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‘‘(B) Chapter 87 (relating to life insur-
ance). 
‘‘(C) Chapter 89 (relating to health insur-
ance). 
‘‘(c) SENATE ALLOWANCE.—There is established for 
the Senate an allowance which shall be available for the 
compensation of interns who serve in the offices of Sen-
ators during a calendar year.’’. 
(c) FEDERAL JUDICIARY INTERNS.— 
(1) COMPENSATION.—The Director of the Ad-
ministrative Office of the United States Courts shall 
issue regulations to provide for the compensation of 
all interns serving in the judicial branch. 
(2) INTERN DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘‘intern’’ means an individual— 
(A) who serves in a court of the United 
States or the Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts for not more than 120 
days during a 12-month period; and 
(B) whose service is primarily for the edu-
cational experience of the individual. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section and the amendments 
made by this section. 
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SEC. 366. ESTABLISHMENT OF PATHWAYS PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ means— 
(A) an Executive agency, as defined in sec-
tion 105 of title 5, United States Code; and 
(B) the Government Publishing Office. 
(2) CIVIL SERVICE.—The term ‘‘civil service’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 2101 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(3) COMPETITIVE SERVICE.—The term ‘‘com-
petitive service’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 2102 of title 5, United States Code. 
(4) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Office. 
(5) EXCEPTED SERVICE.—The term ‘‘excepted 
service’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
2103 of title 5, United States Code. 
(6) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of-
fice of Personnel Management. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 
the Pathways Program. 
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Pathways 
Program is to promote employment opportunities in 
the Federal workforce for students and recent grad-
uates by excepting participants in the Program from 
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competitive service hiring requirements for certain 
positions in the civil service. 
(3) SUB-PROGRAMS.—The Pathways Program 
shall consist of an Internship Program and a Recent 
Graduates Program. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Director shall issue regula-
tions for the Pathways Program, which shall include— 
(1) a description of the positions that agencies 
may fill through the Pathways Program because 
conditions of good administration necessitate except-
ing those positions from the competitive hiring rules; 
(2) rules governing whether, to what extent, 
and in what manner agencies must provide public 
notice of job opportunities in the Pathways Pro-
gram; 
(3) a description of opportunities for career de-
velopment, training, and mentorship for participants 
in the Pathways Program; 
(4) requirements that managers assess the per-
formance of participants in the Pathways Program 
to identify the individuals who should be considered 
for conversion to career civil service positions; 
(5) a description of oversight by the Office of 
the use of the Pathways Program by agencies to en-
sure that— 
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(A) the Pathways Program serves as a 
supplement to, and not a substitute for, the 
competitive hiring process; and 
(B) agencies are using the Pathways Pro-
gram in order to develop talent for careers in 
the civil service; 
(6) a description of plans by the Office to evalu-
ate— 
(A) the effectiveness of agencies in recruit-
ing and retaining talent using the Pathways 
Program; and 
(B) the satisfaction of the students and 
graduates participating in the Pathways Pro-
gram; and 
(7) standard naming conventions across agen-
cies, so that students and recent graduates can 
clearly understand and compare the available career 
pathway opportunities in the Federal Government. 
(d) INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Internship Program 
shall provide a student in high school, a community 
college, a 4-year institution of higher education, a 
trade school, a career or technical education pro-
gram, or another qualifying educational institution 
or program, as determined by the Director, with 
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paid opportunities to work in agencies and explore 
Federal careers while still in school. 
(2) PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES.—The following 
principles and policies shall govern the Internship 
Program: 
(A) A participant in the Internship Pro-
gram shall be a student enrolled, or accepted 
for enrollment, in a qualifying educational insti-
tutions or program, as determined by the Direc-
tor. 
(B) Subject to such exceptions as may be 
provided by regulation, an agency shall provide 
an intern with meaningful developmental work 
and set clear expectations regarding the work 
experience of the intern. 
(C) A student employed by a third-party 
internship provider but placed in an agency 
may, to the extent permitted by regulation, be 
treated as a participant in the Internship Pro-
gram. 
(D) An agency shall participate in the In-
ternship Program for the primary purpose of 
developing and evaluating entry-level talent for 
future permanent employment with the Federal 
Government. 
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(e) RECENT GRADUATES PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Recent Graduates Pro-
gram shall provide an individual who has recently 
graduated from a qualifying educational institution 
or program with developmental experiences in the 
Federal Government intended to promote a possible 
career in the civil service. 
(2) PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES.—The following 
principles and policies shall govern the Recent Grad-
uates Program: 
(A)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), a 
participant in the Recent Graduates Program 
shall have obtained a qualifying degree, or com-
pleted a qualifying career or technical education 
program, as determined by the Director, during 
the 3-year period preceding application to the 
Recent Graduates Program. 
(ii) In the case of a veteran who, due to 
the military service obligation of the veteran, 
would be precluded from participating in the 
Recent Graduates Program because the veteran 
is unable to apply during the 3-year period re-
quired under clause (i), that clause shall be ap-
plied by substituting ‘‘6-year period’’ for ‘‘3- 
year period’’. 
