I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3241 
To provide for greater defense workforce integration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2025 
Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia (for herself, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. BACON, and Mr. 
PANETTA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To provide for greater defense workforce integration, and 
for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Defense Workforce In-
tegration Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. INTEGRATION OF MILITARY AND CIVILIAN HIRING 
PROCESSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense, in coordination with the Secretaries concerned shall 
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establish a pathway for medically disqualified entry-level 
service members to enter civilian positions for which they 
are qualified in the Department of Defense or any of its 
components. 
(b) AIR FORCE DRIVE PROGRAM.—The Air Force’s 
Develop, Redistribute, Improve, Vault, Expose (DRIVE) 
program shall be considered sufficient to meet the require-
ments of subsection (a) and may, but need not, serve as 
a baseline from which the other military departments de-
sign their programs. 
(c) ENTRY-LEVEL SERVICE MEMBER DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘entry-level service member’’ means 
a regular or reserve member of the Armed Forces who 
is currently attending or has military orders to attend 
within 90 days— 
(1) basic training; 
(2) a technical school of the Armed Forces; 
(3) a service academy; 
(4) 
the 
Reserve 
Officer 
Training 
Corps 
(ROTC); and 
(5) an officer accession program, including offi-
cer candidate school, officer training school, officer 
development school, or equivalent program. 
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SEC. 3. PROVISION OF INFORMATION ON CAREER OPPOR-
TUNITIES 
IN 
THE 
DEFENSE 
INDUSTRIAL 
BASE TO PERSONS INELIGIBLE FOR MILI-
TARY SERVICE. 
Chapter 50 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 996. Provision of information on career opportuni-
ties in the defense industrial base to per-
sons medically disqualified for military 
service 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall establish and implement a program to provide indi-
viduals who are not medically qualified for military service 
with information on employment opportunities in the de-
fense industrial base or other employment opportunities 
in support of the national interests of the United States. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—The program established under 
subsection (a) shall inform and refer persons described in 
subsection (a) to employment, apprenticeship, and train-
ing opportunities in— 
‘‘(1) the defense industrial base; 
‘‘(2) cybersecurity or intelligence support roles; 
‘‘(3) research and development in defense tech-
nologies; 
‘‘(4) national emergency and disaster prepared-
ness; or 
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‘‘(5) any other non-military opportunity the 
Secretary considers in the national interests of the 
United States. 
‘‘(c) COLLABORATION.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall consult with entities in the defense industrial base, 
other Federal agencies, and academic institutions to carry 
out this section.’’. 
SEC. 4. PROVISION TO NAVY PERSONNEL OF INFORMATION 
ON CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AT MILITARY 
SEALIFT COMMAND. 
The Secretary of the Navy shall provide information 
about career opportunities at Military Sealift Command 
and workforce training programs for shipbuilders to all 
Navy personnel as part of the Transition Assistance Pro-
gram process. 
SEC. 5. REPORT. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives a report describing imple-
mentation of the requirements under sections 2 and 4 of 
this Act and section 996 of title 10, United States Code, 
as added by section 3 of this Act. 
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