years 
of public service required under subsection (a)(2) 
(including any additional years required for graduate 
education under subsection (h)), the delinquent 
graduate shall be financially responsible for the cost 
of the delinquent graduate’s education (including the 
costs of any graduate education), except that the 
amount of financial responsibility under this para-
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graph shall be reduced by 10 percent for each year 
of public service under subsection (a)(2) that the de-
linquent graduate did complete. 
(3) DEFINITION OF DELINQUENT GRADUATE.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘‘delinquent graduate’’ 
means a graduate of the Academy who violates the 
agreement entered into under subsection (a) by— 
(A) not accepting the graduate’s public 
service assignment upon graduation from the 
Academy; or 
(B) not completing the required years of 
public service in the assignment due to— 
(i) voluntarily quitting the assign-
ment; or 
(ii) being fired from the assignment. 
(e) EXCEPTIONS.—The Superintendent may provide 
for the partial or total waiver or suspension of any public 
service or payment obligation by an individual under this 
section whenever compliance by the individual with the ob-
ligation is impossible or deemed to involve extreme hard-
ship to the individual, or if enforcement of such obligation 
with respect to the individual would be unconscionable. 
(f) STUDENT SALARIES AND BENEFITS.—The Acad-
emy shall not be responsible for the salaries and benefits 
of graduates of the Academy while the graduates are ful-
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filling the public service assignment under this section. All 
salaries and benefits shall be paid by the employer with 
whom the Academy graduate is placed. 
(g) DETERMINING STUDENT PUBLIC SERVICE AS-
SIGNMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Superintendent, acting 
through the Academy Office of Placement, shall 
place each graduating student in a public service as-
signment, which shall consist of— 
(A) civil service employment at the Fed-
eral, State, or local level; or 
(B) civilian service in the United States 
Armed Forces. 
(2) FACTORS.—In making an assignment under 
paragraph (1), the Academy Office of Placement 
shall assess the following factors: 
(A) National needs. 
(B) The student’s experience. 
(C) The student’s academic performance. 
(3) REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF STUDENT AS-
SIGNMENTS.—The Superintendent of the Academy 
shall review and approve each Academy graduating 
student’s public service assignment. 
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(h) GRADUATE EDUCATION.—An Academy student 
and the Superintendent may modify the agreement under 
subsection (a) to provide that— 
(1) the Academy shall— 
(A) subsidize an Academy student’s grad-
uate education at an accredited public institu-
tion of higher education; and 
(B) postpone the final 3 years of the public 
service assignment required under subsection 
(a)(2) for a period of not more than 5 years. 
All students must complete an initial 2-year 
public service placement before seeking grad-
uate education; and 
(2) the student shall— 
(A) accept a public service assignment 
under subsection (g) upon the student’s comple-
tion of the graduate program; and 
(B) add 2 additional years to the student’s 
public service commitment required under the 
agreement described in subsection (a) for every 
1 year of subsidized graduate education. 
SEC. 10. REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT. 
(a) BOARD OF VISITORS.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be estab-
lished a Board of Visitors for the Academy (referred 
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to in this Act as the ‘‘Board of Visitors’’) to oversee 
the Academy and to inquire into the efficiency and 
effectiveness of the operations of the Academy. 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Board of Visitors shall 
consist of not more than 15 members, including the 
Secretary of State. Of the remaining members of the 
Board of Visitors, 6 members shall be appointed by 
the President, with the advice and consent of the 
Senate; 4 members shall be appointed by the Speak-
er of the House, with the advice and consent of the 
House of Representatives, and 4 members shall be 
appointed by the House minority leader, with the 
advice and consent of the House of Representatives. 
(3) VISITS; REPORTS.— 
(A) ANNUAL VISITS.—In order to ensure 
the efficiency and effectiveness of the Academy, 
the Board of Visitors shall annually visit the 
Academy. 
(B) ADDITIONAL VISITS.—The Board, or a 
member of the Board, may visit the Academy in 
addition to the annual visit described in sub-
paragraph (A) with the approval of the Super-
intendent of the Academy. 
(C) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 60 
days after an annual visit described in subpara-
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graph (A), the Board of Visitors shall prepare 
and submit an annual report regarding the op-
erations of the Academy to the President and 
Congress. 
(b) SUPERINTENDENT.—Not later than November 30 
of each year, using data available as of September 30 of 
such year, the Superintendent shall provide to the Presi-
dent and Congress a report assessing the progress of, and 
changes at, the Academy in the following areas: 
(1) Recruitment and admissions. 
(2) Faculty compensation. 
(3) Curriculum. 
(4) Resources and facilities. 
(5) Attrition and graduation. 
(6) Public service placement. 
SEC. 11. LOCATION OF THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC SERV-
ICE ACADEMY CAMPUS. 
(a) ADVISORY COMMISSION.—The President shall de-
termine the location of the Academy within the United 
States in the following manner: 
(1) The President shall establish, within 90 
days of the date of enactment of this Act, a commis-
sion, and appoint five members thereof, to advise the 
President in connection with the selection of a per-
manent location for the Academy. The commission 
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shall make its report to the President as soon as 
practicable. 
(2) The President shall accept a unanimous de-
cision for a permanent location by such commission. 
In the event such recommendation is not unanimous, 
the commission, by a majority vote, shall submit to 
the President 3 sites from which the President shall 
select one as the permanent location for the Acad-
emy. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE LAND AND CONSTRUCT 
ACADEMY.—Following the selection of a location for the 
Academy, the President is authorized— 
(1) to acquire land from other Government 
agencies without reimbursement, with the consent of 
such agencies; 
(2) to acquire lands and rights pertaining 
thereto, or other interests therein, including the tem-
porary use thereof, by donation, purchase, exchange 
of Government owned lands, or otherwise; 
(3) to prepare plans, specifications, and de-
signs, to make surveys, and to do all other pre-
paratory work, by contract or otherwise, as he deems 
necessary or advisable in connection with the con-
struction, equipping, and organization of the Acad-
emy at such location; and 
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(4) to construct and equip temporary or perma-
nent public works, including buildings, facilities, ap-
purtenances, and utilities, at such location. 
(c) TEMPORARY FACILITIES.—For the purpose of 
providing temporary facilities and enabling early operation 
of the Academy, the President is authorized to provide for 
the erection of the minimum additional number of tem-
porary buildings and the modification of existing struc-
tures and facilities at an existing Government site and to 
provide for the proper functioning, equipping, maintain-
ing, and repairing thereof. 
SEC. 12. FUNDING THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC SERVICE 
ACADEMY. 
(a) FULLY SUBSIDIZED EDUCATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations and except as provided in paragraph 
(2), each Academy student’s education at the Acad-
emy shall be fully subsidized by the Academy, and 
the Academy shall be responsible for paying in full 
each student’s cost of attendance, including tuition, 
fees, room and board, and other expenses at the 
Academy. 
(2) 
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), for each international stu-
dent selected to attend the Academy, the student’s 
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