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(B) Responsibilities assigned to a recent 
graduate shall be consistent with— 
(i) 
the 
qualifications, 
educational 
background, and career interests of the 
graduate; 
(ii) the purpose of the Recent Grad-
uates Program; and 
(iii) the needs of agencies. 
(f) APPOINTMENT AND CONVERSION.—The following 
requirements shall apply to an appointment in the Path-
ways Program: 
(1) An appointment to the Pathways Program 
shall be under the excepted service. 
(2) An appointment to the Recent Graduates 
Program may not exceed 2 years, unless extended by 
the employing agency for a period of not more than 
120 days. 
(3) An appointment to the Pathways Program 
shall not confer any right to further Federal employ-
ment in the competitive service or the excepted serv-
ice upon the expiration of the appointment, except 
that an agency— 
(A) may convert a participant noncompeti-
tively to a term, career, or career-conditional 
appointment after the participant satisfies re-
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quirements to be established by the Director; 
and 
(B) may noncompetitively convert a partic-
ipant who was initially converted to a term ap-
pointment under this section to a career or ca-
reer-conditional appointment before the term 
appointment expires. 
(g) DEFINITION
OF FEDERAL INTERNSHIP PRO-
GRAM.—Section 3111a(c)(1) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), 
and (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), respec-
tively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) the Internship Program established 
under section 366(d) of the Inspire to Serve 
Act of 2021;’’. 
SEC. 367. ENHANCED HIRING FOR RECENT COLLEGE GRAD-
UATES AND POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS. 
(a) RECENT GRADUATE HIRING AUTHORITY.—Sec-
tion 3115(e) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking all that follows 
‘‘exceed’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘the greater 
of— 
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‘‘(A) the number equal to 15 percent of 
the number of individuals that the agency head 
appointed during the previous fiscal year to per-
manent employment; or 
‘‘(B) the number equal to 1 percent of the 
average number of permanent employees in the 
agency during the previous fiscal year.’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) TEMPORARY CAP INCREASE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Under a regulation 
prescribed under subsection (f), the Director 
shall increase the limit on the number of indi-
viduals that may be appointed by the head of 
an agency under paragraph (1) of this sub-
section during a fiscal year as necessary to 
meet the target under section 368 of the In-
spire to Serve Act of 2021 (relating to aggre-
gate number of hires of recent college graduates 
and post-secondary students). 
‘‘(B) DURATION.—The increased limit 
under subparagraph (A) shall terminate not 
later than September 30, 2031.’’. 
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(b) POST-SECONDARY STUDENT HIRING AUTHOR-
ITY.—Section 3116 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking all that 
follows ‘‘exceed’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘the greater of— 
‘‘(A) the number equal to 15 percent of 
the number of individuals that the agency head 
appointed during the previous fiscal year to per-
manent employment; or 
‘‘(B) the number equal to 1 percent of the 
average number of permanent employees in the 
agency during the previous fiscal year.’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) TEMPORARY CAP INCREASE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Under a regulation 
prescribed under subsection (g), the Director 
shall increase the limit on the number of indi-
viduals that may be appointed by a head of an 
agency under paragraph (1) of this subsection 
during a fiscal year as necessary to meet the 
target under section 368 of the Inspire to Serve 
Act of 2021 (relating to aggregate number of 
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hires of recent college graduates and post-sec-
ondary students). 
‘‘(B) DURATION.—The increased limit 
under subparagraph (A) shall terminate not 
later than September 30, 2031.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ‘‘640’’ and 
inserting ‘‘400’’. 
SEC. 368. AGGREGATE NUMBER OF HIRES OF RECENT COL-
LEGE GRADUATES AND POST-SECONDARY 
STUDENTS. 
(a) TARGETS.—The Director of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management shall ensure that the aggregate num-
ber of applicants hired into term or permanent, competi-
tive service positions in Federal agencies under section 
366 of this Act (relating to the Pathways Program), sec-
tion 1106 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (10 U.S.C. note prec. 1580; Public Law 
114–238), and sections 3115 and 3116 of title 5, United 
States Code (as amended by section 367 of this Act)— 
(1) by September 30, 2026, is not less than 
30,000; and 
(2) by September 30, 2031, is not less than 
50,000. 
(b) PRO RATA SHARE DETERMINATION.—The Direc-
tor shall determine the pro rata share, for each fiscal year, 
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of the obligation of each Federal agency to meet the tar-
gets under subsection (a), based on the number of com-
petitive service positions at the agency as compared with 
the total number of competitive service positions across 
all agencies. 
(c) SHORTFALL DETERMINATION.—Each fiscal year, 
the Director shall determine the progress of each Federal 
agency in achieving the targets under subsection (a) by 
subtracting the number of applicants hired into term or 
permanent, competitive service positions at the agency 
during the preceding fiscal year under the provisions of 
law set forth in subsection (a) from the pro rata share 
of the agency determined under subsection (b). 
