Sec. 4. Internship coordinator. 
Sec. 5. Online Federal Government internship platform. 
Sec. 6. Underserved markets and demographics recruitment pilot program. 
Sec. 7. Compensation for Federal interns. 
Sec. 8. Establishment of pathways program. 
Sec. 9. Enhanced hiring for recent college graduates and post-secondary stu-
dents. 
Sec. 10. Information on use of expedited hiring authority for college graduates. 
Sec. 11. Competitive service examination credit. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CIVIL SERVICE.—The term ‘‘civil service’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 2101 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(2) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 
agency’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
105 of title 5, United States Code. 
(3) 
FELLOWSHIP.—The 
term 
‘‘fellowship’’ 
means a short-term position (other than a post-fel-
lowship service requirement) that— 
(A) is not less than one year and not more 
than two year in length, or such other period as 
determined appropriate by the Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management for the pur-
poses of this paragraph; and 
(B) is intended to provide the recipient 
with work experience with an Executive agency 
that is designed to prepare such recipient for 
potential permanent employment with an Exec-
utive agency. 
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(4) FELLOW.—The term ‘‘fellow’’ means an in-
dividual who receives a fellowship. 
(5) FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘fellow-
ship program’’ means any sponsoring agency pro-
gram or operation that recruits fellows and admin-
isters fellowships in the Federal Government. 
(6) INTERN.—The term ‘‘intern’’ means an in-
dividual serving in an internship. Interns employed 
by third-party internship providers and placed in 
Executive agencies may, to the extent permitted by 
law or regulation, be treated as participants in any 
federally sponsored internship programs. 
(7) 
INTERNSHIP.—The 
term 
‘‘internship’’ 
means a short-term position (other than a post-fel-
lowship service requirement) for an individual en-
rolled in a high school, trade school, technical or vo-
cational institute, junior college, college, university, 
or comparable recognized educational institution, or 
the Job Corps program, that is not less than one 
year and not more than two years in length (or such 
other period as determined appropriate by the Direc-
tor of the Office of Personnel Management for the 
purposes of this paragraph), designed to prepare 
such individual for potential permanent employment 
with an Executive agency, and offered under an in-
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ternship program. Interns at Executive agencies who 
are supported or administered by third-party intern-
ship providers may, to the extent permitted by law 
and regulations, be treated as participants in any 
federally sponsored internship program. 
(8) INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘intern-
ship program’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 3111a(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code. 
(9) JOB
CORPS
PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Job 
Corps’’ means the Job Corps program authorized 
under section 143 of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3193 et seq.). 
(10) 
MISSION-CRITICAL
SKILL.—The 
term 
‘‘mission-critical skill’’ means a skill or set of skills 
that are critical to effectively carrying out the mis-
sion of an Executive agency, as determined by the 
head of such Executive agency in consultation with 
the Comptroller General of the United States. 
(11) MISSION-CRITICAL SKILL GAP.—The term 
‘‘mission-critical skill gap’’ means a shortage of mis-
sion-critical skills causing, or that poses a risk of 
causing, a substantial detrimental effect on the abil-
ity of an Executive agency to effectively carry out 
the mission of such Executive agency in a manner 
that is cost effective, as determined by the head of 
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such Executive agency in consultation with the 
Comptroller General of the United States. 
(12) SCHOLARSHIP.—The term ‘‘scholarship’’ 
means financial support— 
(A) paid by an Executive agency to-
wards— 
(i) the cost of an individual to attend 
either a course of study leading to a cre-
dential that help reduce or eliminate a mis-
sion-critical skill gap or another program 
that requires the student to demonstrate 
an interest in or agreement to pursue a ca-
reer in public service at an institution of 
higher education that is authorized to par-
ticipate in a Federal student aid program 
under title IV of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.); or 
(ii) financial support paid by a Execu-
tive agency towards the cost of an indi-
vidual to procure private instruction in a 
mission-critical skill; and 
(B) which may be paid directly to— 
(i) the individual whose costs the 
scholarship is intended to pay; or 
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(ii) the institutions of higher edu-
cation in which such individual is enrolled. 
(13) SPONSORING AGENCY.—The term ‘‘spon-
soring agency’’ means any entity of the executive 
branch of the United States Government, including 
any Executive agency, any component of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, and any other agency (as 
defined in section 551 of title 5, United States 
Code), that administers a fellowship or scholarship, 
or internship program. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL INTERNSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP CENTER. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL INTERNSHIP AND 
FELLOWSHIP CENTER.—The Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management shall establish and maintain a 
Federal Fellowship and Scholarship Center to administer, 
manage, and promote all Government fellowship and in-
ternship programs within the executive branch to attract 
individuals to serve in the Federal Government in a civil-
ian capacity and to facilitate the potential entry of those 
individuals into the civil service. 
(b) MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL INTERNSHIP AND 
FELLOWSHIP CENTER.— 
(1) CHIEF HUMAN CAPITAL OFFICERS COUNCIL 
GUIDANCE.—The Chief Human Capital Officers 
Council shall provide strategic guidance to, and fa-
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