SEC. 369. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TO HIRE RECENT 
COLLEGE 
GRADUATES 
AND 
POST-SEC-
ONDARY STUDENTS WITH CRITICAL SKILLS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. 
(2) INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘intern-
ship program’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 3111a(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code, 
as amended by section 366(g) of this Act. 
(b) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.— 
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(1) PURPOSE.—The Director shall, pursuant to 
section 4703 of title 5, United States Code, carry 
out a demonstration project described in paragraph 
(2) of this subsection for the purpose of— 
(A) assessing the sufficiency of hiring au-
thorities to meet the hiring needs of Executive 
agencies in positions that require critical skills; 
and 
(B) determining whether changes are need-
ed in methods of establishing qualification re-
quirements for, recruitment for, and appoint-
ment to, positions described in subparagraph 
(A). 
(2) PROJECT
DESCRIBED.—Under the dem-
onstration project under paragraph (1), an Execu-
tive agency shall appoint— 
(A) students to internship programs for 
the purpose of acquiring critical skills that ad-
dress the needs of the Executive agency; or 
(B) recent graduates to full-time positions 
in the Executive agency that require critical 
skills described in subparagraph (A). 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date on which the demonstration project under 
this section terminates, the Director shall submit to Con-
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gress a report on the project, including the assessment and 
determination of the Director under subsection (b)(1). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the demonstration project under 
this section. 
SEC. 370. NONCOMPETITIVE ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL 
DEVELOPMENTAL POSITIONS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMPETITIVE SERVICE.—The term ‘‘com-
petitive service’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 2102 of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) 
FELLOWSHIP.—The 
term 
‘‘fellowship’’ 
means a short-term employment opportunity (other 
than a post-fellowship service requirement), of not 
more than 2 years in length, that is intended to pro-
vide the recipient with work experience with an Ex-
ecutive agency or a military department that pre-
pares the recipient for permanent employment with 
an Executive agency or a military department. 
(3) INTERNSHIP.—The term ‘‘internship’’ has 
the meaning given the term ‘‘internship program’’ in 
section 3111a of title 5, United States Code. 
(4) SCHOLARSHIP.—The term ‘‘scholarship’’ 
means— 
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(A) financial support paid by an Executive 
agency or a military department towards an in-
dividual’s cost of attendance at an institution of 
higher education that is authorized to partici-
pate in a Federal student aid program under 
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) in a course of study 
leading to a credential in a critical skill or an-
other program that requires the student to 
demonstrate an interest in or agreement to pur-
sue a career in public service; or 
(B) financial support paid by an Executive 
agency towards an individual’s cost of procuring 
private instruction in a critical skill. 
(5) THIRD-PARTY
INTERNSHIP
OR
FELLOW-
SHIP.—The term ‘‘third-party internship or fellow-
ship’’ means an internship or a fellowship in the 
Federal Government that is facilitated and organized 
through a nongovernmental, third-party organization 
that has a formal arrangement with 1 or more Exec-
utive agencies, or with the legislative branch, to pro-
vide such internships or fellowships. 
(b) APPOINTMENT IN COMPETITIVE SERVICE.—The 
head of any Executive agency or military department may 
appoint in the competitive service any individual who has 
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been certified by the Office of Personnel Management, 
within the 12-month period preceding the appointment, as 
having successfully completed any internship, scholarship, 
or fellowship program, or a third-party internship or fel-
lowship. 
(c) DOCUMENTATION.—The Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management, through the Executive Director of 
the Federal Fellowship and Scholarship Center established 
under section 361, shall issue such documentation as is 
necessary to certify individuals under subsection (b) as eli-
gible for noncompetitive appointments in the competitive 
service. 
SEC. 
371. 
FACILITATION 
OF 
FEDERAL 
EMPLOYEE 
RESKILLING. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMPETITIVE
SERVICE; EXCEPTED
SERV-
ICE.—The terms ‘‘competitive service’’ and ‘‘ex-
cepted service’’ have the meanings given the terms 
in sections 2102 and 2103, respectively, of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(2) FEDERAL
RESKILLING
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘Federal reskilling program’’ means a program 
approved by the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management to provide an employee serving in a po-
sition in the competitive service or the excepted serv-
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ice with technical skill or expertise that will enable 
such employee to continue work in the Federal Gov-
ernment in a different position in the competitive or 
excepted service that requires such skill or expertise. 
(b) REENTRY
AT SAME
OR HIGHER CLASS
AND 
GRADE.—Any employee who successfully completes a Fed-
eral reskilling program and transfers to a position in the 
Federal Government in the competitive or excepted service 
that requires technical skill or expertise provided to the 
employee in such Federal reskilling program shall, not-
withstanding the classification requirements set out in 
chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, serve in the 
new position at a class and grade at or higher than the 
class and grade of the position from which the employee 
transferred. 
(c) GUIDANCE AND REGULATIONS.—Not later than 
120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall 
issue— 
(1) guidance on the approval process for Fed-
eral reskilling programs; and 
(2) regulations ensuring the rights of partici-
pants described in subsection (b). 
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